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Aircrew Unlimited
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Author : John Golley
language : en
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Release Date : 1993
Aircrew Unlimited written by John Golley and has been published by Motorbooks International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
AIRCREW UNLIMITED GOLLEY, J
So Far From Home
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Author : Robert B. Kane
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Release Date : 2016-12-01
So Far From Home written by Robert B. Kane and has been published by NewSouth Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-01 with History categories.
During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (AAF) trained over 21,000 aircrew members from 29 Allied countries. The two largest programs, 79 percent of those trained, were for Britain and France. The Royal Air Force (RAF), fully engaged against the German Air Force by December 1940, was not able to train new aircrews. The British government asked the United States to train new pilots until it could get its own flight training program underway. Lieutenant General Henry "Hap" Arnold, chief of the Army Air Corps, authorized the training of RAF pilots at select airfields in the southeast United States, including at Maxwell and Gunter fields near Montgomery, Alabama. Between June 1941 and February 1943, when the RAF terminated what became known as the Arnold Plan, 4,300 of more than 7,800 RAF cadets sent to the United States completed the three-phase AAF flight training program. Within three months, some of the same schools, including the phase 2 school at Gunter Field, began training Free French Air Force flight cadets. By November 1945, when the US government terminated the French training program, 2,100 French flight cadets out of the 4,100 who came to the United States had received their wings. This book tells for the first time the story of the RAF and Free French flight training programs in central Alabama, covering the origins, the issues, and the problems that occurred during the training programs, and the results and lessons learned.
Ten Decisions
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Author : Larry D. Rose
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2017-10-21
Ten Decisions written by Larry D. Rose and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-21 with History categories.
In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
The British Commonwealth And Victory In The Second World War
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Author : Iain E. Johnston-White
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-12-28
The British Commonwealth And Victory In The Second World War written by Iain E. Johnston-White and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-28 with History categories.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the British Commonwealth in the Second World War. Britain and its Dominions, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, formed the most durable, cooperative and interchangeable alliance of the war. Iain E. Johnston-White looks in depth at how the Commonwealth war effort was financed, the training of airmen for the air war, the problems of seaborne supply and the battles fought in North Africa. Fully one third of the ‘British’ effort originated in the Dominions, a contribution that was only possible through the symbiotic relationship that Britain maintained with its former settler-colonies. This cooperation was based upon a mutual self-interest that was largely maintained throughout the war. In this book, Johnston-White offers a fundamental reorientation in our understanding of British grand strategy in the Second World War.
Irish Officers In The British Forces 1922 45
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Author : Steven O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Irish Officers In The British Forces 1922 45 written by Steven O'Connor and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with History categories.
Irish Officers in the British forces, 1922-45 looks at the reasons why young Irish people took the king's commission, including the family tradition, the school influence and the employment motive. It explores their subsequent experiences in the forces and the responses in independent Ireland to the continuation of this British military connection.
The Royal Air Force In American Skies
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Author : Tom Killebrew
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2015-10-15
The Royal Air Force In American Skies written by Tom Killebrew and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with History categories.
By early 1941, the war raged in Europe and Great Britain stood alone against the aerial might of Nazi Germany. Although much of the Royal Air Force's pilot training program had been relocated to Canada and other Dominion countries, the need for pilots remained acute. The British looked to the United States for possible assistance. Passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941 allowed for the training of British pilots in the United States and the formation of British Flying Training Schools. These unique schools were owned by American operators, staffed with American civilian instructors, supervised by British Royal Air Force officers, utilized aircraft supplied by the U.S. Army Air Corps, and used the RAF training syllabus. Within these pages, Tom Killebrew provides the first comprehensive history of all seven British Flying Training Schools located in Terrell, Texas; Lancaster, California; Miami, Oklahoma; Mesa, Arizona; Clewiston, Florida; Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Sweetwater, Texas. The first British students arrived in a still-neutral United States in June 1941. Many had never been in an airplane (or even driven an automobile), but they mastered the elements of flight, attended ground school classes, were introduced to the mysteries of the Link trainer and instrument flight, and then ventured out on cross country exercises. Students began night flying with the natural apprehension associated with taking off into a black sky, aided by only a few instruments, a flickering flare path, and limited ground references. Some students failed the periodic check flights and had to be eliminated from training, while others were killed during mishaps and are buried in local cemeteries. Those who finished the course became Royal Air Force pilots. But the story of the British Flying Training Schools is more than the story of young men learning to fly. These young British students would also forge a strong and long-lasting bond of friendship with the Americans they came to know. This bond would last not only during training, but would continue throughout the war, and still exist long after the end of the war.
The Air Campaign
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Author : John A. Warden
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 1998
The Air Campaign written by John A. Warden and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
"The Air Force staff quickly came up with an air campaign, the brainchild of Colonel John Warden, a brilliant, brash fighter pilot and a leading Air Force intellectual on the use of airpower... Warden's original plan would undergo numerous modifications…but his original concept remained the heart of the Desert Storm air war." Colin Powell Colin Powell, My American Journey Since its original publication The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat has been translated into more than a half dozen languages and is in use at military colleges throughout the world. This book would later serve as the basis for the planning of much of the Gulf War air campaign. Generals Schwarzkopf and Powell credited Col. Warden with creating the air campaign that defeated Iraq in the Gulf War. This new edition includes a new epilogue where Col. Warden has refined and extended many of the ideas presented in the original book. The most significant of these refinements is the development of the theory of the enemy as a system-which flows from the center of gravity concepts developed in the first edition.
The Royal Air Force In Texas
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Author : Tom Killebrew
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2003
The Royal Air Force In Texas written by Tom Killebrew and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
With the outbreak of World War II, British RAF officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the USA, six civilian flight schools dedicated themselves to instructing RAF pilots. Tom Killebrew explores the history of the Terrell Aviation School.
Great Escaper
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Author : Louise Williams
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2015-11-15
Great Escaper written by Louise Williams and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
He survived the air war and broke out of Germany’s toughest POW camp. Now his fate lies in Hitler’s hands.
Empire Lost
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Author : Andrew Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2008-09-18
Empire Lost written by Andrew Stewart and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-18 with History categories.
Using government records, private letters and diaries and contemporary media sources, this book examines the key themes affecting the relationship between Britain and the Dominions during the Second World War, the Empire's last great conflict. It asks why this political and military coalition was ultimately successful in overcoming the challenge of the Axis powers but, in the process, proved unable to preserve itself. Although these changes were inevitable the manner of the evolution was sometimes painful, as Britain's wartime economic decline left its political position exposed in a changing post-war international system.