Tail Gunner Takes Over

Author : Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178625929X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner Takes Over [Illustrated Edition] written by Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos. The follow-up to the successful “Tail Gunner,” Rivaz’ firsthand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command’s fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. After his heroic exploits as a tail gunner he moved on to flight training in Canada. This book was published just prior to his untimely death on October 13th, 1945, having survived the Second World War.

Author : R. C. Rivaz
Publisher : Tail Gunner
ISBN 13 : 9781839013898
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner Takes Over written by R. C. Rivaz and published by Tail Gunner. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the bestselling memoir Tail Gunner. Tail Gunner Takes Over is a powerfully personal memoir of one man's war in the air.

Author : Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786259281
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner [Illustrated Edition] written by Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos. Originally published in 1943, this is one man’s first-hand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command’s fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Richard Rivaz flew as tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of World War II. His modest but vivid narrative reveals what it was like to be part of a heavy bomber crew flying first Whitleys and then Halifaxes with No.s 102 and 35 squadrons.—Print Ed.

Author : R C Rivaz
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075246969X
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner written by R C Rivaz and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1943, this is the gripping story of one man's involvement in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Dick Rivaz was tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of the Second World War, flying in Whiteleys with 102 Squadron and latterly in Halifaxes with 35 Squadron. Unique among wartime memoirs, Tail Gunner was written within months of the events described, with all the immediacy of being at the very heart of the action. Rivaz graphically describes his experiences on night bombing attacks against heavily defended enemy targets like Duisberg, Dusseldorf and Essen, and relates a dramatic shoot-out with German fighters over La Rochelle in broad daylight during July 1941. Rivaz reveals the fine spirit of comradeship which developed in RAF bomber crews during the Second World War. Having survived the war, including two rescues from the North Sea, he was killed in October 1945, aged just thirty-seven.

Author : R. C. Rivaz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781981001743
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner written by R. C. Rivaz and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the outstanding books of the war.' Sunday Express This gripping story of one man's involvement in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling offensive was first published in 1943. Written only months after the events described, R. C. Rivaz provides a uniquely fresh and immediate perspective on some of the most harrowing episodes of the war. He was tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of the Second World War and flew in Whitleys with 102 Squadron and Halifaxes with 35 Squadron. Rivaz describes his experiences of night bombing attacks against heavily defended enemy targets like Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Essen, recording in captivating detail the sights and sounds of these dangerous night time raids. But he describes equally well the colour pallet of the setting sun from fifteen thousand feet, and his turbulent mind set as he prepares for each death defying mission. He relates a dramatic shoot-out with German fighters over La Rochelle in broad daylight and describes his near-death encounters with cool but honest detail. Rivaz also describes two agonizing crashes over the sea, one occasion of which he waits near frozen for seven hours, buffeted by stormy weather in a rubber dinghy. 'Tailgunner' is not only unrivalled in its immediacy and insight, but gripping and eminently readable. Richard Rivaz was born in Assam on 15th March 1908, son of a colonial official in the Indian Civil Service. He later returned to England and studied painting at the Royal College of Art. He became an accomplished artist in the 1930s, before training as a teacher and taking up an appointment at Collyer's School in Sussex, where he taught art. Rivaz volunteered for pilot training in 1940 but was bitterly disappointed to learn that, at the age of thirty-two, he was too old to become a pilot. He commenced training as an air-gunner and saw first service with No. 102 Squadron. He survived many dangerous raids and crashes but was unfortunately killed at the end of the war, when his transport aircraft caught fire on take off from Brussels airport on 13 October 1945.

Author : Hugh F. Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780533141968
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner Takes Command written by Hugh F. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Rivaz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner Takes Over written by Richard Rivaz and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dale Vanblair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781414008165
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Looking Back written by Dale Vanblair and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about two congenial and affectionate sisters, with slightly different personalities and temperaments. Both are very intelligent and are able to excel in their chosen professions, until terrifying conditions affect their lives.

Author : Squadron Leader R. C. Rivaz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911445302
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tail Gunner written by Squadron Leader R. C. Rivaz and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald Costello
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 145205813X
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Tailgunner written by Ronald Costello and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my experiences as a Tailgunner on a B-29 in Korea, during the Korean war. I am hopeing that it will give an insite to what this war was about. Although people call it a conflict, we as veterans of this conflict think otherwise, we believe it was a war. Come ride along with me on some 27 combat missions over North Korea. Venture into the night life on a B-29 at 29,000 ft. over the mountains of Korea, see the snow covered barron lands, hoping that we don't end up there..It also covers a little about my growing up and how I became a tailgunner, the extensive training it takes to become a crew member. Enjoy the book, I am sure you will