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Book Synopsis Diary of a Night Bomber Pilot WWI by : Clive Semple
Download or read book Diary of a Night Bomber Pilot WWI written by Clive Semple and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2008-03-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying at 18, demobbed at 20, Semple's astonishing experience has been meticulously put into context. How do you fly a Handley Page across France in total darkness? The answer is the 'Lighthouse system', just one of the revelations in this unique record of ingenuity and courage.
Book Synopsis The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot by : Christopher M. Burgess
Download or read book The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot written by Christopher M. Burgess and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a first-hand account of the authors grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker and his experiences as a pilot in the R.F.C. in the First World War written as a series of letters and diary entries. He wrote letters virtually every day to his family, while he trained in England and was in service in France, and often illustrated them with little sketches. Guy was a gifted artist, particularly pencil and Pen & ink, and also an excellent photographer. He flew with No 65 (Fighter) Squadron that was formed in June, 1916 as a fighter squadron, and flew to France in March 1917 in time to play a prominent part in the air operations during the Battles of Arras. In June 1917, the squadron moved to Calais for special patrol work in the Dover Straits area, to intercept enemy aircraft raiding England.
Book Synopsis Into the Night by : Lieutenant John Waller Anderson
Download or read book Into the Night written by Lieutenant John Waller Anderson and published by Jetty House. This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into the Night chronicles the military service of Lt. Col. John Anderson from enlistment in the 105th to retirement from the Air Force. Anderson was a military photographer and this volume features hundreds of wonderful images taken by him at work and at leisure, during the years he served. Along with his personal diary, these images tell the tale of this unique young man¿s experiences, and family connections. John Waller Anderson, born 23 January 1921, enlisted in the 105th Observation Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard when he was just seventeen years old. He re-enlisted in the Army of the United States after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and was soon accepted into Aviation Cadet Training where he received his coveted ¿wings.¿ He then went on to the 348th Night Fighter Training Squadron in Orlando, Florida, and forward in service in WWII as a pilot in the distinguished 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. The title highlights Anderson's time in the 422nd throughout the European theater of Operations in Charmy Down, and Scorton, England, Cherbourg and Châteaudun, France, Florennes, Belgium, and finally Strassfeld, and Langensalza, Germany, during which time the Germans surrendered on 5 May 1945. This memoir showcases the infamous night fighter warplane, the P-61 ¿Black Widow¿ and the 422nd NFS, the most distinguished and successful of all WWII Night Fighter Squadrons!
Book Synopsis Surviving the Skies by : Joe Bamford
Download or read book Surviving the Skies written by Joe Bamford and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Stephen Wynn Vickers joined the Cheshire Regiment in August 1914, but after being badly wounded he remustered to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). While other young pilots were killed or injured almost as soon as they got their wings, Captain Vickers survived numerous crash and forced landings. He joined 101 Squadron in 1917 and completed seventy-three sorties over enemy territory before being repatriated in May 1918 and awarded the newly inaugurated DFC, as well as the MC. With the war drawing to a close, he became a flying instructor at an RAF station in Lincolnshire, but he did not live long enough to receive either his medals or the distinction that he deserved. Making use of an array of unpublished material, including original images and information collected directly from Vickers' family, former RAF air traffic controller Joe Bamford recounts on of the final original stories of the First World War night bombers.
Book Synopsis A Bomber Pilot's Diary: Stories about a Foretold Accident by : Roselyn Farnam
Download or read book A Bomber Pilot's Diary: Stories about a Foretold Accident written by Roselyn Farnam and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a lot of interesting stories about the Second World War that you probably never heard of. Grab a copy of this book today and find out one of them! This book tells the incredible story of the author - a B-17 bomber pilot. The exact same nightmare of how his plane would be shot down repeated in detail every night for a month until the day it happened... to another plane which was moved into his spot in the formation at the last minute. By knowing how that plane would fall, the author was able to avoid being hit and live on to discover just how true that nightmare became! This book contains an in-depth history of aerial bombing and takes you on the journey of a young boy from the moonshiner's backwoods of Tennessee who would eventually fly 35 missions in one of the most famous aircrafts of World War II.
