Night Flyer Mosquito Pathfinder

Author : Lewis Brandon
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811708691
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Flyer/Mosquito Pathfinder written by Lewis Brandon and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Two gripping memoirs by British night-fighter crewmen * Action-adventure tales of aerial combat aboard Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraft * Accounts of Pathfinders who flew ahead of bomber formations and marked targets deep inside German territory * How new technologies like airborne radar, one of World War II's best-kept secrets, were used * How night-fighters helped save British cities from destruction Lewis Brandon was a navigator and squadron leader with the Royal Air Force in World War II, earning the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions. Albert Smith joined the RAF at sixteen and completed 90 missions in Wellingtons and Mosquitos.

Author : Lewis Brandon
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461751381
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Flyer/Mosquito Pathfinder written by Lewis Brandon and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two gripping memoirs by British night-fighter crewmen Action-adventure tales of aerial combat aboard Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraft Accounts of Pathfinders who flew ahead of bomber formations and marked targets deep inside German territory How new technologies like airborne radar, one of World War II's best-kept secrets, were used How night-fighters helped save British cities from destruction

Author : Lewis Brandon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780718303815
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Flyer written by Lewis Brandon and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Ward
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 5 Group Bomber Command written by Chris Ward and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the immediate period before World War Two, the RAF modified its command structure to rationalize for rapid expansion. Bomber Command was divided into six operational groups, each flying the same type of aircraft. In 1939 5 Group was flying the Handley Page Hampden, a fast, modern aircraft that carried a large payload. However, during the early daylight raids into enemy occupied Europe it suffered great losses due to its defensive armament leaving too many blind spots. The Group now turned to night bombing and mine-laying operations. During November 1940, the first Avro Manchesters entered service but were to prove dangerously unreliable. It was not until the Avro Lancaster began arriving in strength that the Group began its proud history of successful and often highly dangerous raids into the Reich, the most famous of which was No 617 Squadron's attack on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams. Between 1939 and 1945 the Group flew 70,351 sorties with the loss of 1,888 aircraft. This book contains a lengthy narrative of the group's operations and contains individual squadron statistics, their commanding officers, stations and aircraft losses. It provides a detailed reference for one of the RAF's most important and successful operational groups.

Author : Michael Fopp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Flyers written by Michael Fopp and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscences of the Royal Air Force.

Author : Jack Currie
Publisher : Crecy
ISBN 13 : 1800350007
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancaster Target written by Jack Currie and published by Crecy. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a welcome reissue of a book which has been described as one of the best accounts about life in Bomber Command during World War II. Lancaster Target is the classic story of one crew’s fight to survive a full tour of operations in the night skies of wartime Europe. Flying Lancaster bombers from RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire between 1943 and 1944, Jack Currie chronicles the life and death struggles against flak, night fighters and perilous weather with clarity and feeling, whilst capturing the ‘live for the moment’ spirit of off-duty escapades. Jack Currie DFC served as a stretcher bearer and later ambulance driver during the London Blitz before gaining his wings in the USA. Having completed his first perilous operational tour of 30 missions in Lancaster’s, he went on to serve as a Pathfinder Mosquito pilot. He remained in the RAF after the war eventually reaching the rank of Squadron Leader. After he left the service, he became a renowned aviation writer and broadcaster and appeared in a number of TV and video productions.

Author : Janet Ziegler
Publisher : Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World War II: Books in English, 1945-65 written by Janet Ziegler and published by Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick Forsyth
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453287728
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shepherd written by Frederick Forsyth and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot needs a miracle to make it home as his fighter jet begins to fail, in a story by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. It is Christmas Eve, 1957, and there are cozier places to be than the cockpit of a de Havilland Vampire fighter plane. But for the Royal Air Force pilot who has just taken off from West Germany, this single-seat jet is the only way to make it back to England for Christmas morning. His flight plan is simple; the fuel tank is full. In sixty-six minutes, he will be back in Blighty. But then the plane begins to fail. First the compass goes haywire, then the radio dies. Lost and alone above the English coast, the pilot is searching for a landing strip when the fog closes in, signaling certain death. He has given up hope when a second shadow appears—a Mosquito fighter-bomber of World War II vintage. The plane is a “shepherd,” guiding the Vampire to a safe landing, and its appearance is a gift from fate, a miracle out of time—but for one lonely pilot, the mystery has just begun. A classic bestseller, beloved by aviation fans (including actor John Travolta, who calls it “one of my favorites because it personalizes the two planes”) and general readers alike, The Shepherd is a gripping, heartwarming tale for a cold winter’s night.

Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Borders Press
ISBN 13 : 9780681407145
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of Aircraft written by Bill Gunston and published by Borders Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the development of aviation. Using 50 detailed cut-away drawings, it explains how aircraft were designed and developed in civil and military service.

Author : Will Iredale
Publisher : W H Allen
ISBN 13 : 9780753557822
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pathfinders written by Will Iredale and published by W H Allen. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner 'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul David, Telegraph 'Fascinating and utterly gripping' -- James Holland 'Absorbing' -- Daily Mail Book of the Week The incredible story of the crack team of men and women who transformed RAF Bomber Command and helped the Allies deliver decisive victory over Nazi Germany. The Pathfinders were ordinary men and women from a range of nations who revolutionised the efficiency of the Allies' air campaign over mainland Europe. They elevated Bomber Command - initially the only part of the Allied war effort capable of attacking the heart of Nazi Germany - from an impotent force on the cusp of disintegration in 1942 to one capable of razing whole German cities to the ground in a single night, striking with devastating accuracy, inspiring fear and loathing in Hitler's senior command. With exclusive interviews with remaining survivors, personal diaries, previously classified records and never-before seen photographs, The Pathfinders brings to life the characters of the airmen and women - many barely out of their teens - who took to the skies in legendary British aircraft such as the Lancaster and the Mosquito, facing almost unimaginable levels of violence from enemy fighter planes to strike at the heart of the Nazi war machine.