A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War TwoDundurn, 1 de jan. de 2003 - 490 páginas During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Those selected for Bomber Command operations went on to rain devastation upon the Third Reich in the great air battles over Europe, but their losses were high. German fighters and anti-aircraft guns took a terrifying toll. The chances of surviving a tour of duty as a bomber crew were almost nil. Murray Peden's story of his training in Canada and England, and his crew's operations on Stirlings and Flying Fortresses with 214 Squadron, has been hailed as a classic of war literature. It is a fine blend of the excitement, humour, and tragedy of that eventful era. |
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... Freddie Taylor , Francis Plate and to THE VANISHED ARMY the army of young aircrew who died in combat in the skies over Europe . Over 55,000 aircrew were killed serving in RAF Bomber Command , thousands of that number being fellow ...
... Freddie Taylor , found ourselves in " E " Flight . Our Flight Commander was Flight Lieutenant Jimmy Baird , a short , bustling individual who was all business . Prior to flying Cessna Cranes he had been on Harvards , single engined ...
... Freddie Taylor , another student . Freddie sat in the rear seat and acted as lookout on the left side while I was under the hood , then traded places with me and took his turn at instrument flying . While Freddie was taking his first ...
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