What The Raf Airman Took To War

Author : Bill Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784420778
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What the RAF Airman Took to War written by Bill Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. A huge number of airmen lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed, and those who survived faced terrifying risks; as Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'. In this beautifully illustrated tribute to 'The Few', Bill Howard catalogues the objects which were essential to every wartime pilot, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life might have depended and a wealth of other poignant items relating to his day-to-day existence during the air war against the Nazis.

Author : Bill Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784420786
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What the RAF Airman Took to War written by Bill Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-10 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. A huge number of airmen lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed, and those who survived faced terrifying risks; as Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'. In this beautifully illustrated tribute to 'The Few', Bill Howard catalogues the objects which were essential to every wartime pilot, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life might have depended and a wealth of other poignant items relating to his day-to-day existence during the air war against the Nazis.

Author : Nigel Cushion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781916003927
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warden's War written by Nigel Cushion and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristin Gilpatrick
Publisher : Badger Books Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781878569790
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destined to Live written by Kristin Gilpatrick and published by Badger Books Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victor F. Gammon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9781854094902
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Time for Fear written by Victor F. Gammon and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victor F. Gammon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854093882
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not All Glory! written by Victor F. Gammon and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretninger fra RAF-flybesætninger, der blev krigsfanger under 2. verdenskrig.

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 : Angela Walker
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473890748
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Battle of Britain Airman to PoW Escapee written by Angela Walker and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against almost impossible odds. A New Zealander in the RAF, Ian Walker took part in the Battle of Britain before transferring to Bomber Command and surviving three plane crashes in his Wellington bomber. The last of these saw him crash land in enemy territory, where he was eventually captured and taken prisoner. Confined within the claustrophobic walls of a POW camp, he hatched a plot with a fellow inmate to escape. This they achieved, almost miraculously, in broad daylight. Living on basic rations, they navigated the enemy wilds until they were captured, yet again, and taken back to prison.After languishing in POW camps and hospitals for more than two years, Ian had the good fortune of being placed on a list of injured men to be exchanged, man for man, with German prisoners. The little-known story of the history-making exchange that took place in Barcelona in October 1943 is detailed here, describing how thousands of allied and axis prisoners were safely returned to their homelands in the midst of war.Ians daughter, Angela Walker, has endeavored to preserve the details of her fathers extraordinary odyssey in full. Her tale circumnavigates the globe, weaving snippets taken from letters and extensive journals kept by her father in order to create a compelling, warm hearted and thrilling account of his war. Having once inspired her to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, her father now continues to inform and inspire her through the stories shes recovered from his past. Her book commemorates the efforts of all New Zealands wartime airmen who, like her father, made significant contributions in the fight for allied victory.

Author : Damien Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476739153
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dog Who Could Fly written by Damien Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thoroughly enjoyable story of heroism and true friendship" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), this Sunday Times top ten bestseller is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, flying countless combat missions and surviving everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned by his owners as they fled Nazi forces. The other was a different kind of lost soul--a Czech airman bound for the Royal Air Force and the country that he would come to call home. Airman Robert Bozdech stumbled across the tiny German shepherd--whom he named Ant--after being shot down on a daring mission over enemy lines. Unable to desert the puppy, Robert hid Ant inside his jacket as he escaped. In the months that followed, the pair would save each other's lives countless times as they flew together with RAF Bomber Command. Finally grounded after being injured on a flight mission, Ant refused to abandon his duty, waiting patiently beside the runway for his master's return from every sortie, and refusing food and sleep until they were reunited. By the end of the war, Robert and Ant had become true war heroes, and Ant was justly awarded the Dickin Medal, the "Animal VC." With beautiful vintage black-and-white photos of Robert and Ant, The Dog Who Could Fly is a deeply moving story of loyalty in the face of adversity and the unshakable bond between a man and his best friend.

Author : Aidan Crawley
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape from Germany, 1939-45 written by Aidan Crawley and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 2001 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the ten thousand prisoners of war held by the Germans during World War II only 30 successfully managed their way to Britain or a neutral country. After 1945, many escapees and PoW's were interviewed by the government and a file built up of their experiences and their efforts. These files were kept secret for nearly 40 years, during the Korean War and Cold War, as they contained evidence of enterprise and resilience that could still be useful to the enemy. This book contains extracts from that evidence as it was compiled by the author Aidan Crawley, himself a PoW, RAF officer and MP.