Heroes Of Bomber Command

Author : Laurie Woods
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1921920424
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Hell and Back written by Laurie Woods and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Hell and Back is the story of some of the other Australian airmen who flew with Bomber Command. Laurie Woods either knew these men personally or had heard of them during the campaign.

Author : Michael Wadsworth
Publisher : Heroes of Bomber Command
ISBN 13 : 9781846740442
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Bomber Command written by Michael Wadsworth and published by Heroes of Bomber Command. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yorkshire was home to Bomber Command's 4 Group. August 1942 saw the creation of the Pathfinder Force, whose task was marking targets for the groups of bombers behind them with a precision that called for reckless heroism. In this excellently researched book Michael Wadsworth describes the air war in Yorkshire, and the young airmen who flew night after night against desperate odds. The bravery determination and resolve of the 'Bomber Men' must never be forgotten.

Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : Heroes of Bomber Command
ISBN 13 : 9781846740398
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Bomber Command written by Graham Smith and published by Heroes of Bomber Command. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this excellently researched book, Graham Smith describes the air war in Cambridgeshire, and the young airmen who flew night after night against desperate odds. It was from Cambridgeshire airfields too, that the legendary Pathfinder Force (P.F.F.) first took to the skies, marking targets for the force of bombers behind them with a precision that called for reckless heroism. Bomber Command suffered no less than 55,500 airmen killed, some 7,400 wounded, and over 9,800 made prisoners of war. Despite this their members did not receive any campaign medals though many heroes emerged and countless gallantry medals were awarded including twenty one Victoria Crosses. The bravery, determination and resolve of the 'Bomber Men' must never, ever be forgotten.

Author : Peter Rees
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743433980
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancaster Men written by Peter Rees and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in the air. Their bravery in extreme circumstances has barely been recognised. Peter Rees traces the extraordinary achievements of these young aviators. He tells their hair-raising stories of battle action and life on the ground. And he recounts how, when they returned to Australia, they were greeted as Jap dodgers and accused of 'hiding in England while we were doing it tough'. Exciting, compelling and full of life, Lancaster Men is a powerful tribute to these forgotten Australian heroes of World War II.

Author : Rupert Matthews
Publisher : Heroes of Bomber Command
ISBN 13 : 9781846740008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Bomber Command: Norfolk written by Rupert Matthews and published by Heroes of Bomber Command. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norfolk was one of the most important counties used by Bomber Command in the last war. From airfields in Norfolk such as Swanton Morley, Marham, Downham Market and Watton, crews flew almost suicidal operations, many in daylight and some at heights of 50 feet or lower, against heavily defended industrial installations in Germany and occupied Europe. The bomber crews were engaged in a special type of warfare; a matter of hours separated them from the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside and a flight into hell. They had to contend with adverse weather, intense cold, physical and mental fatigue, phalanxes of searchlights, heavy and intense flak and the Luftwaffe's night-fighters, before returning, if they were lucky, across a hostile North Sea often in damaged aircraft before landing safely; a blessed return to some form of normality but with the sure and certain knowledge that the next night they would face such horrors again, and again and again until their tours were completed or their luck deserted them and they did not return, like so many of their friends and colleagues. Despite this they did not receive any special Campaign medal. Winston Churchill himself was moved to write that "The charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava is eclipsed in brightness by their daily deeds of fame". In this well-researched and excellently written book, Rupert Matthews - himself the son of a Bomber Command sergeant stationed at Swanton Morley - describes many of the raids in detail and tells the story of courageous individuals who, despite the odds, flew mission after mission - heroes everyone of them. Rupert Matthews is a well established author with a particular interest in military history. He is also the author of Heroes of Bomber Command Lincolnshire.

