Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe - Softcover

Doe, Helen

 
9781445660127: Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1445660121 ISBN 13: 9781445660127
Verlag: Amberley Publishing, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

‘I saw a mass of ME 109s and went up to attack. I looked behind and found three on each side diving to attack me.’ Bob Doe, Combat Report 16 August 1940 In June 1940, at the age of twenty, Bob Doe believed himself to be the worst pilot in his squadron. Just three months later he was a highly decorated hero of the Battle of Britain. This is the story of the pilot who, in his own estimation, was not promising material for a fighter pilot. He left school at fourteen and had none of the qualifications or background of his fellow officers, but he found his place in the Battle of Britain, shooting down fourteen enemy aircraft and sharing in two others. He became the third-highest-scoring pilot of the Battle, and was unusual in achieving these victories in both Spitfires and Hurricanes. This biography, written by his daughter, a noted professional historian, tells the story of Bob’s remarkable career, including his time in Burma leading an Indian Air Force squadron against the Japanese. He was a modest man who spoke for many veterans when he asked that they should not be considered as heroes but remembered for what they did. This book celebrates Bob’s achievements and also those of the men who fought alongside him.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Helen Doe is a well-known maritime historian who specialises in the nineteenth century. She gained her PhD at the University of Exeter, where she is a Fellow. Her other books include Enterprising Women in Shipping in the Nineteenth Century and she was a major contributor and co-editor of the award-winning The Maritime History of Cornwall. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a trustee of the British Commission for Maritime History and a trustee of the ss Great Britain.

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Verlag
Amberley Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1445660121
ISBN 13 
9781445660127
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Anzahl der Seiten
256
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