Flying in Defiance of the Reich : A Lancaster Pilot's Rites of Passage

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Russell, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Russell, Peter, 1918-.
• Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.
• Air pilots, Military--Great Britain--Biography.
• World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
• World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Western Front--Personal narratives, British.
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Great Britain--Biography.
• World War, 1939-1945.
• Air pilots, Military.

Local Subjects:

• Air pilots, Military--Great Britain--Biography.
• Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.
• Russell, Peter, 1918-.
• World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
• World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the vivid memoir of a man who was twenty-one at the outbreak of World War II. Having joined the RAFVR before the war, he was mobilized in August 1939 and after training became operational on 233 Squadron Coastal Command flying Hudsons from Leuchars, Aldergrove and St Eval. After fourteen months he was rested and was tasked with training navigators for the impending enlargement of Bomber Command.In 1944 he joined 625 Squadron flying Lancasters over German targets and eventually took command of B Flight and was promoted Squadron Leader. His memories of the many raids, his crew and operat

Contents:

• ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Authorâ€?s Note""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Prologue""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Pin Mill 1939""; ""CHAPTER THREE - At War""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - Leuchars""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - Battle of the Atlantic""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Jill""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Stopper""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - Katherine""; ""CHAPTER NINE - Shropshire""; ""CHAPTER TEN - Cyril""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN - Bomber Command""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE - Second Dicky""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Cologne""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Area Bombing""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Bochum""
• ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Squadron Leader""""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Zeitz""; ""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Nightmare over Bottrop""; ""CHAPTER NINETEEN - It is a God""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY - Nuremburg""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Peace in Europe""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Shield Force""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Pacific""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Hong Kong""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Geoffrey Wilson""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Macau""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Encounters with Communists""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - Wu""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Wuâ€?s Temple""; ""CHAPTER THIRTY - Farewell to Hong Kong""
• ""CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Grief""""CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Return to Pin Mill""; ""Index""

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 9781783460151
• 1783460156

OCLC:

854974639