Author : Rupert Matthews
Publisher : Heroes of Bomber Command
ISBN 13 : 9781853069444
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincolnshire written by Rupert Matthews and published by Heroes of Bomber Command. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, such was the build-up of men and materials in the RAF that Lincolnshire was already known as 'Bomber Country'. Its four main airfields - Hemswell, Scampton, Waddington and Cottesmore - were home to eight squadrons of Bomber Command under the legendary Arthur 'Bomber' Harris. Night after night the skies of Lincolnshire reverberated with the sound of aircraft taking off and landing. For the aircrews the missions were very dangerous and physically exhausting. The chances of surviving a full tour of 30 operations were only 50/50, less in the first five sorties while aircrews gained valuable experience. Their targets were roads, railways, bridges, harbours, dams, factories and oil installations. Many medals were won - some of them posthumously. On the Dambusters Raid alone, 36 were awarded; a VC for the leader Guy Gibson, five DSOs, 14 DFCs, 12 DFMs and three Conspicuous Gallantry Medals. In this well researched and excellently written book, Rupert Matthews - himself the son of a Bomber Command sergeant who fought in the Second World War - describes many of the operations in detail and tells the story of courageous individuals who, despite the odds, flew mission after mission - heroes every one of them.

Author : Peter Rees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancaster Men written by Peter Rees and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew mission after mission over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in the air. Their bravery in extreme circumstances has barely been recognised. Peter Rees traces the extraordinary achievements of these young aviators.

Author : Patrick Otter
Publisher : Pen & Sword
ISBN 13 : 9781781590942
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1 Group written by Patrick Otter and published by Pen & Sword. This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the recent unveiling of the monument to Bomber Command in London's Green Park, the publication of this lovingly crafted account of the exploits of oft-overlooked 1 Group is set to be a timely one. Patrick Otter combines an appropriate level of detail regarding operations, aircraft, bases and incidents, with accounts of human endurance and squadron fraternity, which works to create a thoroughly well researched account of the wartime proceedings of 1 Group which is rooted firmly in humanity. The book is heavily illustrated throughout with both images of aircraft and pilot profiles, supplementing the text perfectly and working further to humanize the accounts which the author relays, as well as satisfying the Aviation buffs curiosity for new and interesting images of aircraft in their wartime contexts. Although often considered a somewhat controversial operational unit, the bravery of the men who made up Bomber Command has never been in question. This book is further testament to that fact.

Author : Andrew D. Bird
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526710714
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Coastal Command written by Andrew D. Bird and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-life, action-packed, personal stories of valor from the history of the RAF’s maritime arm during World War II. It took thirty minutes for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. The crew of Flying Officer Kenneth “Kayo” Moore in their 224 Squadron Liberator carried out this remarkable achievement on the evening of 7/8 June 1944. While patrolling the western end of the English Channel, Moore’s crew first dispatched U-629, followed just under thirty minutes later by U-373. The story of this remarkable engagement is just one of many recounted by the author in Heroes of Coastal Command. Established in 1936, Coastal Command was the RAF’s only maritime arm. Throughout the war, its crews worked tirelessly alongside the Royal Navy to keep Britain’s vital sea lanes open. Together, they fought and won the Battle of the Atlantic, with RAF aircraft destroying 212 German U-Boats and sinking a significant tonnage of enemy warships and merchant vessels. Often working alone and unsupported, undertaking long patrols out over opens seas, Coastal Command bred a special kind of airman. Alongside individuals such as Kenneth Moore, there were Allan Trigg, Kenneth Campbell and John Cruickshank, all of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross; Norman Jackson-Smith, a Blenheim pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain; Jack Davenport, who flew his Hampden to Russia; John Watson, the sole survivor of a Short Sunderland which was lost during a rescue mission; and Ken Gatward, who flew a unique daylight mission over Paris to drop a Tricolore on the Arc de Triomphe. Theirs are just some of the many exciting stories revealed by the author.

Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : Heroes of Bomber Command
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Bomber Command written by Graham Smith and published by Heroes of Bomber Command. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the pilots and crew who flew from airbases in Suffolk during the last war and whose actions displayed some of the finest examples of courage and devotion to duty.