Duxford To Karachi A Raf Armourer S War
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Duxford To Karachi A Raf Armourer S War
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Author : Fred Roberts
language : en
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How The Spitfire Won The Battle Of Britain
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2010-10-15
How The Spitfire Won The Battle Of Britain written by Dilip Sarkar 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 2010-10-15 with History categories.
Finally lays to rest the myth that the Hurricane won the Battle of Britain rather than the numerically inferior, yet more glamorous, Spitfire.
Battle Of Britain The Gathering Storm
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Battle Of Britain The Gathering Storm written by Dilip Sarkar and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with History categories.
Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context. In doing so, he has helped enrich our appreciation and understanding of the past. In this, the first of a new seven volume series on the Battle of Britain, we have the background to the aerial conflict of the summer of 1940 revealed in great detail and told comprehensively as never before. No stone has been left unturned, no angle unexplored. This meticulous approach the research, combined with the human stories and events, many revealed for the first time, tells what Dilip calls ‘the Big Story’. The development of air power, the creation of Britain’s defenses, the German side, the Home Front and political events are all covered – and much more. After considering the background threads prior to the outbreak of war in 1939, this book then describes the developing conflict on land, sea and in the air. The German invasion of Norway, the Fall of France and the air fighting over Dunkirk are all explored, along with Hitler’s actual preferred policy towards Britain, which at first was one of blockade – not invasion. The author, with justification, questions the validity of the Battle of Britain’s official start-date being 10 July 1940, evidencing the fact that the fighting actually began eight days earlier. From that date onwards, a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, account of the fighting is provided, giving due recognition to those aircrew lost or wounded before 10 July 1940, and whose names are not, therefore, found amongst ‘The Few’. Due accord is also given to the Royal Navy, and efforts of both Bomber and Coastal commands, emphasizing just what a ‘big’ story this actually is – far from simply concerning a handful of Spitfire and Hurricane pilots. Through diligent research with crucial official primary sources and personal papers, Dilip unravels many myths, often challenging the accepted narrative. This is not, however, simply another dull record of combat losses and claims, far from it. Drawing upon unique first-hand accounts from a wide-range of combatants and eyewitnesses, along with the daily Home Intelligence Reports and the papers of politicians such as Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, this really is an unprecedented approach to understanding the build-up to and times of the Battle of Britain.
Spitfire
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-09-30
Spitfire written by Dilip Sarkar and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with History categories.
“A really excellent, detailed, comprehensive and moving history of 19 Squadron, RAF during the Second World War” from the author of Arnhem 1944 (Clash of Steel). As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based at Fowlmere. Deeply moving was the discovery that, in 1942, Brian was reported missing after a futile nuisance raid over the Dutch coast. During the mid-1980s, Dilip began researching the life and times of both Brian Lane and 19 Squadron, forging close friendships with many of the unit’s surviving Battle of Britain pilots and support staff. Nearly thirty years later, sadly all of the survivors are now deceased, but Dilip’s close relationship has provided a huge archive of correspondence and interviews in addition to a unique photographic collection. Furthermore, the author, a retired police detective, has thoroughly investigated the life—and death—of Squadron Leader Lane. This completely new Spitfire! covers everything we would ever need to know about such a unit during the critical pre and early war period: the social, political, aviation and military history all in one volume—emphasizing the human experience involved and the stories of casualties. With an immense photographic collection—many published here for the first time—this book is destined to become a classic. “The most thorough book about any squadron in RAF service during the Battle of Britain . . . an impeccable source of information and a gripping story—Most Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench
The Day The War Ended
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Author : Jacky Hyams
language : en
Publisher: John Blake
Release Date : 2020-08-06
The Day The War Ended written by Jacky Hyams and has been published by John Blake this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-06 with History categories.
Tuesday, 8 May 1945: Victory in Europe Day. A day of joyous celebration, as the end of a conflict which had engulfed the world came within touching distance. Millions of people celebrated in the streets throughout Britain. Yet not all was right in the world. Struggles remained ahead - war still raged on between the Allies and Japan. Agreements and treaties were yet to be forged. Lives continued to be lost around the world. Meanwhile in Britain, although the pressure of supporting active military campaigns was reduced, lives were irrevocably changed in other ways. Bonds forged by the momentum of struggle, by hardship, unity and common purpose would begin to fade, and give way to the wounds of sorrow, upheaval and trauma that six years of conflict had riven. What was it really like to be living in Britain as the war drew to a close, giving way to a new era of hope, but also of deep uncertainty? In The Day the War Ended, bestselling author Jacky Hyams delivers a sweeping story, weaving together illuminating untold stories with contemporary records and photographs. The result is a moving, personal insight into hearts and minds across the home front right through the momentous year of 1945, as war ended and 'everything after' took root, shaping the world we know today.
Spitfire
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Author : Leo McKinstry
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-10-14
Spitfire written by Leo McKinstry and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-14 with History categories.
In June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain. A self-confident Herman Goring thought that it would be only a matter of weeks before his planes had forced Britain to surrender. The courage, resourcefulness and brilliant organisation of the RAF were to prove him wrong. By late September 1940, the RAF had proved invincible, thanks to the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire. It exceeded anything that any other air force possessed. RJ Mitchell, a shy and almost painfully modest engineer, was the genius behind the Spitfire. On the 5th March 1936, following its successful maiden flight, a legend was born. Prize-winning historian Leo McKinstry's vivid history of the Spitfire brings together a rich cast of characters and first hand testimonies. It is a tale full of drama and heroism, of glory and tragedy, with the main protagonist the remarkable plane that played a crucial role in saving Britain.
Flypast
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Flypast written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Aeronautics categories.
Proceedings Of The Cambridge Antiquarian Society With Communications Made To The Society
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Author : Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Cambridge, England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Proceedings Of The Cambridge Antiquarian Society With Communications Made To The Society written by Cambridge Antiquarian Society (Cambridge, England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Cambridgeshire (England) categories.
Aviation News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-07
Aviation News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07 with Aeronautics categories.
Men Of The Battle Of Britain
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Author : Kenneth G. Wynn
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-07-07
Men Of The Battle Of Britain written by Kenneth G. Wynn and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with History categories.
Since it was first published in 1989, Men of the Battle of Britain has become a standard reference book for academics and researchers interested in the Battle of Britain. Copies are also owned by many with purely an armchair interest in the events of 1940.The book records the service details of the airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain in considerable detail. Where known, postings and their dates are included, as well as promotions, decorations and successes claimed flying against the enemy. There is also much personal detail, often including dates and places of birth, civilian occupations, dates of death and place of burial or, for those with no known grave, place of commemoration. There are many wartime head-and-shoulders photographs. Inevitably the high achievers who survived tend to have the longest entries, but those who were killed very quickly, sometimes even on their first sortie, are given equal status.The 2015 third edition will include new names and corrected spellings, as well as many new photographs. Plenty of the entries have been extended with freshly acquired information. The stated nationalities of some of the airmen have been re-examined and, for example, one man always considered to be Australian is now known to have been Irish.