Sisters In Spitfires
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Sisters In Spitfires
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Author : Alison HILL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-10-26
Sisters In Spitfires written by Alison HILL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-26 with categories.
The Spitfire Sisters
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Author : Margaret Dickinson
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-02-06
The Spitfire Sisters written by Margaret Dickinson and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Fiction categories.
Family and friendship mean everything under the darkening skies of wartime Britain. The Spitfire Sisters is the third book in Margaret Dickinson's moving Maitland trilogy. It is the 1930s and the Maitland family have spent the years following the Great War struggling to come to terms with its catastrophic aftermath, and their hopes now lie with the next generation. Their Lincolnshire village of Doddington suffered terrible loss and it has taken great courage for the bereaved families to rebuild their lives without their loved ones. When war is declared again, it is Daisy Maitland and her peers who must now take up the fight for freedom. Feisty and a daredevil like her beloved Aunt Pips, who spent World War One on the front line serving with a flying ambulance corps, Daisy had persuaded a family friend to teach her to fly as a young woman. Now her country is at war, she is determined to put her skills to good use, enlisting in the Air Transport Auxiliary. There she forges new friendships – but she never forgets her childhood friend and cousin, Luke, who has joined the RAF as a fighter pilot. As war rages in the skies and on the ground, Daisy, her friends and her family – at home and across the Channel – will find their bravery and strength tested to the very limits in their determination to save their country. And they have learned one of the most valuable lessons of all: true love will find a way.
Pauline Gower Pioneering Leader Of The Spitfire Women
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Author : Alison Hill
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Pauline Gower Pioneering Leader Of The Spitfire Women written by Alison Hill 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 2022-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Pauline Gower was the leader of the Spitfire women during the Second World War. After gaining her pilot's licence at 20, she set up the first female joyriding business in 1931 with engineer Dorothy Spicer and took 33,000 passengers up for a whirl, clocking up more than 2,000 hours overall. Pauline went on to command the inaugural women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and achieved equal pay for her women pilots. She enabled them to fly 'Anything to Anywhere', including Tiger Moths, Hurricanes, Wellingtons and – their firm favourite – the Spitfire. Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women is a story of bravery, fortitude and political persuasion. Pauline was a clear leader of her time and a true pioneer of flight. She died after giving birth, at only 36; a life cut tragically short, but one of significant achievements. Pauline left a huge legacy for women in aviation.
Spitfire Stories
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Author : Jacky Hyams
language : en
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date : 2017-10-19
Spitfire Stories written by Jacky Hyams and has been published by Michael O'Mara Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-19 with History categories.
Spitfire Stories, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of the Second World War. The Spitfire is the world's most iconic aeroplane. Coming into its own during the Battle of Britain, it became famous during the Second World War as the only plane that could match the enemy fighters in the sky. Yet, even today, the history of the Spitfire contains many hitherto hidden or little-known stories of the men and women behind the plane; not only the gifted creators and inventors who brought the Spitfire to life, or the brave fighter pilots from many countries who triumphed in battle, but also the thousands of other people whose lives were affected by their personal connection to it - engineers, ground crew, factory or office workers, and their families. Spitfire Stories recounts the memories and stories of these people, from the birth of the iconic Spitfire in the 1930s to the present day. Among these accounts is the extraordinary tale of the fighter pilot who only discovered, fifty years on, the tragic truth of his last Spitfire flight, the businessman whose blank cheque changed the course of the war, the ninety-five-year-old Royal Air Force engineer who was determined to be reunited with his beloved Spit before he died, and the little girl who inspired the plane's creation - and went on to marry a movie star. Using documents, letters and photographs from the Imperial War Museums' unparalleled archive, plus exclusive first-hand interviews, these stories of the Spitfire are a revelatory collection of small but significant histories, to be treasured by all who love and admire the iconic plane.
A Sister S Courage
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Author : Molly Green
language : en
Publisher:
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A Sister S Courage written by Molly Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Large type books categories.
