Fly By Nights : Navigating RAF Lancasters in 1944 -5

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feesey, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feesey, Donald W.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

Great Britain--Royal Air Force--Bomber Command.

Lancaster (Bomber).

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Great Britain--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Flight navigators, Military.

Local Subjects:

Feesey, Donald W.

Great Britain--Royal Air Force--Bomber Command.

Lancaster (Bomber).

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the age of eighteen Don Feesey volunteered for pilot training with the RAF. Having almost completed his course to become a fighter pilot, an eye problem was detected and he was switched to navigational training. He completed a tour of thirty-four successful operations, the majority at night during 1944 and 1945 - at the height of the bomber offensive. On one remarkable sortie his Lancaster lost all power and the order to bale out was given. As the aircraft gradually lost altitude, making a safe parachute descent more impossible by the second, Don was about to jump when the pilot, still at t

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Per Ardua Ad Domesticus""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Bellum Ova Britannicus""; ""CHAPTER THREE - Per Ardua Ad-Justera""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - Tempus Grandioso""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - Per Ardua Labore, Aqua et Dis-con-tent""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Per �(B) Ardua� Domicilum et Rank Injustice""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - A Tiger in the Meadow""; ""CHAPTER NINE - Elizabeth Regina Molto Sic(k) Transit""; ""CHAPTER TEN - A Land of Milk and . . . Maple Syrup""

""CHAPTER ELEVEN - Landing In Trouble""""CHAPTER TWELVE - Short Cuts""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Beware of the Bull!""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Bull and Beef""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Per Ardua Ad-Verse City""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Off Home and Off Balance""; ""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Unwanted and Unpaid""; ""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - All Fouled Up""; ""CHAPTER NINETEEN - Daphne""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY - Crews: Cruise: Cruse""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Ditching and Getting Ratty""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - No Room at the Inn""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - Per Ardua Ad-Renalin""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - A Bastard Kangaroo""

""CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Initiation to Ops""""CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Eau Dear Cologne""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Going Through the Roof""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - Operational Procedures""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Raiders: Four-engined: Four-footed: For Fuel""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY - Heartbreak""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Not Easy, Getting the Willies""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Who�s for the High Jump?""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - An Agonizing Decision""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - The Willy Vibrator""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - Christmas Dinner and Bombe Surprise""

""CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - The CO Gets Plastered at Christmas""""CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - Peace and Goodwill to All?""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - Strike Hard, Strike Sure""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - Grounded and Hounded""; ""CHAPTER FORTY - Per Ardua Ad-monition""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - Love and War""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - Vee for Victory""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-THREE - Per Ardua ad Dresden""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR - Gone with the Wind""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE - Deplorable Dicing and Dead Ducks""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-SIX - From a View to a Kill""; ""CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN - Keeping Watch""

""CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT - Stragglers Don�t Come Back""""CHAPTER FORTY-NINE - No More � No Thanks!""; ""CHAPTER FIFTY - Assessing the Cost""; ""CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE - Down and Out""; ""APPENDIX 1 - Letters written to Don Feesey from George Lee""; ""APPENDIX 2 - Extracts from �A Tribute to George Lee� by his son, David""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

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ISBN:

9781783403295

1783403292

9781783460571

1783460571

OCLC:

854974711