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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... morning the swelling roar of hundreds of Cyclones and Twin Wasps heralded the start of complementary operations of the Combined Bomber Offensive flown by Fortress and Liberator crews of our redoubtable partners , the US Eighth Army Air ...
... morning . I spent most of that day dressing and undressing in various offices and being subjected by impersonal doctors to highly personal indignities . The air - crew medical was devastatingly thorough . Just before 6:00 PM I lined up ...
... 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 Aircraftsman ( LAC ) the Air Force equivalent of ...
... morning at 6:00 AM we were gently awakened by the fire alarm . I am not normally the fastest man in the west when it comes to rolling out of my warm bed , but I learned that morning that if you were going to do everything expected of ...
... morning's eye - witness reports that it was a typical , alcoholically maudlin ceremony , with much back slapping and " dog - gone - it " punching on the arms , until the conductor hollered " Board " , at which time Randall was hoisted ...
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A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World ... Murray Peden Visualização parcial - 2003 |