Book Synopsis Diary of a Night Fighter Pilot 1939 - 1945 by : Douglas Greaves Dfc
Download or read book Diary of a Night Fighter Pilot 1939 - 1945 written by Douglas Greaves Dfc and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in his own hand from the day he signed up in October 1939 as a trainee pilot to the day he was 'demobbed' in October 1945, this poignant and often riveting diary by Squadron Leader Douglas Greaves D.F.C, records, in typical understated RAF style, the minutiae of everyday life in the services, as well as the horror he and his comrades endured and the heroism they all displayed.
Book Synopsis War Birds by : John MacGavock Grider
Download or read book War Birds written by John MacGavock Grider and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dagbogsnotater af en ukendt amerikansk pilot, der deltog i 1. verdenskrig beskriver her pilotens oplevelser og den tids luftoperationer. Redigeret som flyvelitteratur snarere end et historisk værk.
Download or read book Flypast written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Night Fighter by : Wing Cmdr. J. R. D. Braham
Download or read book Night Fighter written by Wing Cmdr. J. R. D. Braham and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST DECORATED FIGHTER PILOTS TELLS HIS RIVETING TRUE STORY OF AERIAL COMBAT... Fast-paced, hard-hitting and personal, Wing Commander J. R. D. “Bob” Braham recounts his brilliant career as a World War II fighter pilot. Beginning with his pre-war training, he takes us battle-by-battle through that fateful afternoon in June, 1944, when he was shot down over occupied Denmark and taken prisoner. From the desperate night-time sorties against the Luftwaffe’s air strikes during the Battle of Britain to the daring daylight intruder raids against Hitler’s crumbling Reich, his story reveals the skill, courage and teamwork between pilot and navigator that made him one of the RAF’s most deadly fighter pilots. “HE’S 400 YARDS DEAD AHEAD!” Suddenly there he was as clear as could be—twin engines, twin tail, our opposite number, an Me110 night-fighter. He was turning gently to port. I climbed back to 16,000 feet, heading again towards Ameland. Before we had straightened out Jacko called urgently: “Hard starboard!” I hauled the Beau round in a tight turn when Jacko called, Look out, you’re closing too fast!” “I’ve got him,” I yelled. He was above me, in a tight turn, and at the speed we were travelling we looked as if we were going to ram him. I eased back the stick, put the sights on him and fired at the point-blank range of about fifty yards. There was a blinding flash as the Me exploded in my face.
Book Synopsis Adventures Under Fire! by : Albert C. Henke
Download or read book Adventures Under Fire! written by Albert C. Henke and published by Leathers Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spectator written by David Zellmer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir in journal form of an airman's experiences in the South Pacific during the Second World War and his transformation from fledgling dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company to B-24 bomber pilot.
Download or read book Flying Blind written by Elizabeth Halls and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Night Fighter Pilot The Memoir Of A Chisholm Night Pilot In World War Ii by : Francisco Grasmuck
Download or read book Night Fighter Pilot The Memoir Of A Chisholm Night Pilot In World War Ii written by Francisco Grasmuck and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A night fighter (also known as an all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor for some time after the Second World War) is a fighter aircraft adapted for use at night or in other times of bad visibility. Night fighters began to be used in World War I and included types that were specifically modified to operate at night. This book records in fascinating detail how night-fighting progressed through the course of the war, initially through the use of the radar, and later when Chisholm served in 100 Group Bomber Command developing radio counter-measures and organizing fighter support for the bombers raiding Germany by night.
