Target for Tonight : A pilot's memoirs of flying long-range reconnaissance and Pathfinder missions in World War II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braithwaite, D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air pilots, Military--Great Britain--Biography.

Braithwaite, Denys A., -2004.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

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

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

Local Subjects:

Air pilots, Military--Great Britain--Biography.

Braithwaite, Denys A., -2004.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Biography.

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

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2005.

Summary:

The author was born of a well-to-do Yorkshire family and joined the Auxiliary Air Force on his eighteenth birthday in 1939. On the occasion of Chamberlain's speech to the British nation on September 3 the situation changed dramatically and from being a 'super weekend club', his squadron was assigned coastal patrol duties. In October he was posted to Peterborough to learn to fly with the regular RAF. There followed a period of convoy protection flying Blenheims and then flying with the meteorological flight based at Bircham Newington on the Norfolk coast. Here he flew a Gloster Gladiator with a

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""CHAPTER ONE - 608 Squadron""; ""CHAPTER TWO - No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance""; ""CHAPTER THREE - 1401 Met. Flight""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - 521 Squadron""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - No. 9 OTU � Dyce""; ""CHAPTER SIX - 139 Squadron""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - America""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - 45 Squadron""; ""APPENDIX ONE""; ""APPENDIX TWO""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781783403592

1783403594

9781783460878

1783460873

OCLC:

854974643