Sherlock S Squadron The Incredible True Story Of The Unsung Heroes Of World War Two

Author : Steve Holmes
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782196594

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Sherlock's Squadron - The Incredible True Story of the Unsung Heroes of World War Two by Steve Holmes Pdf

John Holmes was a schoolboy when World War II broke out in 1939, but even he jknew his destiny lay in the skies. 'Boys from these parts don't join the RAF', he was told on more than one occasion. But they were wrong.After many months undergoing selection and training he eventually made it into the air crew of 196 squadron. It was there he embarked on a love affair with the Stirling Bomber, and it was there that he met up with his crew - his brothers in arms.With in-depth research, Steve Holmes' inspirational, harrowing and at times humorous book charts the wartime exploits of his father, John 'Sherlock' Holmes, and his flight crew. Through many hours of research and contact with living relatives of 'Sherlock's Squadron;' Steve has pulled together a unique and personal insight into the most brutal and devastating armed conflict in history.Verified and independently confirmed by the MOD, War Office, Bomber Command and preserve navigators' records and pilots' log books of the time, this is a comprehensive and compelling account of World War II from the eyes of a group of young RAF men from distant corners of the globe.

Author : Kent Haruf
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400043019

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Eventide by Kent Haruf Pdf

One of The Best Books of The Year: Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, The Plain Dealer, and Rocky Mountain News Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel of masterful authority. The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in and who has now left their ranch to start college. A lonely young boy stoically cares for his grandfather while a disabled couple tries to protect their a violent relative. As these lives unfold and intersect, Eventide unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another.

Author : Tom Cooper
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909982383

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Wings over Ogaden by Tom Cooper Pdf

With Ethiopia in disarray following a period of severe internal unrest and the spread of insurgencies in Eritrea and Tigray, Ethiopia and its armed forces should have offered little opposition to well-equipped Somali armed forces which were unleashed to capture Ogaden, in July 1977. However, excellently trained pilots of the Ethiopian Air Force took full advantage of their US-made equipment, primarily their few brand-new Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter-bombers, to take the fight to their opponents, win air superiority over the battlefield, and thus have their hands free to interdict the Somali supply links to stop the invasion cold. This air victory practically sealed the fate of the Somali juggernaut in Ogaden, especially so once Ethiopia convinced Cuba and the Soviet Bloc to support her instead of Somalia. In a fit of pique, Somalia forced all Soviet advisers to leave the country. Already bitter over similar experiences in Egypt in 1972, Moscow's revenge was designed as a clear message: nobody was to treat her in such fashion again. The USSR subsequently launched an air bridge to Ethiopia, unique and unprecedented in its extension and importance, delivering huge quantities of armament and equipment necessary for the Ethiopians to reconquer Ogaden, and beyond. In turn Somalia asked the USA for help and thus occurred an unprecedented switch of Cold War alliances. This volume details the history and training of both Ethiopian and Somali air forces, their equipment and training, tactics used and kills claimed, against the backdrop of the flow of the Ogaden war. It explains in detail, supported by over 100 contemporary and exclusive photographs, maps and color profiles, how the Ethiopian Air Force won the decisive victory in the air by expertly deploying the F-5Es - unequaled in maneuverability, small size and powerful armament - to practically destroy the Somali Air Force and its MiG-17s and MiG-21s.

Author : Adolf Galland
Publisher : Reading Essentials
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783965448476

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The First and The Last by Adolf Galland Pdf

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaffe. Now he offers an insider's look at the division's triumphs in Poland and France and the last desperate battle to save the Reich. "The clearest picture yet of how the Germans lost their war in the air."--Time.

Author : Jacob Neufeld
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437912876

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Technology and the Air Force by Jacob Neufeld Pdf

Proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation and the Air Force History and Museums Program. The symposium covered relevant Air Force technologies ranging from the turbo-jet revolution of the 1930s to the stealth revolution of the 1990s. Illustrations.

Author : Steve Holmes
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1869509889

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Petrolheads in Sheds by Steve Holmes Pdf

A collection of photos and stories of amazing hidden car collections from around New Zealand. From the author of the popular KIWI HOT RODDER'S GUIDE TO LIFE and the KIWI UTE DRIVER'S GUIDE TO LIFE comes a book about the hidden world of New Zealand car collectors. Steve Holmes has collected stories from across New Zealand, from the weird to the wonderful, accompanied by amazing photographs of the sheds, the cars and the petrolheads who inhabit them.

