Into The Silk The Dramatic True Stories Of Airmen Who Baled Out And Lived
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Into The Silk The Dramatic True Stories Of Airmen Who Baled Out And Lived
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Author : Ian Mackersey
language : en
Publisher: Sapere Books
Release Date : 2022-09-26
Into The Silk The Dramatic True Stories Of Airmen Who Baled Out And Lived written by Ian Mackersey and has been published by Sapere Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-26 with History categories.
From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airmen who have jumped from their planes and survived. An ideal book for fans of Helen Parr, Mark 'Billy' Billingham and Ollie Ollerton. Since the test pilot Harold Harris became the first man to save his life with a parachute in 1922 there have been over 120,000 air force pilots and crew who owe their lives to their parachutes. Into the Silk is full of astounding tales of people who against the odds bailed out of their planes and were therefore able to enter the annals of the Caterpillar Club, a society open only to men and women who survive aviation disaster with the aid of a parachute. Mackersey records dramatic moments during the Second World War when pilots leapt from their burning planes while still being shot at by enemy fighters. He uncovers the descent of the extraordinarily lucky man who jumped from his damaged bomber but had to put his parachute on while falling through the sky and the pilot who found himself attached to a moving train and was dragged along for miles. The book highlights the debts that all of these survivors owe to people such as Leslie Irvin, who invented the modern parachute and Sir James Martin, the great designer of ejection seats. As the legendary pilot Douglas Bader states this book 'is well worth reading whether parachutes have come into your life or not.'
Into The Silk
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Author : Ian Mackersey
language : en
Publisher: Mayflower Books
Release Date : 1978
Into The Silk written by Ian Mackersey and has been published by Mayflower Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Selection Of Recent Books Published In Great Britainf1940 Apr 1941
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Selection Of Recent Books Published In Great Britainf1940 Apr 1941 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Best books categories.
Typhoon Pilot
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Author : Desmond Scott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1982-09-01
Typhoon Pilot written by Desmond Scott 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 1982-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air over Europe in this thrilling military memoir. New Zealand fighter pilot Desmond Scott joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. Over the course of his illustrious service, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, and a Distinguished Service Order. For the heroic act of rescuing a pilot from a crashed Supermarine Spitfire, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In Typhoon Pilot, Scott recounts his time as a young commander of a New Zealand Air Force squadron, and later as the RAF's youngest Group Captain at the age of 25. His story includes conflict in the air over Normandy, Belgium, Holland and Germany, where the Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber fought its last battle.
The Pathfinders
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Author : Will Iredale
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-07-15
The Pathfinders written by Will Iredale and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-15 with History categories.
Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner 'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul David, Telegraph 'Fascinating and utterly gripping' -- James Holland 'Absorbing' -- Daily Mail Book of the Week The incredible story of the crack team of men and women who transformed RAF Bomber Command and helped the Allies deliver decisive victory over Nazi Germany. The Pathfinders were ordinary men and women from a range of nations who revolutionised the efficiency of the Allies' air campaign over mainland Europe. They elevated Bomber Command - initially the only part of the Allied war effort capable of attacking the heart of Nazi Germany - from an impotent force on the cusp of disintegration in 1942 to one capable of razing whole German cities to the ground in a single night, striking with devastating accuracy, inspiring fear and loathing in Hitler's senior command. With exclusive interviews with remaining survivors, personal diaries, previously classified records and never-before seen photographs, The Pathfinders brings to life the characters of the airmen and women - many barely out of their teens - who took to the skies in legendary British aircraft such as the Lancaster and the Mosquito, facing almost unimaginable levels of violence from enemy fighter planes to strike at the heart of the Nazi war machine.
Blood On The Rising Sun The Japanese Invasion Of The Philippines
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Author : Adalia Marquez
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-04-21
Blood On The Rising Sun The Japanese Invasion Of The Philippines written by Adalia Marquez and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-21 with History categories.
Adalia Marquez was a police reporter living in Manila under the Japanese Occupation during World War 2 when her husband was arrested by the Japanese Military Police for aiding the resistance. Following his escape, suspicion falls upon Adalia and she is detained in his place, along with her two children, and imprisoned in Fort Santiago. Facing torture and starvation, Adalia contacts the Filipino underground and agrees to help them from inside the prison in return for much-needed food and medicine. With a talent for manipulating her captors, Adalia is able to evade detection long enough to provide for herself and her children, as well as other detainees in urgent need of sustenance, until the deliverance of V-J Day.
Unconditional Surrender
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Author : Evelyn Waugh
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-10
Unconditional Surrender written by Evelyn Waugh and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-10 with Fiction categories.
'Unconditional Surrender' is a satire on the English class system. The writer takes a dig at the way the ruling class and their sense of entitlement, even when the country is in a global conflict, can plan through the bureaucracy to make their way into the far less dangerous and more comfortable theatres of war.
British Book News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
British Book 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 1978 with Best books categories.
Operation Garbo
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Author : Juan Pujol García
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-11
Operation Garbo written by Juan Pujol García and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-11 with Political Science categories.
He was GARBO to the Allies and ALARIC to the Germans – the most successful double agent of the Second World War. Indeed, his spy network across Britain was so highly regarded that he was decorated for his achievements ... by both sides. Throughout the war, GARBO kept the Germans supplied with reports from his ring of twenty-four agents. Hitler's spymasters never discovered or even suspected a double-cross, but all the agents in GARBO's network existed solely in his imagination. In one of the most daring espionage coups of all time, GARBO persuaded the enemy to hold back troops that might otherwise have defeated the Normandy landings on D-Day; without him, the Second World War could have taken a completely different course. For decades, GARBO's true identity was a closely guarded secret. After the war, he vanished. Years later, after faking his own death, Juan Pujol García was persuaded by the author to emerge from the shadowy world of espionage, and in this new edition of his classic account, now updated to include his agents' original MI5 files, GARBO reveals his unique story.
Ten Fighter Boys
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Author : Wing Commander Athol Forbes, D.F.C.
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2010-01-21
Ten Fighter Boys written by Wing Commander Athol Forbes, D.F.C. and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-21 with History categories.
The extraordinary stories of ten fighter pilots, told in their very own words during the Second World War.