Squadron Leader Tommy Broom DFC** : the legendary pathfinder Mosquito navigator / Tom Parry Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Tom Parry, author.

Contributor:

Evans, Tom Parry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broom, Thomas John, 1914-2010.

Broom, Thomas John.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Mosquito (Military aircraft).

Flight navigators, Military--Great Britain--Biography.

Flight navigators, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2007.

Summary:

Tommy Broom is one of the RAF's most legendary and popular heroes of World War II. He joined the service at eighteen years of age in 1932 and after service in the Middle East, he first saw action against Germany in a Fairey Battle during 1939 with No 105(B) Squadron. He continued to serve with 105 Squadron until November 1940, a period that included the disastrous Battle of France and the low-level attacks on the Channel ports to destroy the invasion barges, in both of which actions the squadron suffered severe losses.Having completed more than his share of front-line flying he was transferred

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Posset Born and Bred""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Initiation""; ""CHAPTER THREE - Guarding the Empire""; ""The British Empire before the Second World War""; ""CHAPTER 4 - A Dream Come True""; ""CHAPTER 5 - The Way Things Were""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Europe Revisited""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Bitten by Mosquitoes""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - A Little Trip Abroad""; ""CHAPTER NINE - Beer, Skittles and Mortality""; ""CHAPTER TEN - The Flying Brooms""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN - Radar, TIs and the Pathfinder Force""

""CHAPTER TWELVE - Swing Low Sweet Chariot""""CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Night and Day""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Tunnel Vision""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN - The Grand Finale""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Yesterday�s Tomorrows""; ""Notes""; ""APPENDIX I - Record of Service""; ""APPENDIX II - Tommy�s Map of Operations""; ""APPENDIX III - Brief Notes""; ""APPENDIX IV - Places to Visit""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

"First published by the author in 1999 as "A Posset lad"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.

Related Work:

Evans, Tom Parry. Posset lad.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: Evans, Tom Parry Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2007 (192 pages ; 24 cm.) Call number of original: D786.E93 2007

ISBN:

9781783403615

1783403616

9781783460892

178346089X

OCLC:

854974787