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Author | : Don Patterson |
Publisher | : Hindsight (MN) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999-10 |
Genre | : Fighter pilots |
ISBN | : 9781929031092 |
The 14th Squadron's mission is to provide fighter escort for a formation of American bombers flying into enemy territory. But what will it take to get the brave American crew back to England?
Author | : Don Patterson |
Publisher | : Rising Star Studios LLC |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fighter pilots |
ISBN | : 193677013X |
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.
Author | : Don Patterson |
Publisher | : Rising Star Studios LLC |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fighter pilots |
ISBN | : 1936770121 |
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.
Author | : Philip Kaplan |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2008-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844155870 |
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. The accounts of the experiences of fighter pilots are based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with veterans.
Author | : John Starkey |
Publisher | : Air World |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2023-01-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399088955 |
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?
Author | : Len Deighton |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2021-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141995947 |
'The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was' Andrew Wilson, Observer History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of the Battle of Britain, Len Deighton drew on a decade of research and his own wartime experiences to puncture these myths and point towards a more objective, and even more inspiring, truth. 'Revolutionised thinking about the Battle of Britain in a way that has not been seriously challenged since' The Times
Author | : Jonathan Falconer |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752470493 |
Southern England. Late summer 1940. The nation is fighting for its very survival and the Luftwaffe's aerial offensive is unrelenting. All that lies between invasion and salvation for Britain is the 'thin blue line' of RAF Fighter Command and its pilots. This newly illustrated anniversary edition of Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot reveals what it was like to fly a fighter plane in the Battle of Britain. Who were the Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of 1940? How did they spend a typical day? And when pitched together in combat at 30,000 feet, which was the better machine - Spitfire or Me109? Read Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot and then ask yourself: would I have been up to the job?
Author | : Graham Pitchfork |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017-07-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472827260 |
Enthralling stories of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down in the sea during World War II – and those who rescued them. The RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service saved thousands of RAF, Commonwealth and Allied airmen between 1939 and 1945. Those shot down at sea faced terrifying dangers, from weather extremes to enemy fighters, and rescue by airborne or seaborne craft was fraught with difficulty. This fascinating account draws on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents to reveal some of its most dramatic missions in northwest Europe, the Mediterranean and the Far East. These incredible stories celebrate the courage, persistence and ingenuity of the men who found themselves 'in the drink' and those who saved them.
Author | : Noel Monks |
Publisher | : New York, London, Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated [c1940] |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chaz Bowyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Beretter om jagerpiloter (Esser), der under 2. verdenskrig i RAF opnåede mange nedskydninger af fjendtlige fly