Upward and onward : life of Air Vice-Marshal John Howe CB, CBE, AFC / Bob Cossey ; foreword by George Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cossey, Bob, author.

Contributor:

Black, George, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fighter pilots--Great Britain--Biography.

Fighter pilots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (813 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008.

Summary:

John Howe started his flying career in the postwar South African Air Force, learning to fly on Tiger Moths, Harvards and Spitfires. He was posted to No 2 Squadron SAAF and sent to Korea to fly with South Africa's contribution to the war in support of the UN forces. There he flew the Mustang F-51D fighter-bombers in front-line action during his first tour. A second tour saw him with the US Infantry as a Forward Air Controller operating on the ground. As the political situation in South Africa became more extreme he resigned from the SAAF and came to England where he was asked by the RAF to fly

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Young Dreams""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Training""; ""CHAPTER THREE - The War in Korea""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - Learning the Operational Ropes""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - John�s War""; ""CHAPTER SIX - On the Ground""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Instructing""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - Resignation""; ""CHAPTER NINE - The Royal Air Force""; ""CHAPTER TEN - The Hunter""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN - Suez""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE - Debrief""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Sandys Era""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Fighting Cocks""

""CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Tigers!""""CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Display or Ops""; ""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Grounded""; ""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Voodoos, Delta Darts, Delta Daggers and the T-33""; ""CHAPTER NINETEEN - Phantoms""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY - CTTO, MoD and RAF Germany""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Gutersloh""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Front Line Ops""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - Diversity""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Maritime Operations""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Finals""; ""APPENDIX A - RAF Rank and the Equivalent in the SAAF""; ""APPENDIX B - Report by the Impi Queen""

""APPENDIX C - F-51D Mustangs Operated by 2 Squadron in Korea""""APPENDIX D - Korean Airfield Identification Codes""; ""APPENDIX E - Rackheath Hall, Home Farm and Airfield""; ""APPENDIX F - Cecil Gowing""; ""APPENDIX G - Bentley Priory""; ""APPENDIX H - RAF Staff College Bracknell""; ""APPENDIX I - Airfields Visited by Air Flying Lockheed T-33s from Peterson Field""; ""APPENDIX J - Royal College of Defence Studies""; ""APPENDIX K - Royal College of Defence Studies � Dissertation""; ""APPENDIX L - John Howe and the Media""; ""APPENDIX M - Career Timeline""; ""APPENDIX N - Aircraft Flown""

""BIBLIOGRAPHY""""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783409921

1783409924

OCLC:

854974703