Aviation
mobi |eng | 2013-06-01 | Author:Alec Brew

45. The graves of Jack Owen’s crew in Vire cemetery, just after the War. When they reached the area of the drop they could see no lights. Jack handed over ...
( Category: History November 28,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Moggridge, Jackie [Moggridge, Jackie]

29 ‘Now what?’ asked Reg suspiciously some months later as I opened a large O.H.M.S. envelope. ‘I was thinking of joining the air force,’ I replied, meekly. ‘Oh. Is that ...
( Category: Aviation November 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-06-02 | Author:Mano Ziegler

‘FE’ means Foreign Evaluation. This Me 262B-1a, two-seater night fighter equipped with an SN-2 Lichtenstein radar, was captured undamaged by the Americans. Possibly Kurt Welter flew it once or twice. ...
( Category: Aviation October 31,2015 )
epub |eng | 2005-10-19 | Author:Robert Gretzyngier [Gretzyngier, Robert]

Hurricane V7235/RF-M was Paszkiewicz’s lucky mount and he used it during most of his sorties. (Author’s collection) S/Ldr Zdzisław Krasnodębski, the Polish OC 303 Sqn, resting in the shade of ...
( Category: World War II October 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-19 | Author:Holland, James [Holland, James]

Air Chief Marshal Dowding was also continuing to make good use of the respite, for with the rapidly changing situation since 10 May his defensive system had needed urgent and ...
( Category: Great Britain October 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-29 | Author:Norman Franks

The operation was another Circus – Circus No.4 – six Blenheims attacking the docks at Dunkirk. The attackers were 109s from IV/JG51 and I/LG2, which bounced 249, shooting down one ...
( Category: Great Britain October 18,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-02 | Author:Colonel Richard Hutchings Dsc

Tuesday, 10 May saw no respite in the weather. I had become used to walking around the ship in mountainous seas, trying to retain a dignified bearing, but failing miserably. ...
( Category: Aviation October 15,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-08-06 | Author:Richard Overy

( Category: World War II October 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Godfrey Freeman [Freeman, Godfrey]

CHAPTER 7 The First Attempt The tonsillitis grew worse as the day wore on and I dallied with the idea of using it as an excuse to ‘duck out’ of ...
( Category: Veterans October 11,2015 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2012-08-27 | Author:Hermann, Hauptmann [Hermann, Hauptmann]

Hitler and Göring definitely wanted an independent air force that would win the war speedily and without disrupting the economic life. They also wanted this for political reasons. They wanted ...
( Category: Aviation October 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-27 | Author:William M. Arkin [Arkin, William M.]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Ring of Fiber [… How can I keep silent?] How can I stay quiet? [My friend, whom I loved, has turned] to clay, my friend Enkidu, whom I ...
( Category: Executive Branch October 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-11-28 | Author:Richard Overy

The reply, I think, to Italy shd be that we have already told Germany that she must immediately withdraw her troops from Poland if we are not to come to ...
( Category: Germany October 9,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-08 | Author:Daniel Haulman [Haulman, Daniel]

Table VI: Stations of Fifteenth Air Force Groups, June 1944–May 1945 Group Wing Airfield Predominate aircraft type 2 Bombardment 5 Bombardment Amendola, Italy B-17 97 Bombardment 5 Bombardment Amendola, Italy ...
( Category: World War II October 9,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-25 | Author:Richard Knott

Meanwhile the losses continued: on the night of 7/8 November 1941, a major raid on Berlin by 392 aircraft, mainly Hampdens and Whitleys, saw thirty-seven aircraft fail to return or ...
( Category: Aviation September 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-31 | Author:Martin Bowman & Graham Simons

Two views of the interior of Heathrow’s new Terminal Five, showing the main concourse (above) and check-in area (below). British Airways’ new terminal – now running smoothly after initial hitches. ...
( Category: History September 12,2015 )