Author: Norman L. R. Franks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to American and French fighter pilots in WWI.
Over the Front
Author: Norman L. R. Franks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to American and French fighter pilots in WWI.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to American and French fighter pilots in WWI.
Over Fields of Fire
Author: Anna Timofeeva-Egorova
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1907677550
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force. That process required training tens of thousands of pilots. Among those pilots were larger numbers of young women, training shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts. A common training program of the day involved studying in 'flying clubs' during leisure hours, first using gliders and then training planes. Following this, the best graduates could enter military schools to become professional combat pilots or flight navigators. The author of this book passed through all of those stages and had become an experienced training pilot when the USSR entered the war. Volunteering for frontline duty, the author flew 130 combat missions piloting the U2 biplane in a liaison squadron. In the initial period of the war, the German Luftwaffe dominated the sky. Daily combat sorties demanded bravery and skill from the pilots of the liaison squadron operating obsolete, unarmed planes. Over the course of a year the author was shot down by German fighters three times but kept flying nevertheless. In late 1942 Anna Egorova became the first female pilot to fly the famous Sturmovik (ground attack) plane that played a major role in the ground battles of the Eastern Front. Earning the respect of her fellow male pilots, the author became not just a mature combat pilot, but a commanding officer. Over the course of two years the author advanced from ordinary pilot to the executive officer of the Squadron, and then was appointed Regimental navigator, in the process flying approximately 270 combat missions over the southern sector of the Eastern Front initially (Taman, the Crimea) before switching to the 1st Belorussian Front, and seeing action over White Russia and Poland. Flying on a mission over Poland in 1944 the author was shot down over a target by German flak. Severely burned, she was taken prisoner. After surviving in a German POW camp for 5 months, she was liberated by Soviet troops. After experiencing numerous humiliations as an 'ex-POW' in 1965 the author finally received a top military award, a long-delayed 'Golden Star' with the honorary title of 'Hero of the Soviet Union'. This is a quite unique story of courage, determination and bravery in the face of tremendous personal adversity. The many obstacles Anna had to cross before she could fly first the Po-2, then the Sturmovik, are recounted in detail, including her tough work helping to build the Moscow Metro before the outbreak of war. Above all, Over Fields of Fire is a very human story - sometimes sad, sometimes angry, filled with hope, at other times with near-despair, abundant in comradeship and professionalism – and never less than a large dose of determination!
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1907677550
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force. That process required training tens of thousands of pilots. Among those pilots were larger numbers of young women, training shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts. A common training program of the day involved studying in 'flying clubs' during leisure hours, first using gliders and then training planes. Following this, the best graduates could enter military schools to become professional combat pilots or flight navigators. The author of this book passed through all of those stages and had become an experienced training pilot when the USSR entered the war. Volunteering for frontline duty, the author flew 130 combat missions piloting the U2 biplane in a liaison squadron. In the initial period of the war, the German Luftwaffe dominated the sky. Daily combat sorties demanded bravery and skill from the pilots of the liaison squadron operating obsolete, unarmed planes. Over the course of a year the author was shot down by German fighters three times but kept flying nevertheless. In late 1942 Anna Egorova became the first female pilot to fly the famous Sturmovik (ground attack) plane that played a major role in the ground battles of the Eastern Front. Earning the respect of her fellow male pilots, the author became not just a mature combat pilot, but a commanding officer. Over the course of two years the author advanced from ordinary pilot to the executive officer of the Squadron, and then was appointed Regimental navigator, in the process flying approximately 270 combat missions over the southern sector of the Eastern Front initially (Taman, the Crimea) before switching to the 1st Belorussian Front, and seeing action over White Russia and Poland. Flying on a mission over Poland in 1944 the author was shot down over a target by German flak. Severely burned, she was taken prisoner. After surviving in a German POW camp for 5 months, she was liberated by Soviet troops. After experiencing numerous humiliations as an 'ex-POW' in 1965 the author finally received a top military award, a long-delayed 'Golden Star' with the honorary title of 'Hero of the Soviet Union'. This is a quite unique story of courage, determination and bravery in the face of tremendous personal adversity. The many obstacles Anna had to cross before she could fly first the Po-2, then the Sturmovik, are recounted in detail, including her tough work helping to build the Moscow Metro before the outbreak of war. Above all, Over Fields of Fire is a very human story - sometimes sad, sometimes angry, filled with hope, at other times with near-despair, abundant in comradeship and professionalism – and never less than a large dose of determination!
