Raf Special Duties
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Raf And The Soe
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Author : John Grehan
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-10-30
Raf And The Soe written by John Grehan and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-30 with History categories.
The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert German control of their territories. The culmination of their efforts was seen when the Allied armies landed at Normandy in June 1944, with the SOE and the Resistance causing widespread destruction and disruption behind the German lines.None of this would have been possible had it not been for the Royal Air Force. Not only the RAF supply the SOE, and the movements it led and coordinated, with the thousands of tons of arms and equipment needed to undertake this role, it also delivered and retrieved agents from under the very noses of the enemy.Compiled at the end of the war by the Air Historical Branch of the RAF, this is an extremely detailed and comprehensive account of the RAFs support for the SOE, and in it we learn of the enormous and complex arrangements undertaken by the Special Duties squadrons as well as showing how the material delivered by these aircraft was used in the field.This account is reproduced here in its entirety, along with a detailed appendix containing the official historical record of Bomber Command aircrews and aircraft engaged in clandestine operations. Taken together, this book represents the most comprehensive account of the RAFs support for SOE ever published.
Raf And The Soe
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Author : Frontline Books
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2016
Raf And The Soe written by Frontline Books and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert German control of their territories. The culmination of their efforts was seen when the Allied armies landed at Normandy in June 1944, with the SOE and the Resistance causing widespread destruction and disruption behind the German lines. None of this would have been possible had it not been for the Royal Air Force. Not only the RAF supply the SOE, and the movements it led and coordinated, with the thousands of tons of arms and equipment needed to undertake this role, it also delivered and retrieved agents from under the very noses of the enemy. Compiled at the end of the war by the Air Historical Branch of the RAF, this is an extremely detailed and comprehensive account of the RAF's support for the SOE, and in it we learn of the enormous and complex arrangements undertaken by the Special Duties squadrons as well as showing how the material delivered by these aircraft was used in the field. This account is reproduced here in its entirety, along with a detailed appendix containing the official historical record of Bomber Command aircrews and aircraft engaged in clandestine operations. Taken together, this book represents the most comprehensive account of the RAF's support for SOE ever published.
Raf Special Duties
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Author : Colin Pateman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-10
Raf Special Duties written by Colin Pateman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
During the Second World War, the RAF employed Special Duties pilots and aircrew on operations across a wide range of extraordinary flying. In many instances, selected and trained crews flew specific sorties, seeking out small targets of utmost importance to the war effort. Rare and previously unexplained duties that incorporate 'siren raids' into Germany and the maintaining of radio contact with agents in occupied France provide accounts that have rarely been evidenced. Some of these operations were filmed by cameramen and RAF Special Duties includes an account, revealed by one such pilot who accompanied the de Havilland Mosquitos which attacked the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen. In many instances, 'flying logbooks' and official documentation support this exceptionally well-researched book, which includes accounts from Radar Counter Measures, Tactical Reconnaissance, 'Special Window Forces' and encompasses aircraft diversely spread between heavy bombers to the light aircraft engaged in spotting targets in Italy.
The Secret Squadrons
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Author : Robert Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Release Date : 1983
The Secret Squadrons written by Robert Jackson and has been published by Robson Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Beskriver særlige luftoperationer udført af RAF- og USAAF-enheder under 2. verdenskrig - bl.a. nedkastning af agenter og våben til partisaner, landing bag fjendens linier m.m.
A Special Duty
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Author : Jennifer Elkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-10-25
A Special Duty written by Jennifer Elkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-25 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
This is the true story of a young RAF pilot, his crew, a Halifax bomber and their attempts to carry agents and supplies, from bases in Libya and Italy, deep into Europe, the Balkans and Poland during the Second World War. The crew were forced to bale out during a supply drop to southern Poland, but unlike many, they survived, thanks to Polish and Russian partisans, who risked everything to shelter and protect them. They became the first RAF crew to be repatriated through Russia and, though they all survived, the personal cost forms the central thread of this story.
Trusty To The End
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Author : Oliver Clutton-Brock
language : en
Publisher: Mention the War Limited
Release Date : 2017
Trusty To The End written by Oliver Clutton-Brock and has been published by Mention the War Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Formed in February 1918, the RFC's 148th Squadron was disbanded in 1919 but eventually reformed as 148 Squadron RAF in 1937. It began the Second World War in a training role before being disbanded again in May 1940. A loose flight of Wellington bombers on the island of Malta formed the next incarnation of 148 Squadron in December 1940. Forced to withdraw to Egypt in March 1941, its Wellingtons flew bombing operations against Axis forces in the Western Desert. In early 1942 the Squadron achieved the dubious, and possibly unique, distinction of having all its NCO aircrew flying operationally whilst on charges of insubordination, with five of them ultimately being court-martialed. In December 1942, with the Axis forces in North Africa in full retreat, the Squadron was disbanded yet again. However Prime Minister Winston Churchill was keen to increase resistance in the Balkans, and a small RAF Flight of long-range Liberator aircraft in North Africa had been dropping a modest amount of supplies to the Partisans in 1942. On Churchill's direct orders six Handley Page Halifax bombers joined the Liberators. In March 1943 the Flight became 148 (Special Duties) Squadron. In January 1944 the squadron moved to Brindisi in the south of Italy and, until the cessation of hostilities in May 1945, flew hundreds of tons of supplies and dropped many Allied agents to support resistance movements in Eastern Europe and the Balkan countries. The Squadron suffered numerous casualties, but its worst moments saw it come close to being wiped-out as it attempted to drop supplies in July and August 1944 in Poland, including the ill-fated Warsaw Uprising. The stories of courage and sacrifice of bomber crews in the Mediterranean and on Special Duties in the Balkans have received less attention than those in Bomber Command's more mainstream operations. Oliver Clutton-Brock's comprehensive history of 148 Squadron in its various guises goes some way towards putting that right.
Carried On The Wind
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Author : Sean Feast
language : en
Publisher:
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Carried On The Wind written by Sean Feast and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Airborne Espionage
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Author : David Oliver
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2005-01-13
Airborne Espionage written by David Oliver and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-13 with Political Science categories.
At the outbreak of the World War I there was no formal organization for the transport of spies across enemy lines by aircraft and no communications network between the air forces and their agents. The exploits of British and Commonwealth, American, Free European, Soviet, German, Italian and Japanese airmen and units are recorded in this account.
A Delayed Salute
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Author : John Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
A Delayed Salute written by John Williamson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fighter pilots categories.
Raf And The Soe
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Author : Frontline Books
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2016
Raf And The Soe written by Frontline Books and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with HISTORY categories.