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Book Synopsis Tales of the RAF - Fighter Escort by : Don Patterson
Download or read book Tales of the RAF - Fighter Escort written by Don Patterson and published by Rising Star Studios LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the squadron is sent on a mission to provide fighter escort for a formation of American bombers flying into enemy territory, they all wonder what it will take to bring the Americans back.
Book Synopsis Tales of the RAF - Scramble! by : Don Patterson
Download or read book Tales of the RAF - Scramble! written by Don Patterson and published by Rising Star Studios LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Harry Winslow's quiet life in the English countryside has been interrupted by World War II. Harry finds a special group of friends in the RAF fighter squadron stationed near his home.
Download or read book Dawson's Down! written by Don Patterson and published by Library & Educational Services. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bad dream causes young Harry to spend the night tossing and turning in his bed. Unfortunately, the next day becomes the real nightmare - his friends are in trouble! Harry wants to help, but what can a young boy do? He learns what it really means to make sacrifices and help others.
Download or read book Boys' Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Download or read book First Light written by Geoffrey Wellum and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An extraordinary, deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000 feet, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone' INDEPENDENT Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen year old Geoffrey Wellum left school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF. He made it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum found himselfflying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s. Published more than fifty years afterwards, FIRST LIGHT is Geoffrey Wellum's gripping memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot during WWII.
Download or read book Spirit of the Blue written by Hugh Thomas and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter joined the R.A.F. in 1938 on a short-service commission and was despatched to France when war broke out. After serving with legendary fighter ace Douglas Bader, Peter was posted to North Africa in 1942, where he was forced to crash-land his Hurricane in a minefield. He flew Spitfires on intruder sorties over France before and during D-Day, on bomber escort duty against V-weapons sites and in support of mass daylight raids deep into Germany. Awarded the D.F.C. in December 1944, he also flew as fighter escort to King George VI's Dakota. By the war's end, Peter had flown every mark of Spitfire and Hurricane in the R.A.F.'s inventory.
Download or read book P-51 Mustang written by Paul A. Ludwig and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just another book on the P-51 Mustang, this detailed and controversial book forms an investigative analysis into the often - and little-known - troubled design and development history of America's premier piston-engined fighter aircraft. Supported by hundreds of rare photos and superb color artwork, author Paul Ludwig weaves a carefully crafted story.
Book Synopsis The RAF's Cross-Channel Offensive by : John Starkey
Download or read book The RAF's Cross-Channel Offensive written by John Starkey and published by Air World. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the RAF, and in particular Fighter Command, during the Battle of Britain has been told many times. It is a tale of the gallant pilots of ‘The Few’, in their Hurricanes and Spitfires, with the nation’s back to the wall, fighting off the Luftwaffe’s airborne assault against enormous odds. But the story of Fighter Command’s operations immediately after the Battle of Britain is less well known. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard commanded the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. His policy then had been for his aircraft and men to be continually on the offensive, always over the German lines taking the fight to the enemy. After being promoted to command the RAF, Trenchard retired in 1930. In November 1940, Trenchard showed up again at the Air Ministry and proposed that the RAF should ‘Lean Towards France’ – that it should go on the offensive. The RAF would, claimed Trenchard, win the resulting battle of attrition. One of the main outcomes of the RAF’s new offensive stance was the introduction of the Circus sorties. These were attacks undertaken by a small force of bombers with a powerful fighter escort. They were intended to lure enemy fighters into the air so that they could be engaged by RAF fighters, the primary objective being the destruction of Luftwaffe fighters, followed by the protection of the bombers from attack. A further development of the Circus missions were Ramrods, Rhubarbs and Rodeos, all of which were variations on the same theme. A Ramrod was similar to a Circus, though in this instance the primary objective was the destruction of the target, the main role of the accompanying fighters being to protect the bombers from attack. A Rhubarb was a small-scale attack by fighters using cloud cover and/or surprise, the object of which was to destroy German aircraft in the air and/or striking at ground targets, while a Rodeo consisted of a fighter sweep over enemy territory with no bombers. Drawing on official documents and archive material, as well as accounts by many of those involved, James Starkey reveals just how Trenchard’s views won through and the RAF went on the offensive from late 1940 into 1941. Was it a failed strategy? If so, why was it not halted once the results began to be seen?
Book Synopsis Himalayan Eagle: The story of the Indian Air Force by : Henry Jesuadian
Download or read book Himalayan Eagle: The story of the Indian Air Force written by Henry Jesuadian and published by Lancer Publishers LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological, sequential narrative of the salient points in the IAF’s existence, from it’s pre-conception right up to the early part of the 21st century. It is written with a minimum of technical or political detail or professional jargon, and in an ‘easy to read’ format which should make it interesting reading for all levels of aviation and military enthusiasts!
Book Synopsis Goodbye Mickey Mouse by : Len Deighton
Download or read book Goodbye Mickey Mouse written by Len Deighton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Goodbye Mickey Mouse Len Deighton has written his best novel yet: a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war... and what it was to be in love in the England of 1944.
Download or read book Fighter written by Len Deighton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deighton's renowned body of military literature continues with this true story of the Battle of Britain. Focuses on the important role of technology in warfare. Complete with photos, drawings, and detailed maps.
