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I chose the sky / squadron leader, Leonard H. Rochford DSC AND BAR, DFC ; with a foreword by Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw, CB, DSO, OBE, DSC, DFC.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rochford, Leonard H., author.
- Collishaw, Raymond, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rochford, Leonard H.
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. 3 (Naval) Squadron--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. 203 Squadron--Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.
- Fighter pilots--Great Britain--Biography.
- Fighter pilots.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] : Grub Street, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The newest addition to the Grub Street Classics range is this fascinating, insightful and, at times, nail-biting account by the World War One veteran, Leonard H. Rochford. This book has been out of print for more than thirty years and we are delighted to be putting it back on the shelves, with black and white photographs throughout. In these exciting memoirs, 'Tich' Rochford writes about his two action-filled years as a World War I fighter pilot with the famous No. 3 (Naval) Squadron when he flew planes such as the Sopwith Pup and the Sopwith Camel. While flying many hundreds of hours in opera
- Contents:
- ""Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter I Hendon � A Tyro Takes Off""; ""Chapter II The Royal Naval Air Service""; ""Chapter III With The War Flight""; ""Chapter IV Early Flights and Fights in France""; ""Chapter V Survival on the Somme""; ""Chapter VI Flying on the Frontier""; ""Chapter VII In Flanders� Sky""; ""Chapter VIII Respite and Return""; ""Chapter IX March at Mont St Eloi""; ""Chapter X Spring Sorties with the RAF""; ""Chapter XI A Second Summer of Strife""; ""Chapter XII Finale and Folded Wings""; ""Epilogue""
- ""Appendix""""Index""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781910690901
- 1910690902
- OCLC:
- 916953308
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