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Coastal command; the Air ministry account of the part played by Coastal command in the battle of the seas, 1939-1942. by Great Britain.Air Ministry.(CARDINAL)134105;
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Coastal Command.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Battle of Britain voices : 37 fighter pilots tell their extraordinary stories / by Reeve, Jonathan,(History publisher)author.;
Includes bibliographical references.July 1940, and Britain is the only European country which hasn't caved in to Hitler's Third Reich. Hitler's stated aim was to 'eliminate the English home country as a base for the continuation of the war against Germany'. A Nazi invasion of Britain was set for 15 September, but the prerequisite was air supremacy - control of the skies over Britain to permit Blitzkrieg tactics and the successful crossing of the Channel by hundreds of thousands of German troops. The fighter pilots of the RAF stood in their way against the numerically superior Luftwaffe. The quality of first-hand accounts left by the Battle of Britain fighter pilots is astonishing. Many were written in the midst of the epic air battle: a hastily jotted-down diary, letters written to young wives, a contemporary interview with a journalist or a radio broadcast, and most poignant of all, the short books that were written to while away the weeks stuck in hospital bed whilst recovering from wounds received in battle. Some were written up in the cold light of day later in the war or just after, but they all share one feature - they were written before 'the Few' truly became etched in the mindset of the British people. The fighter pilots' modesty shines through. Battle of Britain histories often integrate testimony from pilots, but this is the first book to collect together substantial accounts to give a true idea of the exhilaration of being in a dogfight with a swarm of Messerschmitt 109s, the harrowing experience of being trapped in a burning cockpit and the mental stress of day after day of the maelstrom of air fighting. Far better than any single narrative, the 'voices', together with 150 photographs, many in colour, build up a complete picture of the Battle of Britain as it was experienced by the men who took part in it.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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I seek my prey in the waters; the Coastal command at war / by Dudley-Gordon, Tom.(CARDINAL)164563;
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Coastal Command.; World War, 1939-1945;
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There's something in the air / by Bates, H. E.(Herbert Ernest),1905-1974.(CARDINAL)148925;
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Bomber offensive / by Harris, Arthur Travers,Sir,1892-1984.(CARDINAL)176949;
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Squadron 303; the story of the Polish fighter squadron with the R. A. F. by Fiedler, Arkady,1894-1985.(CARDINAL)154529;
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron (Polish), 303rd.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Men of air : the courage and sacrifice of bomber command in World War II / by Wilson, Kevin,1942-author.(CARDINAL)594410;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-416) and index.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Dam Busters / by Brickhill, Paul.(CARDINAL)175319;
On 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Edger dams with colossal 'blockbuster' bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of that incredible, daring raid. Again and again, the bomber crews used their flying skills, their tremendous courage and Barnes Wallis's highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany. Adapted into a much-loved film in 1955, The Dam Busters remains a timeless testament to the bravery of the Allied force.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Fighter boys : the Battle of Britain, 1940 / by Bishop, Patrick(Patrick Joseph)(CARDINAL)727444;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Fighter Command; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.; Fighter pilots;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The aviation art of Frank Wootton / by Wootton, Frank A. A.(CARDINAL)738877;
Includes some British civil aeroplanes.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Wootton, Frank A. A.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Airplanes in art.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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