It's 1939 and the threat of war hangs over Britain. A spirited young woman, Raine Linfoot has always had an overriding ambition to take to the skies. Her hero, Doug Williams, teaches her to fly when she is just 17. With her pilot's license it seems as though the sky's the limit for Raine - until war breaks out. Raine knows that her place is not at home and she is determined to assist the war effort by doing what she loves, but the Air Transport Auxiliary aren't taking women. Though at the height of the war, they need her help, and Raine is offered the opportunity to join the force and prove she is up to the task, risking her life daily ferrying aircraft to the men on the front line. But when tragedy strikes and Doug is reported missing after being shot down in his Spitfire, Raine realises that this war could tear both the country she loves - and her heart - apart.
The Female Few
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Author : Jacky Hyams
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
The Female Few written by Jacky Hyams 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 2012-01-01 with History categories.
Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions. The dangers these women faced were many: they flew unarmed, without radio and in some cases without instruments, in conditions where even unexpected cloud could mean disaster. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tell their awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity and sacrifice. Their spirit and fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War.
The Works Spitfires A Technical Analysis
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Author : FABRIZIO COMI
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-02-01
The Works Spitfires A Technical Analysis written by FABRIZIO COMI and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A new publication that speaks of the little Triumph Spitfire seen from the point of technical and historical view. A great collection of pictures and testimonials on his racing history lived among rally and track and a complete technical analysis related to technology applied to racing by the "Competition Department" Triumph in the years 1964-1965.
R J Mitchell Schooldays To Spitfire
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Author : Gordon Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-10-24
R J Mitchell Schooldays To Spitfire written by Gordon Mitchell 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 2011-10-24 with History categories.
The Spitfire began as a near disaster. The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man - an elegant and, with its pilots, a highly effective, weapon of war. The Spitfire would not have happened at all, however, without Mitchell's indomitable courage and determination in the face of severe physical and psychological adversity resulting from cancer. His contribution to the Battle of Britain, and thereafter to the achievement of final victory in 1945, was so great that our debt to him can never be repaid. This poignant story is written from a uniquely personal viewpoint by his son, Gordon Mitchell.
Secret Spitfires
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Author : Howman
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2020-06-15
Secret Spitfires written by Howman 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 2020-06-15 with Transportation categories.
September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories. But production didn't stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved underground, to secret locations staffed by women, children and non-combatant men. With little engineering experience between them, they built a fleet of one of the greatest war planes that has ever existed. This is their story.
Lightnings To Spitfires
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Author : Clive Rowley
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2022-01-15
Lightnings To Spitfires written by Clive Rowley and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A former fighter pilot chronicles his career flying for the Royal Air Force for over four decades in this action-packed memoir. For forty-four years, Clive Rowley flew with the Royal Air Force, and for thirty-one of those years he specialized as an air defense fighter pilot. Such was his love of fast fighter aircraft that, in order to stay flying, he transferred to Specialist Aircrew terms of service, relinquishing any chance of further promotion above his rank of squadron leader. During those years Clive flew Lightnings, Hawks, and Tornado F.3s but, perhaps more intriguingly, for eleven years he flew Hurricanes and Spitfires with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), the RAF’s, if not the world’s most famous “warbird” display team, which he ultimately led and commanded. Many readers will have watched him, perhaps unknowingly, as he flew these iconic aircraft, often alongside the Lancaster, at air shows and large-scale commemorations around the UK and Europe. During the Cold War, Clive flew the BAC Lightning from Gütersloh in Germany and in the UK, becoming an expert in the art of air combat in the process. Then for sixteen years he flew the Tornado F.3 as the RAF moved into expeditionary operations. Packed with humorous and often hair-raising anecdotes, but also revealing the shock and sorrow he felt at the deaths of friends and colleagues, this book is a highly detailed account of life as a fighter pilot in the RAF in the last three decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Clive is open about the fears he sometimes felt in this dangerous world and how he allayed them to continue flying for more than four decades. This book is illustrated with wonderful photographs from his time on the front line as well as with the BBMF, many of which have never been published before. If you have ever wondered what it is like to fly supersonic jet fighters, like the Lightning and the Tornado F.3, or iconic “warbirds,” such as the Hurricane and Spitfire, Clive Rowley brings you into those cockpits and shares his experiences.