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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... carried out only at the price of a matching tax in blood levied against the American aircrew . I remember them all , with pride , respect and enduring affection . CONTENTS Forewords viii 1 Enlistment The RCAF 1 2 Initial.
... carry on , doing whatever he could to destroy the Nazi menace . He did say that he would appreciate it if I could arrange that no mention of his late loss be made to him on the upcoming visit to our bases . With the revival of interest ...
... carried me through , with the aid of understanding instructors and superb ground school training . In those days , A.P. 1234 , the world's best basic text for navigation , was never far from my hand . Years later , when my children were ...
... carried at a 45 degree angle . - My roommate at ITS was a former diamond driller from Oregon named Harry Peters . I had got to know him at Macleod . Harry was one of several Americans in our course , a fine , easy - going chap with a ...
... carried on . With the exception of navigation , which was a completely new subject to me , I found the rest of the academic subjects on the course largely memory work , which came easy since I was fresh out of school . Strecker had been ...
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