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Spitfire Pilot Flight Lieutenant Julian Zuromski
RAF Hero or Nazi Collaborator?
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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Julian Zuromski was on the verge of becoming a fighter pilot when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. He witnessed the Luftwaffe's bombings and the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, eventually escaping to Romania. After being imprisoned, he fled to France, where he fought in the Battle of France …
Guinea Pig Club In Numbers
Archibald McIndoe and Reconstructing Injured Aircrew in WW2
Häftad, 2026
162 kr
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It was over a Sunday afternoon glass of sherry on 20 July 1941, that a group of airmen, all recovering from recent surgery, agreed they should form a drinking club. It was decided that membership would be open to any member of Allied aircrew who had undergone at least two operations for burns or …
B-24 Bridge Busters
RAF Liberators Over Burma
Inbunden, 2016
225 kr
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One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Jan was a lawyer practicing in the Czechoslovak town of Brno. With the outbreak of hostilities on the European continent, he went to …
Arming for Accuracy
RAF Bomb Aimers During the Second World War
Inbunden, 2021
271 kr
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During the First World War fledgling crews in basic aircraft experimented with dropping grenades and small bombs. The need for elements of accuracy became obvious and evolved from that point onwards. The various light bombers that flew during the inter war period developed procedures which carried …