First Over the Front
Author: William G. Schauffler
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467026409
Category : Air pilots, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Pilot, 1st Aero Squadron, Commander, 90th Aero Squadron, Commander, 3rd Corps Observation Group, US Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, World War One: 1917-1918."
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467026409
Category : Air pilots, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Pilot, 1st Aero Squadron, Commander, 90th Aero Squadron, Commander, 3rd Corps Observation Group, US Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, World War One: 1917-1918."
The Virtuous Wehrmacht
Author: David A. Harrisville
Publisher: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies
ISBN: 9781501760044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht"--
Publisher: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies
ISBN: 9781501760044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"This book examines how German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War rationalized their participation in a criminal campaign, and how the Wehrmacht attempted to assert moral superiority over its Soviet enemies. In the process, it redefines the origins of the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht"--
Wings Over the Western Front
Author: Ernest Pollard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953221394
Category : Ornithologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780953221394
Category : Ornithologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
War Over the Steppes
Author: E. R. Hooton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472815629
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The air war over the Steppes was more than a brutal clash in which might alone triumphed. It was a conflict that saw tactical and technological innovation as the Soviet air force faced off against Herman G�ring's Luftwaffe. As Germany and the Soviet Union battled for victory on the Eastern Front, they had to overcome significant strategic and industrial problems, while fighting against the extreme weather conditions of the East. These factors, combined with the huge array of aircraft used onthe Eastern Front, create one of the most compelling conflicts of the war. Told primarily from the strategic and command perspective, this account offers a detailed analysis of this oft-overlooked air war, tracing the clashes between Germany and the Soviet Union over the course of World War II. Historical photographs complement the examination as author E. R. Hooton explores these epic aerial battles between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472815629
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The air war over the Steppes was more than a brutal clash in which might alone triumphed. It was a conflict that saw tactical and technological innovation as the Soviet air force faced off against Herman G�ring's Luftwaffe. As Germany and the Soviet Union battled for victory on the Eastern Front, they had to overcome significant strategic and industrial problems, while fighting against the extreme weather conditions of the East. These factors, combined with the huge array of aircraft used onthe Eastern Front, create one of the most compelling conflicts of the war. Told primarily from the strategic and command perspective, this account offers a detailed analysis of this oft-overlooked air war, tracing the clashes between Germany and the Soviet Union over the course of World War II. Historical photographs complement the examination as author E. R. Hooton explores these epic aerial battles between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.
Over the Front
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Author: David Quammen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
A Farewell to Arms
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774649063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
''A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774649063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
''A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."
