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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... arrival at the Headquarters of the RAF Bomber Command , October 20 , 1942 , with a directive from General Arnold to understudy the bomber operations of the British , prepare the plans and launch our bombing forces when " I can get you ...
... arriving March 1st , 1942 . Strecker and Robbie immediately headed for the barracks . Since the Air Force made a point of telling air - crew absolutely nothing about impending moves , they scented opportunity . First they told all the ...
... arrived on my floor , and came slowly down the wide corridor . He was trying to be quiet , but he was gasping for breath so strenuously that he couldn't have come up unheard behind a bull elephant trotting kneedeep through corn flakes ...
... arrived as juniors . Irvine Bradley and Bud Clarke had been well known to me when I lived in Portage a few years earlier . I liked them both , although I may have been slightly more gracious to Irvine Bradley because I had a soft spot ...
... arrival of two girls who set up shop on the alley immediately to the left of ours . One of the girls could have climbed into mechanic's coveralls and gone the rest of her life unchallenged ; but the other had been cunningly assembled ...
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A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World ... Murray Peden Visualização parcial - 2003 |