Download or read book Nimrod Boys written by Tony Blackman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The test pilot and author of Nimrod Rise and Fall shares a collection of over twenty tales from the cockpit of Nimrod aircraft during the Cold War. As the first jet-powered maritime aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod could reach critical points for rescues or for operational requirements in rapid time. Its outstanding navigation and electronics systems also allowed the Nimrod to be a first-class machine in antisubmarine warfare. In Nimrod Boys, author and pilot Tony Blackman offers vivid, firsthand accounts of the Nimrod’s UK-based and worldwide operations. The stories in this volume range from the Nimrod’s role during the Falklands Campaign and the First Gulf War to more recent anti-drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean. There are also descriptions of the Nimrod’s achievements in the International Fincastle Competition—where Royal Air Force squadrons competed against counterparts from Australia, Canada and New Zealand. With a variety of perspectives on Nimrod crew life, including from a female air electronic operator, readers will find dramatic, engaging and occasionally humorous stories. One flight test observer also reflects on the canceled Nimrod MR4 project.
Book Synopsis The Squadron That Died Twice - The story of No. 82 Squadron RAF, which in 1940 lost 23 out of 24 aircraft in two bombing raids by : Gordon Thorburn
Download or read book The Squadron That Died Twice - The story of No. 82 Squadron RAF, which in 1940 lost 23 out of 24 aircraft in two bombing raids written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Metro Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from the quiet chatter of a few mechanics, who were checking that one aircraft was too badly damaged ever to fly again, there was a shocked silence over the aerodrome as everyone there tried to understand the impossible.Twelve twin-engined bombers of 82 Squadron RAF had set out on a fi ne May morning in 1940, from Watton, Norfolk, in a brave but hopeless attempt to slow down the German armour ripping through Belgium. Sergeant Thomas 'Jock' Morrison was the pilot of the only one to come home.Heavy losses in Bomber Command in the Second World War were common, normal, came with the territory, but this? Eleven out of twelve were shot down, by flak and fighters, and lay in burning fragments along the Belgium/ France border.It is said that history repeats itself. And so it was, almost exactly three months later, on a cloudy day in August 1940, that twelve more twin-engined Bristol Blenheim bombers, each with a crew of three men, set off from Watton, Norfolk, in a brave but hopeless attempt to destroy a Luftwaffe base in enemy-occupied Denmark. One aircraft had to turn for home before it reached the target. The other eleven pressed on as the clouds disappeared and, on a fi ne sunny morning, were all shot down, by flak and fighters, and lay in burning fragments on the shores of the Lymfjord.At the time, when the whole world was trying to understand the impossible, how Germany could conquer Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium and France in a few weeks, and Poland before that - and surely Great Britain next? - 82 Squadron's disasters were barely noticed.Based on the accounts of survivors and on squadron and other records, Gordon Thorburn's moving retelling of the story, of the events of it and the men in it, at last puts right that terrible omission.
Book Synopsis Caribbean Volunteers at War by : Mark Johnson
Download or read book Caribbean Volunteers at War written by Mark Johnson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “During the Second World War nearly 500 Black Caribbean volunteers served with the RAF . . . This valuable work looks at their experiences.”—HistoryOfWar The heroic exploits of the Caribbean men and women who volunteered their services to the Allied effort during the Second World War have, until now, passed by with little fanfare or attention. Indeed, whilst many people are aware of the contribution that the various Bomber Command units paid in securing ultimate victory, little is said or understood of the achievements and sacrifices of the heroic Caribbean volunteers who contributed to some of their greatest victories. Mark Johnson presents us here with an engrossing and humane account of the exploits of such individuals—including a great number of insights and fascinating details taken from conversations with his great-uncle, John Blair, who served a full tour with Bomber Command, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross. The book illuminates the day-to-day reality of life as a Caribbean volunteer during the Second World War and the kind of culture-clash experiences that characterized their wartime careers. An important book, offering a platform upon which to appreciate the true extent of the Caribbean contribution to the Allied war effort, the work offers a new slant on the popular Bomber Command theme; one that looks set to intrigue a number of readers yet to be acquainted with this facet of the unit’s history. “Entertaining and rewarding . . . it is high time we had more books like this one plugging the knowledge gap and setting a few things straight.”—War History Online
Book Synopsis Military Flight Training -Training to Fly by : Cameron, Rebecca Hancock
Download or read book Military Flight Training -Training to Fly written by Cameron, Rebecca Hancock and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume at hand, Training to Fly: Military Flight Training, 1907-1945, isan institutional history of flight training by the predecessor organizations of theUnited States Air Force. The U.S. Army purchased its first airplane, built andsuccessfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909, and placed bothlighter- and heavier-than-air aeronautics in the Division of Military Aeronauticsof the Signal Corps. As pilots and observers in the Air Service of the AmericanExpeditionary Forces, Americans flew combat missions in France during theGreat War. In the first postwar decade, airmen achieved a measure ofrecognition with the establishment of the Air Corps and, during World War 11,the Army Air Forces attained equal status with the Army Ground Forces.
Book Synopsis Training to Fly - Military Flight Training 1907-1945 by : Cameron, Rebecca Hancock
Download or read book Training to Fly - Military Flight Training 1907-1945 written by Cameron, Rebecca Hancock and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Force book is an institutional history of flight training by the predecessor organizations of the United States Air Force. The U.S. Army purchased its first airplane, built and successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909, and placed both lighter- and heavier-than-air aeronautics in the Division of Military Aeronautics of the Signal Corps. As pilots and observers in the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Forces, Americans flew combat missions in France during the Great War. In the first postwar decade, airmen achieved a measure of recognition with the establishment of the Air Corps and, during World War II, the Army Air Forces attained equal status with the Army Ground Forces. During this first era of military aviation, as described by Rebecca Cameron in Training to Fly, the groundwork was laid for the independent United States Air Force. Those were
Book Synopsis Training to Fly by : Rebecca Hancock Cameron
Download or read book Training to Fly written by Rebecca Hancock Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Flight training, 1907-1945.
