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A Bomber Crew Mystery
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Author : David Price
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2016-08-18
A Bomber Crew Mystery written by David Price and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-18 with History categories.
An antique trophy inspires a quest to uncover the history of an outstanding crew of WWII airmen who first flew into combat on D-Day. After discovering a discarded trophy in an Edinburgh antique shop, author David Price endeavored to tell the stories of the men whose names had been engraved upon it. Praised as ‘Outstanding Crew of the Month’, the members of 388th Bombardment Group set out on their very first mission on June 6, 1944—D-Day. This baptism of fire heralded the start of an illustrious career in battle. During August and September of 1944, they took part in over thirty perilous missions. And yet the details of their endeavors have largely been forgotten. Here, the history of 388th Bombardment Group’s service is told in great detail from interviews with each surviving member of the group, together with family members, in an effort to glean more information about their wartime deeds, and to reunite them with the trophy that they won in the midst of it. A Bomber Crew Mystery serves as a poignant and evocative tribute to the 388th Bombardment Group, as well as all those who fought in the skies of the Second World War.
Bomber Crew Mystery
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Author : David Price
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Bomber Crew Mystery written by David Price and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The Crew
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Author : David Price
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-09
The Crew written by David Price and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-09 with History categories.
A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the war's end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, hard-bitten Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Tail Gunner 'Jock' Bolland, Flight Engineer Ken Randle and Radio Operator Roy Woollford were seven ordinary young men living in extraordinary times, risking their lives in freedom's cause in the dark skies above Hitler's Reich. From their earliest beginnings – in places as far apart as a Cotswold village and the suburbs of Sydney – through the adventure of training in North America and the dread and danger of the forty-five bombing raids they flew with 97 Squadron, David Price describes the crew's wartime experiences with human sympathy allied to a secure technical understanding of one of the RAF's most iconic aircraft. The drama and anxiety of individual missions – to Kassel, Munich and Augsburg as well as Berlin – is evoked with thrilling immediacy; while the military events and strategic decisions that drove the RAF's area bombing campaign against Nazi Germany are interwoven deftly with the narrative of the crew's operational careers. ****************************** Reviews: 'A sensitive account of the bomber's life... Price has given the bomber offensive a human face. This book [...] has a heart and soul' The Times. 'A fascinating and fast-paced account of the exploits of an Avro Lancaster bomber crew from 97 Squadron RAF' The Herald. 'A remarkable insight into the bravery, determination and skill of British Bomber Command crews during WWII' Waterstones.
Lady S Men
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Author : Mario Martinez
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1999
Lady S Men written by Mario Martinez and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
"In April 1943, an American Liberator bomber, based in Libya and christened by her crew 'Lady Be Good', vanished mysteriously. The crew were simply reported as 'Missing, presumed dead.' Then, fifteen years later, BP oilmen on an aerial reconnaissance over south-central Libya spotted the remains of the bomber four hundred and forty miles from its original destination. Examining in detail all the evidence, Mario Martinez set out to discover what had really happened to the ill-fated craft and her crew ..."--Cover
Flight Of The Forgotten
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Author : Mark Vance
language : en
Publisher: Mark Alan Vance
Release Date : 2011-04-10
Flight Of The Forgotten written by Mark Vance and has been published by Mark Alan Vance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-10 with Drama categories.
Flight of the Forgotten is the true story of one of the most closely-guarded American military secrets of all time. It is intriguing, controversial and thought-provoking. The story traverses 50 years, two generations and the realities of our physical world. The triggering event is the tragic loss of an American Eighth Air Force bomber crew in 1945 under mysterious circumstances while enroute home after the end of World War II. The loss represents a 50-year-old aviation mystery, officially "forgotten" by the United States Government. Details described and amplified within the story remain permanently "buried" inside a top-secret O.S.S. file to this day. This book is a public counter to official efforts by the United States Government to have the events permanently erased from the public record. The author's extensive research indicates that those events involve murder, conspiracy and sabotage by the O.S.S., the forerunner to the modern CIA.
Bomber Crew
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Author : John Sweetman
language : en
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
Release Date : 2004
Bomber Crew written by John Sweetman and has been published by Little Brown GBR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Bomber pilots categories.
