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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... gave me a window on a wider world of airmanship , fellowship , and esprit . The view of two training systems and their differences , not all of which favored one system over the other was most useful in later years in the U.S. Air Force ...
... gave me the freest possible rein . Whenever I felt like it , I could go over to the flights and attempt to bum an aeroplane ride in an Anson , as long as there was an instructor along . More importantly , I could go to the Link Trainer ...
... gave a speed as " 200 knots per hour " instead of the correct " 200 knots " . We transposed position lines and grappled with the difficulties of six minute alterations of course . Ever and always we struggled for the good fix , that ...
... gave me the phone number of a girl he had met there , along with his earnest recommendation that I look her up . I was very much the innocent in such matters , thoroughly inexperienced and naive ; even so , I asked if he had a picture ...
... gave one of his typical Wings Parade speeches to graduating pilots . That authentic sequence alone redeemed the picture as far as I was concerned , for Bishop came across on the screen or in person as just what he was , a gentleman with ...
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