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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... exercises that we came to know our disciplinary NCO , Flight - Sergeant Glaves . Glaves had blond hair , and bright blue eyes which frequently held a spurious twinkle that could mislead one into thinking him a friendly soul . I found ...
... exercises occupied us for only a few days . At the end of the fifth day we were told to report for morning flying class the following day . Upon receipt of this simultane- ously welcome and worrying directive , we went into the flight ...
... exercises , they had made a clandestine rendezvous at 4000 feet just west of Caley , and engaged in a stimulating dog - fight . This was every bit as beneficial as the exercises they had been sent to do , and in fact included the full ...
... exercise on the bowling alleys . I agreed that the objective was laudable but reminded him that our Flight was Duty Flight , and hence forbidden to leave the aero- drome . ( I don't really know what function the Duty Flight was supposed ...
... exercise between hurling the balls and patting ourselves on the back . Our self - satisfaction was further enhanced by the arrival of two girls who set up shop on the alley immediately to the left of ours . One of the girls could have ...
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A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World ... Murray Peden Visualização parcial - 2003 |