Into The Silk True Stories Of The Caterpillar Club
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Into The Silk True Stories Of The Caterpillar Club
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Author : Ian Mackersey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Into The Silk True Stories Of The Caterpillar Club written by Ian Mackersey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with categories.
Into The Silk True Stories Of The Caterpillar Club Etc With Plates
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Author : Ian MACKERSEY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Into The Silk True Stories Of The Caterpillar Club Etc With Plates written by Ian MACKERSEY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with categories.
Into The Silk Etc True Stories Of Parachute Landings Made By Members Of The Caterpillar Club Of The Irving Air Chute Company With Plates Including Portraits
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Author : Ian Mackersey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Into The Silk Etc True Stories Of Parachute Landings Made By Members Of The Caterpillar Club Of The Irving Air Chute Company With Plates Including Portraits written by Ian Mackersey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with categories.
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.
Major Mrs Holt S Pocket Battlefield Guide To Ypres Passchendaele
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Author : Tonie Holt
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2006
Major Mrs Holt S Pocket Battlefield Guide To Ypres Passchendaele written by Tonie Holt and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area.This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts' more detailed guides of the most popular and accessible sites plus hand tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles.The book contains many full color maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.
Baling Out
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Author : Robert Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2006-09-18
Baling Out written by Robert Jackson 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 2006-09-18 with History categories.
To bale out of a stricken airplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death. It is a traumatic and hazardous exercise that is only practiced in extremis and is in itself full of danger with no guarantee of survival. Many struggled free of a flaming and spinning aircraft only to see their parachute alight above them, some were machine gunned to death by their opponents as they drifted to earth, some landed in mine-fields and were blown apart and many landed in forests and died suspended from the treetops. And yet many survived, some to fight again and some to become prisoners of war. This book relates the experiences of many airmen who survived to tell the tale, some quite remarkable because of pure good luck, some because of ingenuity and some through pure determination to survive at all costs.This book includes escapes from crippled German, British and US aircraft; stories of the first pilots to use parachutes in WW1; amazing escapes from aircraft in the inter-war years.
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.'
Jump For It
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Author : Gerald Bowman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Jump For It written by Gerald Bowman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Diaspora At War
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Author : Ernest Koh
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Diaspora At War written by Ernest Koh and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with History categories.
Much of what has been written on Singapore's wartime past is set against the Japanese invasion and occupation of the island. In Diaspora at War: The Chinese of Singapore between Empire and Nation 1937 - 1945, Ernest Koh maps a war history that is far wider in geographical and temporal scope. From the skies over Western Europe and the Mediterranean to the Burma Road, from the Atlantic Ocean to the cities of China, individuals and small groups of Chinese from the British colony worked, fought, and flew in a variety of fighting and labour units. Drawing from oral history accounts and archival sources, Koh recovers a rich and insightful historical reality that has long been submerged under the weight of a teleological national narrative.
True Stories Of The Blitz Usborne True Stories
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Author : Henry Brook
language : en
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2012-09-01
True Stories Of The Blitz Usborne True Stories written by Henry Brook and has been published by Usborne Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A thrilling collection of true stories about The Blitz of 1940 for modern young readers. Recounts the fascinating stories of ordinary Londoners who experienced the Blitz, including firefighters, fighter pilots and children evacuated far from their families. With internet links via Usborne Quicklinks to websites where readers can find out more about the Second World War. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum in London. Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.