Author : United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : WISC:89061982187

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The Cross of Lorraine by United States. Army. Infantry Division, 79th Pdf

Author : Derek Robinson
Publisher : MacLehose Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623653293

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Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson Pdf

From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job on to whip the Hornets into shape before they face the Luftwaffe's seasoned pilots. And sometimes Fighter Command, with its obsolete tactics and stiff doctrines, is the real menace. As with all Robinson's novels, the raw dialogue, rich black humor and brilliantly rendered, adrenaline-packed dogfights bring the Battle of Britain, and the brave few who fought it, to life.

Author : Derek Robinson
Publisher : MacLehose Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623653262

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Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson Pdf

Known for his black humor and expertise in military aviation, Derek Robinson is best renowned for his novels on the Royal Flying Corps. The Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. World War One pilots were the knights of the sky, and the press and public idolised them as gallant young heroes. At just twenty-three, Major Stanley Woolley is the old man and commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron. He abhors any notion of chivalry in the clouds and is determined to obliterate the decent, gentlemanly outlook of his young, public school-educated pilots--for their own good. But as the war goes on he is forced to thrown greener and greener pilots into the meat grinder. Goshawk Squadron finds its gallows humor and black camaraderie no defense against a Spandau bullet to the back of the head.

Author : Shayler David,Ian A. Moule
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781846280788

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Women in Space - Following Valentina by Shayler David,Ian A. Moule Pdf

* This is the only book that provides the full story of the role of women in space exploration. * Previously unpublished photographs of various aspects of training and participation in spaceflights are included. * Personal interviews with female cosmonauts and astronauts. * Traces the history of female aviation milestones from the early part of the 20th Century to the current space programme.

Author : Samantha Power
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465050895

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"A ""A Problem From Hell"" by Samantha Power Pdf

A character-driven study of some of the darkest moments in our national history, when America failed to prevent or stop 20th-century campaigns to exterminate Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, Iraqi Kurds, Bosnians, and Rwandans.

Author : Adin Dobkin
Publisher : Little A
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : History
ISBN : 154201882X

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Sprinting Through No Man's Land by Adin Dobkin Pdf

The inspiring, heart-pumping true story of soldiers turned cyclists and the historic 1919 Tour de France that helped to restore a war-torn country and its people. On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds and the psychological scars of war. Most of the athletes had arrived straight from the front, where so many fellow countrymen had suffered or died. The cyclists' perseverance and tolerance for pain would be tested in a grueling, monthlong competition. An inspiring true story of human endurance, Sprinting Through No Man's Land explores how the cyclists united a country that had been torn apart by unprecedented desolation and tragedy. It shows how devastated countrymen and women can come together to celebrate the adventure of a lifetime and discover renewed fortitude, purpose, and national identity in the streets of their towns.

Author : Steve Holmes
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781787117570

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Racing Camaros by Steve Holmes Pdf

Chevrolet created the Camaro in response to the runaway sales success of the Ford Mustang, the first pony car. The Mustang went on sale in April 1964, and by August that same year, General Motors launched an intensive program to bring its own pony car to market. In September 1966, the Camaro went on sale. Chevrolet wanted the Camaro to be better than the Mustang in every area, including style, ride-quality, and performance. To that end, with the Mustang having already achieved so much racing success, Chevrolet wanted to beat it on the track also. Racing Camaros: An International Photographic History 1966 - 1984 is a photographic celebration of road racing Camaros throughout the world. It focuses on production-based cars, rather than the heavily modified tube-frame silhouette machines that began appearing in the late 1970s. Included are images of big-budget factory-supported cars competing in the Trans-Am series, right through to low-buck independents, and cars competing throughout the world. For the first time, the international road racing representation of the Camaro is featured in a book, which includes countless photos that have never been published. Technical detail is provided throughout, from concept and design, right through its racing career, and the challenges and developments that took place to make it a winner. Only period images have been used. This is a true photographic history depicting the global popularity of the Chevrolet Camaro as a road racing car.

Author : Jonathan Falconer
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752470498

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Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot by Jonathan Falconer Pdf

Southern England. Late summer 1940. The nation is fighting for its very survival and the Luftwaffe's aerial offensive is unrelenting. All that lies between invasion and salvation for Britain is the 'thin blue line' of RAF Fighter Command and its pilots. This newly illustrated anniversary edition of Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot reveals what it was like to fly a fighter plane in the Battle of Britain. Who were the Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of 1940? How did they spend a typical day? And when pitched together in combat at 30,000 feet, which was the better machine - Spitfire or Me109? Read Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot and then ask yourself: would I have been up to the job?

Author : Brian Lane
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445609676

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Spitfire! by Brian Lane Pdf

The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC.