Shot Down And In The Drink

Author : Graham Pitchfork
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472827252
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shot Down and in the Drink written by Graham Pitchfork and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service saved thousands of RAF, Commonwealth and Allied airmen between 1939 and 1945. 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. 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. These incredible stories celebrate the courage, persistence and ingenuity of the men who found themselves 'in the drink' and those who saved them.

Author : Ralph Barker
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755364724
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down in the Drink written by Ralph Barker and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To crash or be shot down into the sea is a terrifying experience. And to escape to tell the tale is a rare and remarkable achievement. But that is precisely what each of the World War Two heroes described here has done; they have come 'down in the drink' and miraculously survived. In doing so, they have all qualified for the 'Goldfish Club'. Ralph Barker tells the hair-raising and inspiring stories of eight such air crews. There is the tale of the Beaufort that ditches in the North Sea, the Wellington crew stranded in the Bay of Biscay and the Mosquito fighter-bomber trapped in the sea off Burma, keeping afloaton the wreckage of his fuselage,concussed, his bones broken, withonly a flask of whisky to keep him going. In DOWN IN THE DRINK, the accounts of heroism and endurance match any from that historic time. They are stories of men from all corners of the British Commonwealth fighting for survival against unimaginable odds. No one could read of their experiences without being stirred by the proof they give that there is no limit to human courage.

Author : James Goulty
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 1526752387
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eyewitness RAF written by James Goulty and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed, realistic picture of what it was like to serve in the Royal Air Force during WWII, both on the ground and in the air, using firsthand accounts. Much has been written about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War—memoirs, biographies, histories of Fighter and Bomber commands, technical studies of the aircraft, accounts of individual operations and exploits—but few books have attempted to take the reader on a journey through basic training and active service as air or ground crew and eventual demobilization at the end of the war. That is the aim of James Goulty’s Eyewitness RAF. Using a vivid selection of testimony from men and women, he offers a direct insight into every aspect of wartime life in the service. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the individual’s experience of the RAF—the preparations for flying, flying itself, the daily routines of an air base, time on leave, and the issues of discipline, morale, and motivation. A particularly graphic section describes, in the words of the men themselves, what it felt like to go on operations and the impact of casualties—airmen who were killed, injured, or taken prisoner. What emerges is a fascinatingly varied inside view of the RAF that is perhaps less heroic and glamorous than the image created by some postwar accounts—but gives readers today a much more realistic appreciation of the whole gamut of life in the RAF seventy-plus years ago.

Author : Geoffrey Page
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 190916660X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shot Down in Flames written by Geoffrey Page and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilot’s first-hand account of the Battle of Britain. “Quite simply one of the best books I have ever read about the men who fought the war in the air.” —Daily Mail On 12 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain, in an engagement with Dornier Do 17s, Geoffrey Page was shot down into the English Channel, suffering severe burns. He spent much of the next two years in hospitals, undergoing plastic surgery, but recovered sufficiently to pursue an extremely distinguished war and postwar career. This eloquently written and critically acclaimed autobiography tells of his wartime exploits in the air and on the ground. He was a founding member of The Guinea Pig Club—formed by badly burnt aircrew—and this is a fascinating account of the Club, of the courage and bravery of “The Few,” and of Geoffrey’s later life and achievements, most particularly in the creation of The Battle of Britain memorial. “For sheer narrative power, it ranks with the best.” —The Daily Telegraph

Author : Guy Adams
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755361296
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Bar Bets written by Guy Adams and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you lift a glass filled with drink off a table using just a playing card? Or balance 13 dominoes on a single domino? Or drink a beer quicker than your friends every time? THE LITTLE BOOK OF BAR BETS is a fun and humorous gift book that will appeal not only to fans of hit BBC series The Real Hustle, but to anyone anywhere in the world who likes pub games. Bets include: PURSE SNATCH: Using no hands, get a coin from between your teeth into a purse on your head. Impossible? MAGIC MATCH: Can you move the match behind the glass without touching it? THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BALLOON: Who can hold a balloon over a flame the longest before it bursts?

Author : Ralph Barker
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755364724
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down in the Drink written by Ralph Barker and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To crash or be shot down into the sea is a terrifying experience. And to escape to tell the tale is a rare and remarkable achievement. But that is precisely what each of the World War Two heroes described here has done; they have come 'down in the drink' and miraculously survived. In doing so, they have all qualified for the 'Goldfish Club'. Ralph Barker tells the hair-raising and inspiring stories of eight such air crews. There is the tale of the Beaufort that ditches in the North Sea, the Wellington crew stranded in the Bay of Biscay and the Mosquito fighter-bomber trapped in the sea off Burma, keeping afloaton the wreckage of his fuselage,concussed, his bones broken, withonly a flask of whisky to keep him going. In DOWN IN THE DRINK, the accounts of heroism and endurance match any from that historic time. They are stories of men from all corners of the British Commonwealth fighting for survival against unimaginable odds. No one could read of their experiences without being stirred by the proof they give that there is no limit to human courage.

Author : G. Namjil
Publisher : American Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1631814397
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALTAIC MYTHOLOGIES IN CHINA written by G. Namjil and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lending support to the search for the roots of the Altaic language family and pushing forward the field of Altaic mythologies and related topics, this comprehensive study of the early beliefs of China’s Altaic peoples is the first thorough, systematic academic treatment in this, as yet, underdeveloped research field. While discussing nine types of Altaic mythologies, A Comparative Study of Altaic Mythologies in China uses primary sources in several languages to explore Altaic myths’ origins, development over centuries, lineage relationships, and external influences. For this purpose, it compares the mythologies of various ethnic groups within the Altaic language family, Altaic mythologies with those of other cross-language and cross-cultural ethnic groups having direct, indirect or even no cultural exchanges with them in history, as well as Altaic mythologies with folklore, religion and other interdisciplinary domains of Altaic Studies by applying the theories and methods of comparative literature studies, comparative folklore studies and comparative mythology to a vast collection of mythological materials. As wide-ranging as it is deeply researched, this serious exploration of Altaic Studies breaks the boundaries of the previously closed research model, expands theoretical horizons, broadens the research scope, introduces a new mechanism for understanding myths and co-cultures of the Altaic language family, and offers insight toward the reconstruction of Proto-Altaic Mythology.

Author : Graham Pitchfork
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147282721X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shot Down and on the Run written by Graham Pitchfork and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. These men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety – often across savage terrain – tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.

Author : Graham Pitchfork
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550024833
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shot Down and on the Run written by Graham Pitchfork and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book tells some of the epic stories of the thousands of shot-down airmen, including many Canadians, who got out from behind enemy lines across all theatres of the Second World War. Based on special first-hand interviews and new research into official debriefing documents held at Britain's National Archives, many of these accounts have never been published before. This book explores the pivotal role of military intelligence that masterminded the training, support, and organization of escape and evasion; it also features rare photographs of the evaders and their helpers.

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Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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