Manuals Combined: Over 300 U.S. Army Operator and Calibration Manuals For The Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Voltimeter, Microwave Pulse Counter, Gage, Caliper & Calibrator
Author:
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9684
Book Description
Well over 9,000 Total Pages - Just a SAMPLE of what is included: CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DIAL INDICATING PRESSURE GAGES CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VERNIER CALIPERS, TYPE 1 CLASSES 1, 2 3 7 Pages CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR TORQUE WRENCH, RAYMOND ENGINEERING, I MODEL PD 730 8 Pages CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR TORQUE WRENCHES AND TORQUE SCREWDRIVE (GENERAL) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PYROMETER AND THERMOCOUPLE TESTER, TYPE N-3A CALIBRATION PROCEDURES FOR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR TEST STAND, BARKL AND DEXTER MDL BDL 812121 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VIBRATION MONITORING KIT CONSOLIDATED ELECTRODYNAMICS TYPE 1-117 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VIBREX BALANCE KIT, MODEL B4591 CONSI OF VIBREX TESTER, MODEL 11, BLADE TRACKER, MODEL 135M-11 AND BA PHAZOR, MODEL 177M-6A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FORCE TORQUE READOUT MIS-38934 TYPE I AND TYPE II CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR STRAIN GAGE SIMULATOR ARREL ENTERPRISES, MODEL SGS-300 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PRESSURE GAGES DIFFERENTIAL (GENERAL) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM TEST SET SIMMONDS PRECISION/JC AIR, MODEL PSD 60-1AF CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR OPTICAL POWER TEST SET, TS-4358/G CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PROTRACTOR, BLADE, MODEL PE-105 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGE, HEIGHT, VERNIER MODEL 454 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CYLINDER GAGE (MODEL 452) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGE BLOCKS, GRADES 1, 2, AND 3 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR MICROMETERS, INSIDE 13 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DIAL INDICATORS CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGES, SPRING TENSION CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FORCE MEASURING SYSTEM, EMERY MODEL S 19 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PRECISION RTD THERMOMETER AZONIX, MOD W/TEMPERATURE PROBE INSTRULAB, MODEL 4101-10X + PLUS + VOLTAGE CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE MODELS 332B/AF AND 332B/D (NSN 6625-00-150-6994) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VOLTAGE CALIBRATOR, BALLANTINE MODELS 420, 421A, AND 421A-S2 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATOR AN/USM-317 (SG-836/USM-317) AND (HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8402B) CALIBRATOR SET, RANGE AN/USM-115, FSN 6625-987-9612 (24X MICROFICHE) RANGE CALIBRATOR SET, AN/UPM-11 MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM- AND MAGNETIC COMPASSCALIBRATOR SET ADAPTER KIT, MK-1040A/ASN CALIBRATOR CRYSTAL, TS-810/U CALIBRATOR POWER METER, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8402B (NSN 6625-00-702-0177) PEAK POWER CALIBRATOR, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8900B (NSN 4931-00-130-5386) (APN MIS-10243) MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM-339(V)1 (NSN 6605-00-78 AND ADAPTER KIT, MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, MK-1040/ASN (6605-00-816-0329) (24X MICROFICHE) MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM-339(V)1 (NSN 6605-00-78 AND ADAPTER KIT, MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, MK-1040A/ASN (6605-00-816-0329) (24X MICROFICHE) STORAGE SERVICEABILITY STANDARD FOR AMCCOM MATERIEL: RADIAC CALIBRATORS, RADIAC SETS, RADIOACTIVE TEST SAMPLES AND RADIOACT SOURCE SETS DEVIATION CALIBRATOR, 70D2-1MW AND 70D2-2MW (COLLINS RADIO GROU (NSN 6625-00-450-4277) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DEVIATION CALIBRATOR, MOTOROLA MODEL MU-140-70 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR AC CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE MODEL 5200A PRECISION POWER AMPLIFIERS JOHN FLUKE MODELS 5215A AND 5205A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5700A/( (WITH WIDEBAND AC VOLTAGE, OPTION 03); AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5725A/(); POWER AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5215A/CT; AND TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5220A/CT CALIBRATOR, ELECTRIC, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL (NSN 6625-01-037-0429) CALIBRATOR, AC, O-1804/USM-410(V) (NSN 6625-01-100-6196) CALIBRATOR, DIRECT CURRENT, O-1805/USM (NSN 6625-01-134-6629) LASER TEST SET CALIBRATOR (LTSC) (NSN 6695-01-116-2717) ....
