King Of Airfighters

Author : Wing-Cmdr. Ira Jones
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789122855

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King of Air Fighters by Wing-Cmdr. Ira Jones Pdf

Major “Mick” Mannock, VC, was the top-scoring RAF air ace of the First World War, an almost legendary figure who personified the bravery and modesty that came to be expected of aerial heroes. While other aces of that war became better known, Mannock in his own quiet way topped them all, with an official tally of 73 victories by the time of his death. On the award of his posthumous VC the London Gazette described him as “an outstanding example of fearless courage, remarkable skill, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice that has never been surpassed.” King of Air Fighters is an exciting account of Mannock’s character and career by another great air ace. For author “Taffy” Jones himself ranks sixth in the British list of First World War aces with 41 victories. This is a tale of adventure, courage and gallantry told with an experienced insider’s understanding of the feelings and psychology of the air aces, and with a thorough analysis of aerial combat techniques.

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Casemate / Greenhill
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781935149774

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King of Airfighters by Ira Jones Pdf

A penetrating study of Britain’s top World War I fighter ace, written by fellow pilot Ira Jones, the author of An Air Fighter’s Scrapbook. Ira Jones’ biography of Britain’s top-scoring ace of the First World War has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years; most notably, it claims seventy-three “kills” for Mannock, making him the number-one-scoring Allied ace of the war. Later research has thrown serious doubt on this assertion, and indeed, Mannock himself only claimed fifty-one kills. Jones’ biography is nevertheless an important account, especially when seen in the context of the time in which it was first written. In particular, the biography delves into the mind of Mannock, portraying the singular nature of his character and the true stress that these pioneer air fighters experienced in the last few months of the war. Originally published in 1934 by Ivor Nicholson and Watson in London, the book has been reprinted—most recently in the 1990s by Greenhill Books as part of its Vintage Aviation Library—and reproduced from the original 1930s version of the book. Not a word has been changed in this Casemate edition, but the original, very dated type and page layout have been reworked, as has been the format in which the book is presented, to give a beautiful new treatment to this classic of aviation literature.

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : 1869971000

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : 1869971019

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:500735888

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989-04
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : 1853670383

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Biografi over den pilot og flyverhelt (Esser) major Edward Mannock, der var den engelske pilot, der skød flest modstandere ned under 1. verdenskrig og han blev dekoreret med Victoria Korset

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Mannock, Edward
ISBN : OCLC:251021413

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X001611690

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ira Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:269257124

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King of Air Fighters by Ira Jones Pdf

Author : Ian Mackersey
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297859956

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No Empty Chairs by Ian Mackersey Pdf

The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air. 'This moving book uses letters and diaries to evoke the terrible cost of such warfare...Sleepless nights, separated lovers and grieving parents are recalled with painful immediacy in this meticulously researched tribute to those who died or were lucky enough to survive' DAILY MAIL The empty chairs belonged, all too briefly, to the doomed young First World War airmen who failed to return from the terrifying daily aerial combats above the trenches of the Western Front. The edict of their commander-in-chief was the missing aviators were to be immediately replaced. Before the new faces could arrive, the departed men's vacant seats at the squadron dinner table were sometimes poignantly occupied by their caps and boots, placed there in a sad ritual by their surviving colleagues as they drank to their memory. Life for most of the pilots of the Royal Flying Corps was appallingly short. If they graduated alive and unmaimed from the flying training that killed more than half of them before they reached the front line, only a few would for very long survive the daily battles they fought over the ravaged moonscape of no-man's-land. Their average life expectancy at the height of the war was measured only in weeks. Parachutes that began to save their German enemies were denied them. Fear of incarceration, and the daily spectacle of watching close colleagues die in burning aircraft, took a devastating toll on the nerves of the world's first fighter pilots. Many became mentally ill. As they waited for death, or with luck the survivable wound that would send them back to 'Blighty', they poured their emotions into their diaries and streams of letters to their loved ones at home. Drawing on these remarkable testimonies and pilots' memoirs, Ian Mackersey has brilliantly reconstructed the First Great Air War through the lives of its participants. As they waited to die, the men shared their loneliness, their fears, triumphs - and squadron gossip - with the families who lived in daily dread of the knock on the door that would bring the War Office telegram in its fateful green envelope.

Author : A. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230286627

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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot by A. Smith Pdf

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.

Author : Eugenia Russell,Quentin Russell
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473866072

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Watford and South West Herts in the Great War by Eugenia Russell,Quentin Russell Pdf

This book highlights the importance of Watford as a regional centre within South West Herts during the years of the Great War as well as the cohesion of the local area and the impact events and initiatives had on the entire region. The organization and presence of the Army are discussed before focusing on different aspects of civilian life such as the contribution of civilians to the war effort, the Police and Fire Service, the role of Churches, Schools and the Press and changes in employment and local businesses. As the War wore on and the magnitude of the sacrifice sunk in, hospitals and charities became more prominent. The latter part of the book presents these as well as the many public and private ways of commemorating the War Dead in the aftermath of the conflict. The distinctiveness of such Memorials reflects the legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement and the artistic communities resident in Bushey and Watford.

Author : Peter Hart
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780225715

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Bloody April by Peter Hart Pdf

The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917 As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras, they desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But by this point the Royal Flying Club were flying obsolete planes. The new German Albatros scouts massively outclassed them in every respect: speed, armament, ability to withstand punishment and manoeuverability. Many of the RFC's pilots were straight out of flying school - as they took to the air they were sitting targets for the experienced German aces. Over the course of 'Bloody April' the RFC suffered casualties of over a third. The average life expectancy of a new subaltern on the front line dropped to just eleven days. And yet they carried on flying, day after day, in the knowledge that, in the eyes of their commanders at least, their own lives meant nothing compared to the photographs they brought back, which could save tens of thousands of soldiers on the ground. In this book Peter Hart tells the story of the air war over Arras, using the voices of the men who were actually there.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : NYPL:33433098414190

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Bookseller & Stationer and Office Equipment Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1134 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015550226

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The Publishers' Circular and the Publisher & Bookseller by Anonim Pdf