Arthur r. wyatt (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st ed, 1st printing] 256 pages ; 24 cm ISBN 9780718306595, 0718306597 OCLC 21305408 LCCN 89119196 LC D786 .F63 1987 Dewey 940.544941 ; blue grey cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Air ViceMarshal Stewart Paddy Menaul -- Squadron Leader Peter J S Boggis -- Pilot Officer Leonard OHara -- Group Captain Michael Wyatt -- Sergeant Frederick Steve Stevens -- Sergeant Arthur Edgley -- Pilot Officer Graham Mick Cullen -- Sergeant Douglas Doug -- Flight Sergeant Gilbert Gil Marsh -- Flight Lieutenant Oliver Brooks -- Flight Lieutenant Len Miller -- Warrant Officer Bernard -- Flight Sergeant Harry Bysouth -- Flight Sergeant D A Pat -- They Also Flew -- XV Squadron List of Awards 1939-1945 -- XV Squadron Second World War Roll of Honour -- List of Wartime Officers Co ; - Previously unpublished personal diaries reveal the day-to-day life of British aircrews during the Second World War, based on their personal diaries, which were written at the time - Revisiting a revised look at a popular out of print publication with fresh material such as new characters and chapters - Historically rich in detail with previously unpublished photographs of many of the characters involved - A welcome return of an updated version of a book first published over thirty years.During the Second World War, thousands of young men volunteered for service with the RAF. Some became fighter pilots, but a great many more were destined to be trained as bomber aircrew - pilots, navigators, wireless operators, bomb aimers, gunners and flight engineers. On completion of their training, a number of these recruits were posted to XV Squadron, a highly-regarded frontline bomber squadron, which had been formed during the First World War. Bomber Squadron: Men Who Flew with XV Squadron relates the personal stories of a small number of these men, giving an insight to their anxious moments when flying on operational sorties, staring death in the face in the form of prowling night-fighters and ground fire, and relaxing during their off-duty hours. The book also reveals the motivations, emotions and personal attitudes of these men who flew into combat on an almost nightly basis. ; name on front endpaper, else FINE/FINE. Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st British ed., 1st printing] ; 175 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm ; ISBN 9780285626546, 028562654X ; OCLC 12982561 ; LCCN 86193360 ; LOC no SB411.4 .H37 1985 ; Dewey 635.9/33372 ; green cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: List of illustrations -- Preface -- Guillot -- Bennett -- Perner-Ducher -- Dickson -- McGreedy -- jackson & Perkins -- Pemberton -- Poulsen -- Kordes -- Dot -- Tantau -- Meilland -- Moore -- LeGrice -- Japan -- Cocker -- Harkness -- Bibliography ; "At times I felt like the compiler of The Lives of the Saints, except my subjects are of more earthy character, not obvious candidates for canonization, although to be sure they have performed their own miracles, and suffered their own trials. The chosen cast presents seventeen facets of a story which, like a plant, is in continuous growth. others have fair claims to be included, but I shall not argue about that, no, I shall peacefully agree with every critic who says i ought to have left out A and brought in B. The names Lacharme, Lambert, Lammerts, De Ruiter, Swim, Mallerin, Lens and Cant roll out like a litany in which I, as a man with written words to cry on the market place, scent another book."--Jack Harkness ; FINE/FINE. Book.…