Download or read book Gideon's Thunder written by Mark T Holmes and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Bible, Gideon was called upon by an angel of the Lord to do battle. Like so many thousands of others, Henry T. Holmes was called to service to help stop a heinous dictator from overtaking the world. He did his part, bringing thunder down upon the German war machine while seeing many of his friends and comrades suffer and die in the process, very nearly succumbing himself more than once. Follow along through thirty-five missions, feel the exploding flak, and experience the thunder brought down by the U.S. Eighth Air Force in World War II. I have written this book in a first-person format, attempting to put myself in my father's shoes, in the pilot's seat, imagining some of it, and embellishing where I must, combined with mission facts courtesy of the 392nd Bomb Group archives and notes from family members.
Book Synopsis Through These Eyes by : T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson, Ed.S.
Download or read book Through These Eyes written by T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson, Ed.S. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-10-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Eighth Air Force bombing missions leaving England to blast targets in Hitler's Third Reich in 1944–45. Each clear day, the skies filled with hundreds of B17 Flying Fortress bombers and their escorts crossing the English Channel toward enemy targets protected by anti-aircraft batteries and German fighters waiting to attack the heavy bombers. The skies over the target were filled with black flak appearing to be so thick you could walk on it! The exploding shells filled the space with flying chunks of iron as bombers started their bomb run on the target. We often could hear the flak pelting our plance like a "buckshot" on a tin roof. This flak would often strike a vital part of the plane or wound a member of the crew! Our waist gunner was wounded on our tenth mission!Some missions we could count hundreds of holes in our plane after we landed safely in England! Bombers receiving a direct hit were blown out of the sky and another ten man aircrew was lost. Planes severely damaged had to drop out of formation and face enemy fighters alone unless some of our P-51 or P-47 escort fighters protected them. Bombers disabled or on fire had no choice but to order the crews to bail out. Airmen who survived the parachute jump were captured and placed into German prisoner of war camps (POW). They were classified as "missing in action". Forty-eight photos, some sixty years old are included in this 350 page book to illustrate the story of the author's childhood in the Great Depression through the great air war of World War II. A description of each mission from a sixty year old diary is included. I think you will enjoy the story of a teenage Radio-Gunner's experiences in the Mighty Eighth Air Force.
Book Synopsis Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary by : Dilip Sarkar
Download or read book Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary written by Dilip Sarkar and published by Air World. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique insight into how fighter pilots lived, loved—and died—through the diary of the top-scoring RAF Ace who survived the Battle of Britain. A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Air Vice-Marshal “Johnnie” Johnson’s aerial combat successes of World War II inspired schoolboys for generations. As a “lowly Pilot Officer,” Johnson learned his fighter pilot’s craft as a protégé of the legless Tangmere Wing Leader, Douglas Bader. After Bader was brought down over France and captured on 9 August 1941, Johnnie remained a member of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron. By the beginning of 1942, when Johnnie’s diary begins, Fighter Command was pursuing an offensive policy during daylight hours, “reaching out” and taking the war to the Germans in France. It was also a period in which the Focke-Wulf Fw outclassed the Spitfire Mk.V. In Johnnie’s words, the Fw 190 “drove us back to the coast and, for the first time, pilots lost confidence in the Spitfire.” As well as his participation in Rhubarb and Circus sorties, Johnnie was also involved in Operation Jubilee on 19 August 1942. In this diary, published here for the first time, we get a glimpse of the real Johnnie, and what it was really like to live and breathe air-fighting during one of the European air war’s most interesting years: 1942. Presented on a day-by-day basis, each of Johnnie’s entries is supported by an informative narrative written by the renowned aviation historian Dilip Sarkar, drawing upon official documents and his interviews and correspondence with the great man. “Provides a number of insights into life in the RAF Fighter Command of that period.—Most Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench
Book Synopsis The Development of Military Night Aviation to 1919 by : William Edward Fischer (Jr.)
Download or read book The Development of Military Night Aviation to 1919 written by William Edward Fischer (Jr.) and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the development of military night aviation from its origins through the 1st World War. Places emphasis on the evolution of night flying in those countries which fought on the Western Front, namely France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.
