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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... Flight Sergeant Tracy , marched us one morning into the main arena inside the Exhibition Building and left us standing in line , unsupervised , while he dis- appeared for a few minutes into one of the side offices . A Leading ...
... Flight Sergeant Tracy one afternoon to learn that right now it was our turn for inoculations . For those who dreaded needles , it was a memorable day . We rolled up our sleeves on both sides and walked between a bevy of white - gowned ...
... flights and attempt to bum an aeroplane ride in an Anson , as long as there was an instructor along . More ... flight simulator ; and we all wanted to sit in one and find out what it felt like so that we would not be completely ...
... flight training the burning intensity of desire that most flight cadets lived with . We all knew it intimately . You recognized its concomitant when you saw a young man , who had just been washed out over at the flights , slumped on the ...
... Flight , Course No. 48 , 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 ...
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