R A F Chaplains Look Ahead Report 1944

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R A F Chaplains Look Ahead Report 1944

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Author : Great Britain. Royal Air Force
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945

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R A F Chaplains Look Ahead Report Of Some R A F Chaplains Conferences 1944

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Author : Great Britain. Royal Air Force Chaplains' School
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945

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Flying Against Fate

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Author : S. P. MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2017-08-04

Flying Against Fate written by S. P. MacKenzie and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-04 with History categories.

During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed or missing and presumed killed—a fatality rate of 45.5%. With odds like that, it would be no surprise if there were as few atheists in cockpits as there were in foxholes; and indeed, many airmen faced their dangerous missions with beliefs and rituals ranging from the traditional to the outlandish. Military historian S. P. MacKenzie considers this phenomenon in Flying against Fate, a pioneering study of the important role that superstition played in combat flier morale among the Allies in World War II. Mining a wealth of documents as well as a trove of published and unpublished memoirs and diaries, MacKenzie examines the myriad forms combat fliers' superstitions assumed, from jinxes to premonitions. Most commonly, airmen carried amulets or talismans—lucky boots or a stuffed toy; a coin whose year numbers added up to thirteen; counterintuitively, a boomerang. Some performed rituals or avoided other acts, e.g., having a photo taken before a flight. Whatever seemed to work was worth sticking with, and a heightened risk often meant an upsurge in superstitious thought and behavior. MacKenzie delves into behavior analysis studies to help explain the psychology behind much of the behavior he documents—not slighting the large cohort of crew members and commanders who demurred. He also looks into the ways in which superstitious behavior was tolerated or even encouraged by those in command who saw it as a means of buttressing morale. The first in-depth exploration of just how varied and deeply felt superstitious beliefs were to tens of thousands of combat fliers, Flying against Fate expands our understanding of a major aspect of the psychology of war in the air and of World War II.

General Catalogue Of Printed Books

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Author : British museum. Dept. of printed books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931

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Subject Index Of The Modern Works Added To The British Museum Library

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

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Subject Index Of Modern Books Acquired 1881 1900

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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

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Subject Index Of Modern Books Acquired

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Author : British Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

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General Catalogue Of Printed Books

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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

General Catalogue Of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with English imprints categories.

General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955

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Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967

General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955 written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with English imprints categories.

Subject Index Of Modern Books Acquired

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Author : British Museum
language : en
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Release Date : 1961

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