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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... once at a recruiting rally in the Winnipeg Auditorium in the spring of 1941. I was seventeen , impatiently awaiting my eighteenth birthday so that I could join up . My classmate at Gordon Bell High , Rod Dunphy , sat beside me , both of ...
... funnelling in from the Crow's Nest Pass . ( The whole time I was on the station , I saw them change the runway only once . ) Some of our boys were stuck with guard duty , and even with the excellent parkas they 4 A Thousand Shall Fall.
... Once when I carelessly transgressed the bounds of propriety by failing to salute when I entered his office I was concentrating so much on what arguments I would use to try to get another 15 minutes in the Link that I completely forgot ...
... once again I allowed my original intentions to be overborne and followed my mentors ' example . This was the first glass of beer I had ever drunk . I did not enjoy it , but over the next hour or so I gagged my way through two more to ...
... once in a while the dog would get bored with the straight - line progress and decide to scout around a bit on either flank . When the dog wandered , F / O Coghill's lot was not to reason why . He had to go where the dog led , and coax ...
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