Author: Glenn White
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788389450470
Category : Lancaster (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A detailed survey of all the surviving Lancaster airframes worldwide. Contains full details of their operational careers, subsequent histories, and present whereabouts and condition. Fully illustrated with photos of the aircraft, at various stages of their careers and as currently preserved.
Avro Lancaster
Author: Glenn White
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788389450470
Category : Lancaster (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A detailed survey of all the surviving Lancaster airframes worldwide. Contains full details of their operational careers, subsequent histories, and present whereabouts and condition. Fully illustrated with photos of the aircraft, at various stages of their careers and as currently preserved.
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788389450470
Category : Lancaster (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A detailed survey of all the surviving Lancaster airframes worldwide. Contains full details of their operational careers, subsequent histories, and present whereabouts and condition. Fully illustrated with photos of the aircraft, at various stages of their careers and as currently preserved.
The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II
Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760307229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Specs for more than 160 aircraft, with illustrations and period photos to detail paint schemes. Ideal for scale and R/C modelers.
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760307229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Specs for more than 160 aircraft, with illustrations and period photos to detail paint schemes. Ideal for scale and R/C modelers.
Avro Aircraft Since 1908
Author: Aubrey Joseph Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avro airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avro airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Fly and Deliver
Author: Hugh Bergel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : da
Pages : 156
Book Description
Forfatteren beretter om sin tjeneste som Ferry Pilot i den engelske enhed Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) under 2. verdenskrig.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : da
Pages : 156
Book Description
Forfatteren beretter om sin tjeneste som Ferry Pilot i den engelske enhed Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) under 2. verdenskrig.
Lancaster
Author: John Nichol
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471180484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471180484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.
England and the Aeroplane
Author: David Edgerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"This essay argues that 20th century England should be seen as a technological, industrial and militant nation. It is a refutation of many of the arguments of "declinists" like Martin Wiener, Correlli Barnett and Perry Anderson. Contrary to myth, English aviation and the aircraft industry were strong, due to the vital place that technology had in English "liberal militarism", as well as English enthusiasm for, rather than fear of, the aeroplane. This enthusiasm was predominantly right-wing and sometimes pro-Nazi. The book also shows how many firms opposed central elements of 1930s rearmament policy, and that a famous aircraft firm was nationalized during World War II, and how the 1945-51 Labour government "privatized" aircraft plants and jet engine design. In the 1950s the aeroplane remained central to the "warfare state" but also became the symbol of a new manufacturing England, a situation which Harold Wilson's "White Heat" sought to change. " -- Blackwells.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"This essay argues that 20th century England should be seen as a technological, industrial and militant nation. It is a refutation of many of the arguments of "declinists" like Martin Wiener, Correlli Barnett and Perry Anderson. Contrary to myth, English aviation and the aircraft industry were strong, due to the vital place that technology had in English "liberal militarism", as well as English enthusiasm for, rather than fear of, the aeroplane. This enthusiasm was predominantly right-wing and sometimes pro-Nazi. The book also shows how many firms opposed central elements of 1930s rearmament policy, and that a famous aircraft firm was nationalized during World War II, and how the 1945-51 Labour government "privatized" aircraft plants and jet engine design. In the 1950s the aeroplane remained central to the "warfare state" but also became the symbol of a new manufacturing England, a situation which Harold Wilson's "White Heat" sought to change. " -- Blackwells.
Aircraft of WWII
Author: Stewart Wilson
Publisher: Australian Aviation
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A comprehensive directory of the aircraft that saw service during World War II with over 300 entries covering the fighters, bombers, aircraft, transport built in some 15 nations around the world.
Publisher: Australian Aviation
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A comprehensive directory of the aircraft that saw service during World War II with over 300 entries covering the fighters, bombers, aircraft, transport built in some 15 nations around the world.
Enemy Coast Ahead
Author: Guy Gibson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Aeroplane
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Luftwaffe Test Pilot
Author: Hans-Werner Lerche
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : da
Pages : 216
Book Description
Afprøvning af erobrede flytyper (Beuteflugzeugen) i det tidligere Luftwaffen-Testzentrum, Rechlin, under 2. verdenskrig. Forfatteren virkede endvidere som testpilot på mange af Tysklands egne nyudviklede fly. Fløj ialt 125 forskellige flytyper.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : da
Pages : 216
Book Description
Afprøvning af erobrede flytyper (Beuteflugzeugen) i det tidligere Luftwaffen-Testzentrum, Rechlin, under 2. verdenskrig. Forfatteren virkede endvidere som testpilot på mange af Tysklands egne nyudviklede fly. Fløj ialt 125 forskellige flytyper.