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17 produkter
A Thunder Bird in Bomber Command
The Wartime Letters and Story of Lionel Anderson, the Man Who Inspired a Legend
Av Sean Feast
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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Shot down and killed in April 1944, Lionel Anderson, a low flying Mosquito intruder pilot, was part way through his second tour of operations. He had survived his first tour stooging up and down the French coast in an outdated Boulton Paul Defiant to confound the German night fighter defenses and …
Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber
The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin DFC & Bar
Av Jeannie Benjamin, Sean Feast
Inbunden, 2024
375 kr
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Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice for his bravery under fire. He flew Fairey Battles with No. 150 Squadron during the Battle of France, …
Fifty
The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape
Inbunden, 2026
415 kr
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The Great Escape has gone down in history as a story of bravery and cunning that ultimately led to the killing of fifty prisoners of war, all officially recorded as ‘beim Fluchtversuch erschossen’ – shot whilst attempting to escape.While the names of surviving escapers may be familiar, having lived …
Churchill's Navigator
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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John Mitchell had a remarkable career. An RAF Volunteer Reserve officer, he was mobilized on the outbreak of war and just missed going to join a Battle Squadron in France where he would have undoubtedly been killed. He was instead posted to 58 Squadron flying Whitleys, surviving a tour of …
Heroic Endeavour
The Remarkable Story of One Pathfinder Force Attack, a Victoria Cross and 206 Brave Men
Av Sean Feast
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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It is 23rd December 1944 and a heroic yet dreadful action is about to take place over Cologne, involving the bravest of the brave – The Pathfinder Force. In the log book of one of that force, Flight Sergeant George Owen, are the details of his 29 operations. The final entry for this date, above a …
Pathfinder's War
An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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Ted Stocker lived a charmed life. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard’s ‘Brats’, a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Qualifying as one of the RAF’s first flight engineers, he flew operations in …
Master Bombers
The Experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at War, 1942–1945
Av Sean Feast
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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The Pathfinders were the corps d’elite of Bomber Command, the command that led the fight against Germany even before the fall of France. Pathfinder crews consisted of members who had flown a minimum of 45 operational sorties and while they were the best, they were made from all ranks and …
The Last of the 39-ers
The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
Av Sean Feast
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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In some ways, Alfie Fripp’s war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp (RAF Retd) was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war (PoW) until his death in 2012 …
Pathfinder Companion
War Diaries and Experiences of the RAF Pathfinder Force—1942–1945
Av Sean Feast
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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What sort of men were the Pathfinders, the corps d’élite of Bomber Command? What did they do? What risks did they face? And what contribution did they make to the air war and the ultimate defeat of Germany? By drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving veterans – many speaking for …
An Alien Sky
The Story of One Man''s Remarkable Adventure in Bomber Command During the Second World War
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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By any measure, Andrew Wiseman (born Weizman) is a lucky man. The only son of a Polish father and an American mother, Andy was born and grew up in Berlin, just as Adolf Hitler was coming to power. As a Jew educated at the famous Werner Siemens Real Gymnasium in Schoneberg, he left only months …
Halton Boys
True Tales from Pilots and Ground Crew Proud to be called 'Trenchard Brats'
Av Sean Feast
Inbunden, 2020
264 kr
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The RAF Halton Apprenticeship Scheme has a deserved reputation for excellence. The brainchild of MRAF Hugh Trenchard, the founder of the Royal Air Force, it took the ‘traditional’ idea of an apprenticeship and interpreted it in a novel way. It allowed teenage boys from any social background or …
Gestapo Hunter
The Remarkable Wartime Career of Mosquito Navigator Ted Sismore
Av Sean Feast
Inbunden, 2024
257 kr
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Gestapo Hunter explores the charmed life and exceptional career of Ted Sismore, widely considered one of the RAF’s very best wartime navigators and leaders. A quiet, unassuming man who was nicknamed ‘Daisy’ on account of his youthful complexion, Ted was one of only a handful of aircrew to complete …
Airman, Prisoner, Saviour, Spy
The Remarkable Story of Squadron Leader Stanley Booker MBE, Buchenwald Survivor and Cold War Spy
Av Sean Feast
Inbunden, 2026
264 kr
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Stanley Booker volunteered for aircrew at the age of 18 and qualified as an observer, flying operations with 10 Squadron in the summer of 1944. Shot down just before D-Day, he was betrayed to the Gestapo and imprisoned in Fresnes, the notorious gaol on the outskirts of Paris, where he was subjected …
Lost Graves of Peenemünde
Inbunden, 2020
218 kr
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The raid on the secret rocket research establishment at Peenemünde on the Baltic coast in August 1943 has gone down in history as one of the most successful and remarkable of the war. The site was virtually obliterated, and the Germans forced to move rocket production and development elsewhere. But …
V-Weapons Bomber Command Failed to Return
Av Howard Sandall, Robert Owen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
403 kr
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In the Summer of 1944 Nazi Germany launched its terrifying Vergeltungswaffen (reprisal weapon) attack against the population of south-east England. Under direct attack the Allies responded. The Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower was quite clear that the V-weapon counter measures …
