Wing Leader With A Foreword By Douglas Bader
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Wing Leader With A Foreword By Douglas Bader
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Author : James Edgar Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Wing Leader With A Foreword By Douglas Bader written by James Edgar Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Wing Leader
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Author : James Edgar Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Wing Leader written by James Edgar Johnson 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.
The Veterans Tale
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Author : Frances Houghton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
The Veterans Tale written by Frances Houghton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.
The Bader Wing
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Author : John Frayn Turner
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2007-06-21
The Bader Wing written by John Frayn Turner 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 2007-06-21 with History categories.
Douglas Bader remains a legendary figure, and the best known of all the Battle of Britain aces. Having lost both his legs in a pre-war flying accident, Bader overcame this disability to become not just a superb fighter pilot but a tough and charismatic leader. At a critical time in the War, Bader persuaded his superiors that fighters were best employed in Big Wings and was given the chance to lead five squadrons. This he did with conspicuous success until shot down over France and captured. In addition to describing the dramatic aerial actions of the pilots involved, this book examines the tactics and strategy of the Big Wing principle drawing on the views and opinions of some of the greatest pilots of the Second World War including Johnnie Johnson, Laddie Lucas, Hugh Dundas, Alan Deere and Sholto Douglas.
Douglas Bader
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Author : John Frayn Turner
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-04-30
Douglas Bader written by John Frayn Turner 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 2009-04-30 with History categories.
Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime and remains one today 100 years after his birth. A charismatic leader and fearless pilot he refused to let his severe disability (loss of both legs in a flying accident) ground him. He fought the authorities as ruthless as he did the enemy and not only managed to return to the front line but became a top scoring ace. His innovative tactics (The Big Wing) ensured his promotion and he led a key group of squadrons during the dark days of the Battle of Britain.His luck ran out when he was shot down and captured; he only escaped his burning fighter by cutting away one of his artificial legs. As a POW he was a thorn in the Germans side and he was sent to Colditz Castle. As this perceptive book reveals Bader, the hero, was at times a difficult overbearing man, no doubt in part due to the pain he suffered. But his strengths far outweighed his weaknesses and his place in the annuals of British history is secure.This is a timely republication of an important biography.
Johnnie Johnson S Great Adventure
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2020-12-14
Johnnie Johnson S Great Adventure written by Dilip Sarkar and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-14 with History categories.
The World War II fighter Ace’s previously unpublished draft—an account of the “Long Trek” from Normandy into the heart of the Third Reich itself. Having published two of his own books, Wing Leader and The Circle of Air Fighting, Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson co-authored several more with another fighter ace, namely Wing Commander P.B. “Laddie” Lucas. In 1997, the “AVM” suggested to his friend, the prolific author Dilip Sarkar, that the pair should collaborate on The Great Adventure. “Greycap Leader” was to produce a draft, after which Dilip would add the historical detail and comment. Sadly, the project was unfulfilled, because Johnnie became ill and passed away, aged eighty-five, in 2001. Years later, Johnnie’s eldest son, Chris, discovered the manuscript among his august father’s papers. In order to keep Johnnie’s memory evergreen, Chris turned to Dilip to finally see the project through to its conclusion. In this book Johnnie revisits certain aspects of his wartime service, including the development of tactical air cooperation with ground forces; his time as a Canadian wing leader in 1943, when the Spitfire Mk IX at last outclassed the Fw 190; and details his involvement in some of the most important battles of the defeat of Nazi Germany, including Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings in 1944, Operation Market Garden and the airborne assault at Arnhem, and the Rhine Crossings, throughout all of which Johnnie also commanded Canadian wings. Johnnie Johnson’s Great Adventure “brings to life the man of the book in such an interesting and heroic manner . . . if it wasn’t for these brave heroes we might not have won the war” (UK Historian).
Bader S Spitfire Wing
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Author : Dilip Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2022-05-05
Bader S Spitfire Wing written by Dilip Sarkar 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 2022-05-05 with History categories.
"Whether you have feelings about Bader or not, this is an excellent book to gain insight into the summer of 1941 when, ready or not, the RAF went on the offensive."—The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation On 30 August 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command’s No.12 Group were requested to reinforce 11 Group and intercept a Luftwaffe raid on an aircraft factory at Hatfield. The events that day led the swashbuckling, legless, fighter pilot Douglas Bader to submit a report arguing that the more fighters he had at his disposal, the greater would be the execution of the enemy that could be achieved. It was a concept that received support from 12 Group’s Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory. In Bader’s proposal, Leigh-Mallory saw an opportunity for 12 Group to play a greater part in what was clearly an historic battle. Leigh-Mallory authorised Bader to lead three, then five, squadrons – a controversial formation that came to be known as the ‘Duxford Wing’ or ‘Big Wing’. For the rest of 1940, Bader and the ‘Big Wing’, then based at Duxford, played its part in the defense of Britain’s skies. Then, in March 1941, the role of ‘Wing Commander (Flying)’ was created. This was the fighter pilot’s dream appointment because the Wing Leader’s sole responsibility was leading his wing in action, unfettered by tedious administration and logistical matters. Needless to say, Douglas Bader was amongst the first wing leaders. He was even given the choice of which Wing he preferred. He chose to take command of that based at Tangmere on the South Coast – right at the fore of the RAF’s battle against the Luftwaffe. In Bader’s Spitfire Wing, Dilip Sarkar not only explores the full story of the men and machines of the Tangmere Wing in 1941, as well as the controversy that surrounds their use, he also fully investigates the part that they played in the RAF’s efforts to take the offensive to the Luftwaffe on the opposite side of the English Channel. It was in one such sortie in August 1941 that the Tangmere Wing lost its famous leader. Bader went on to spend the rest of the war in captivity.
Great Warrior Leaders Thinkers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Great Warrior Leaders Thinkers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
An Illustrated Introduction To The Battle Of Britain
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Author : Henry Buckton
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2015-06-15
An Illustrated Introduction To The Battle Of Britain written by Henry Buckton and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with History categories.
Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out everything you need to know about the Battle of Britain.
Wing Leader
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Author : James Edgar Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Crecy Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Wing Leader written by James Edgar Johnson and has been published by Crecy Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fighter pilots categories.
The thrilling story of the top scoring Allied fighter pilot of World War II 'Johnnie' Johnson, who served with Fighter Command squadrons throughout the war, scoring his 38th and final victory in September 1944. From the moment the author joins his first operational Spitfire squadron in August 1940, the reader is taken on an epic journey through the great aerial fighter actions of the war including the Battle of Britain, sweeps across the Channel and over France, Dieppe and Normandy; and finally, operations across the Rhine and into Germany itself.