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9684
Book Description
Well over 9,000 Total Pages - Just a SAMPLE of what is included: CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DIAL INDICATING PRESSURE GAGES CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VERNIER CALIPERS, TYPE 1 CLASSES 1, 2 3 7 Pages CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR TORQUE WRENCH, RAYMOND ENGINEERING, I MODEL PD 730 8 Pages CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR TORQUE WRENCHES AND TORQUE SCREWDRIVE (GENERAL) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PYROMETER AND THERMOCOUPLE TESTER, TYPE N-3A CALIBRATION PROCEDURES FOR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR TEST STAND, BARKL AND DEXTER MDL BDL 812121 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VIBRATION MONITORING KIT CONSOLIDATED ELECTRODYNAMICS TYPE 1-117 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VIBREX BALANCE KIT, MODEL B4591 CONSI OF VIBREX TESTER, MODEL 11, BLADE TRACKER, MODEL 135M-11 AND BA PHAZOR, MODEL 177M-6A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FORCE TORQUE READOUT MIS-38934 TYPE I AND TYPE II CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR STRAIN GAGE SIMULATOR ARREL ENTERPRISES, MODEL SGS-300 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PRESSURE GAGES DIFFERENTIAL (GENERAL) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM TEST SET SIMMONDS PRECISION/JC AIR, MODEL PSD 60-1AF CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR OPTICAL POWER TEST SET, TS-4358/G CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PROTRACTOR, BLADE, MODEL PE-105 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGE, HEIGHT, VERNIER MODEL 454 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CYLINDER GAGE (MODEL 452) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGE BLOCKS, GRADES 1, 2, AND 3 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR MICROMETERS, INSIDE 13 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DIAL INDICATORS CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR GAGES, SPRING TENSION CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FORCE MEASURING SYSTEM, EMERY MODEL S 19 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR PRECISION RTD THERMOMETER AZONIX, MOD W/TEMPERATURE PROBE INSTRULAB, MODEL 4101-10X + PLUS + VOLTAGE CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE MODELS 332B/AF AND 332B/D (NSN 6625-00-150-6994) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR VOLTAGE CALIBRATOR, BALLANTINE MODELS 420, 421A, AND 421A-S2 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATOR AN/USM-317 (SG-836/USM-317) AND (HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8402B) CALIBRATOR SET, RANGE AN/USM-115, FSN 6625-987-9612 (24X MICROFICHE) RANGE CALIBRATOR SET, AN/UPM-11 MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM- AND MAGNETIC COMPASSCALIBRATOR SET ADAPTER KIT, MK-1040A/ASN CALIBRATOR CRYSTAL, TS-810/U CALIBRATOR POWER METER, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8402B (NSN 6625-00-702-0177) PEAK POWER CALIBRATOR, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL 8900B (NSN 4931-00-130-5386) (APN MIS-10243) MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM-339(V)1 (NSN 6605-00-78 AND ADAPTER KIT, MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, MK-1040/ASN (6605-00-816-0329) (24X MICROFICHE) MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, AN/ASM-339(V)1 (NSN 6605-00-78 AND ADAPTER KIT, MAGNETIC COMPASS CALIBRATOR SET, MK-1040A/ASN (6605-00-816-0329) (24X MICROFICHE) STORAGE SERVICEABILITY STANDARD FOR AMCCOM MATERIEL: RADIAC CALIBRATORS, RADIAC SETS, RADIOACTIVE TEST SAMPLES AND RADIOACT SOURCE SETS DEVIATION CALIBRATOR, 70D2-1MW AND 70D2-2MW (COLLINS RADIO GROU (NSN 6625-00-450-4277) CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR DEVIATION CALIBRATOR, MOTOROLA MODEL MU-140-70 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR AC CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE MODEL 5200A PRECISION POWER AMPLIFIERS JOHN FLUKE MODELS 5215A AND 5205A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATOR, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5700A/( (WITH WIDEBAND AC VOLTAGE, OPTION 03); AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5725A/(); POWER AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5215A/CT; AND TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER, JOHN FLUKE, MODEL 5220A/CT CALIBRATOR, ELECTRIC, HEWLETT-PACKARD MODEL (NSN 6625-01-037-0429) CALIBRATOR, AC, O-1804/USM-410(V) (NSN 6625-01-100-6196) CALIBRATOR, DIRECT CURRENT, O-1805/USM (NSN 6625-01-134-6629) LASER TEST SET CALIBRATOR (LTSC) (NSN 6695-01-116-2717) ....