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Flying Fury
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Flying Fury written by James Thomas Byford McCudden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Flying Fury
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Author : James McCudden
language : en
Publisher: Casemate / Greenhill
Release Date : 2009-10-19
Flying Fury written by James McCudden and has been published by Casemate / Greenhill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-19 with History categories.
The day-to-day insights of a brilliantly daring World War I ace that only ends with his death at the age of 23 . . . James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this unique and gripping firsthand account, he brings to life some of aviation history’s most dramatic episodes in a memoir completed at the age of twenty-three, just days before his tragic death. During his time in France with the Royal Flying Corps from 1914 to 1918, McCudden rose from mechanic to pilot and flight commander. Following his first kill in September 1916, McCudden shot down a total of fifty-seven enemy planes, including a remarkable three in a single minute in January 1918. A dashing patrol leader, he combined courage, loyalty, and judgment, studying the habits and psychology of enemy pilots and stalking them with patience and tenacity. Written with modesty and frankness, yet acutely perceptive, Flying Fury is both a valuable insight into the world of early aviation and a powerful account of courage and survival above the mud and trenches of Flanders. Fighter ace James McCudden died in July 1918, after engine failure caused his plane to crash just four months before the end of World War I. His success as one of Britain’s deadliest pilots earned him the Victoria Cross.
Flying Fury
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Flying Fury written by James Thomas Byford McCudden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Flying Fury
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Flying Fury written by James Thomas Byford McCudden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Pilots, Military categories.
Flying Fury Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps Illustrated Edition
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden VC DSO & Ba, MC & Bar MM
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-13
Flying Fury Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps Illustrated Edition written by James Thomas Byford McCudden VC DSO & Ba, MC & Bar MM and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with History categories.
Illustrated Edition – contains 30 photos The highest scoring British Air Ace reveals his daily life at the front, in the air and in combat with the Germans above the Western Front. In the muddy trenches of the Western front few rankers would have considered that they would achieve field rank of major and international celebrity. In the skies above the shell-torn landscape, any man with enough talent, daring and skill could hope to become a ‘Flying Ace’ by claiming five or more victories over enemy aviators. Such an adventurous warrior was James McCudden; born in 1895 in Kent, he enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1910 as soon as he could. But he was smitten with the service in the air after a flight in his brothers plane in 1913 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. However he was only an engineer in 1914, but once in France despite his modest rank he was allowed to go up with his squadron and act as an observer in a two seater plane. After much good service as an observer his superiors put him forward for pilot training in 1916. McCudden’s tally of the enemy over the next two years would rank him among the greatest of the World War One Aces; he claimed some 57 enemy aircraft even three in a single day in 1918. His exploits in the air were legendary, surviving an attack by the Red Baron himself, he pioneered new tactics that enabled him the edge of his enemy by using his engineering skill to fine tune his aircraft. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, DSO with Bar, MC with Bar and a Military Medal and the French Croix de Guerre for his daring, bravery and skill. It is with a sad irony that it was not his German foe that eventually ended his outstanding military service but a flying accident in 1918. He was only 23 at the time. His own exploits, adventures, tactics and escapes are best left to him in his own words, but suffice to say despite his modest retelling of his life in a day-by-day fashion remains both dramatic and engaging.
Flying Fury
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Flying Fury written by James Thomas Byford McCudden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this unique and gripping first-hand account, he brings to life some of aviation history? most dramatic episodes in a memoir completed at the age of twenty-three, just days before his tragic death. During his time in France with the Royal Flying Corps from 1914 to 1918, McCudden rose from mechanic to pilot and flight commander. Following his first kill in September 1916, McCudden shot down a total of fifty-seven enemy planes, including a remarkable three in a single minute in January 1918. A dashing patrol leader, he combined courage, loyalty and judgement, studying the habits and psychology of enemy pilots and stalking them with patience and outstanding success. Written with modesty and frankness, yet acutely perceptive, Flying Fury is both a valuable insight into the world of early aviation and a powerful account of courage and survival above the mud and trenches of Flanders. Fighter ace James McCudden died in July 1918, after engine failure caused his plane to crash just four months before the end of World War I. His success as one of Britain's deadliest pilots earned him the Victoria Cross.
Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps
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Author : James Thomas Byford McCudden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
Five Years In The Royal Flying Corps written by James Thomas Byford McCudden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Air pilots, Military categories.
Forfatteren beretter om sin tid i Royal Flying Corps herunder oplevelserne som pilot under 1. verdenskrig
Observers And Navigators
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Author : Wg Cdr C.G. Jefford
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-19
Observers And Navigators written by Wg Cdr C.G. Jefford and has been published by Grub Street Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-19 with History categories.
This title first appeared in 2001 to universal acclaim, quickly went out of print and has remained so since. The author, meantime, has continued his research and the result is this updated edition, over half as long as the first, with stacks of new photographs. Absolutely essential reference for all those interested in military aviation.
The Mammoth Book Of Fighter Pilots
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-08-04
The Mammoth Book Of Fighter Pilots written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with History categories.
From yesteryear's flying aces to today's top guns... Veteran anthologist Jon E. Lewis has assembled firsthand accounts from all the great military campaigns of aerial warfare, including World Wars I and II, the Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands, the Gulf, and Bosnia. Page after exciting page of this singular collection brings into vivid play the exploits of such legendary pilots as Manfred von Richtofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Douglas Bader, and Johnnie Johnson; the Luftwaffe World War II aces Heinz Knoke, Gerd Barkhorn, and Johannes Steinhoff; and forty other brave airmen from America, Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and North Korea. Here, too, are the planes in which these pilots flew into modern historythe Spitfire, the Mustang, the Me 109, the Zero, the F-16, the MiG, and the Harrier. Together with the death-defying drama of combat, this volume vividly captures other facets of the fighter pilot's life, including the perils of bailing out in enemy territory, the daily horrors of internment in a Japanese POW camp, and a harrowing account of being shot down in a blazing Spitfire. The true-life aerial combat adventures in this stirring collection provide a vicarious, adrenaline-fueled expedition into the shell-blasted skies of war in the twentieth century.
In The Footsteps Of The Red Baron
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Author : Mike O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2005-02-19
In The Footsteps Of The Red Baron written by Mike O'Connor 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 2005-02-19 with History categories.
Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red and was nicknamed the Red Baron. In June 1917, Richthofen was appointed commander of the German Flying Circus. Made up of Germany's top fighter pilots, this new unit was highly mobile and could be quickly sent to any part of the Western Front where it was most needed. Richthofen and his pilots achieved immediate success during the air war over Ypres during August and September. Manfred von Richthofen was killed on 21st April 1918. Richthofen had destroyed 80 allied aircraft, the highest score of any fighter pilot during the First World War. This book is divided into three sectors of the WWI front line in which von Richthofen operated. Each area is conveniently reached within hours. Airfield sites, memorials and the graves of Manfred's famous victims are described and directions for the battlefield walker are included with information on related museums and historic sites with special association with this most famous of fighter pilots.