During the Second World War aeronautical technology gathered rapid pace. By 1945, bombers had not only greatly increased in engine power and range, but the bombs which they carried rose from 250lbs to 10 tons; the navigator's pencil and rubber of 1939 had been supplemented by infinitely more sophisticated electronic aids. Yet the success or failure of each and every bomber still depended entirely on the efficiency of every member of the crew at his individual position, the interaction and co-operation of all crew members as a body. One member of 617 squadron graphically explained that 'every time we went out, it was seven men against the Reich'. Drawing on letters, journals and diaries, John Sweetman examines the lives the bomber crews lived, from the highs and lows of their missions to the complexities of their friendships and the impact their place in the war had on the families and loved ones they left behind.
The Lady Be Good
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Author : Dennis E. McClendon
language : en
Publisher: T A B-Aero
Release Date : 1962
The Lady Be Good written by Dennis E. McClendon and has been published by T A B-Aero this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with History categories.
In April 1943 an American B-24 Liberator is presumed lost in the Mediterranean Sea. Sixteen years later she is found preserved in the Libyan Desert.
Bomber Crew B Pbp
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Author : John Sweetman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-06
Bomber Crew B Pbp written by John Sweetman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06 with categories.
Mosquito Men
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Author : David Price
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-13
Mosquito Men written by David Price and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-13 with History categories.
In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of London. Novel in construction and exceptionally fast, the new plane was soon outpacing the Spitfire, and went on to contribute to the RAF's offensive against Nazi Germany as bomber, pathfinder and night fighter. The men who flew it nicknamed this most flexible of aircraft 'the wooden wonder' for its composite wooden frame and superb performance. Its more familiar name was the de Havilland Mosquito, and it used lightning speed and agility to inflict mayhem on the German war machine. From the summer of 1943, as Bomber Command intensified its saturation bombing of German cities, Mosquitos were used by the Pathfinder Force, which marked targets for night-time bombing, to devastating effect. Mosquito Men traces the contrasting careers of the young men of 627 Squadron, including that of Ken Oatley – last living member of an illustrious group – who flew twenty-two operations in Mosquitos as a navigator. David Price's atmospheric narrative interweaves the human stories of the crews of 627 Squadron with events in the wider war as the Allies closed in on Germany from the summer of 1944. Mosquito Men is rich in evocative and technically authoritative accounts of individual missions flown by an aircraft that ranks alongside the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster as one of the RAF's greatest ever flying machines – and perhaps the most versatile warplane ever built. For those fans of the Mosquito aircraft recently described by Rowland White, Mosquito Men will add the human element to this iconic plane.
Flight Of The Forgotten
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Author : Mark A. Vance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-08
Flight Of The Forgotten written by Mark A. Vance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08 with History categories.
Flight of the Forgotten is the true story of one of the most closely guarded American military secrets of all time. It is intriguing, controversial and thought provoking. It traverses 50 years, two generations, and the realities of our physical world. The triggering event is the tragic loss of an American Eighth Air Force bomber crew in 1945 under mysterious circumstances while enroute home after the end of World War II. The loss represents a 50-year-old aviation mystery, officially "forgotten" by the United States Government. Details described and amplified within the story remain permanently "buried" inside a top secret O.S.S. file to this day. This book is a public counter to official efforts by the United States Government to have the events permanently erased from the public record. The author s extensive research indicates that those events involve murder, conspiracy and sabotage by the O.S.S., the forerunner to the modern CIA. Flight of the Forgotten exposes these events in detail and highlights the spiritual unrest of the murdered crewmen. Their interaction with the author, an airline captain and nephew of one of the crewmen killed in the crash, addresses not only the sabotage and conspiracy issues, but the very essence of our worldly existence. The events described in Flight of the Forgotten will challenge many core beliefs that Americans have about their own government and its role in society. The supernatural element and spiritual involvement of the deceased crewmen will interest anyone who has ever wondered, "What s next?" Written on behalf of the Jack B. Ketchum crew, Flight of the Forgotten is dedicated to men who can no longer speak for themselves but who have an important message all of us should hear.