The book, published by Pen & Sword Air World, cannot be missing on the shelves of any aviation enthusiast of the Second World War because it describes an unusual experience in a little known war theater.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/10/thunderbolts-over-burma-pilots-war.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
The book, published by Pen & Sword Air World, cannot be missing on the shelves of any aviation enthusiast of the Second World War because it describes an unusual experience in a little known war theater.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/10/thunderbolts-over-burma-pilots-war.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
It only seems like yesterday that Max Arthur and Richard Van Emden were hurrying out books to commemorate the last of the First World War veterans as they slowly faded away. Now it's the turn of authors like Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar who have compiled a little cracker based on interviews with 16 men and women who served with the RAF during the Second World War.
Make no mistake though, this is not a book that has been rushed into print. The first of these veteran interviews dates back to 1998 and some of these men, remembered now, have already been dead for many years. Be that as it may, these men and one woman live on through their memories.
Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R7HYPWBDHXCJ5/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1526747715]here[/link]
Paul Nixon
It only seems like yesterday that Max Arthur and Richard Van Emden were hurrying out books to commemorate the last of the First World War veterans as they slowly faded away. Now it's the turn of authors like Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar who have compiled a little cracker based on interviews with 16 men and women who served with the RAF during the Second World War.
Make no mistake though, this is not a book that has been rushed into print. The first of these veteran interviews dates back to 1998 and some of these men, remembered now, have already been dead for many years. Be that as it may, these men and one woman live on through their memories.
Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R7HYPWBDHXCJ5/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1526747715]here[/link]
Paul Nixon
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Third Age Matters, September 2020
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Third Age Matters, September 2020
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On Spartan Wings
Rarely has an air force gone into combat as poorly prepared and outgunned as the Royal Hellenic Air Force had to when Mussolini’s Italy dragged Greece into war on 28 October 1940. Without warning, as Italian forces poured over the frontier from Albania, the RHAF’s paltry effective lineup of 128 battleworthy aircraft, most of them obsolete, were… Read more...
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Lifeline in Helmand: RAF Front-Line Air Supply in Afghanistan
Lifeline in Helmand tells the story of the Royal Air Force tactical transport force operating in one of the most dangerous regions in the Afghanistan campaign – Helmand province. The Chinook helicopters of 1310 Flight fly heavy-lift and trooping missions to remote Forward Operating Bases and in direct support of Deliberate Ground Operations. They… Read more...
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Target Leipzig
Seventy-nine heavy bombers failed to return from the catastrophic raid on the industrial city of Leipzig on the night of 19/29 February 1944. Some 420 aircrew were killed and a further 131 became prisoners of war. It was at that time by far the RAF's most costly raid of World War II. The town was attacked in an attempt to destroy the Messerschmitt… Read more...
One moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy; a sky full of danger and menace. The next instant there would just be a clear blue empty sky with the sun shining down on a calm and beautiful landscape. Such was the phenomenon experienced by pilots who fought in the key battles of France and Britain… Read more...
Prior to World War Two, Wing Commander Guy Gibson joined the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he wrote down his experience of serving in the RAF. Aged just 25, Gibson had completed two full tours, each of 30 operations, with Bomber Command, and had led the now-famous Dam Busters raid against the dams of the Ruhr Valley in May 1943. He died aged 26 in 1944,… Read more...
We Seek the Highest has been the motto of the thousands of Officer Cadets who, over ten decades, have passed through the rigorous training regime at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. The words embody the College ethos: to strive to reach the tough standards demanded by the RAF, in the air and on the ground. This book tells the 100-year… Read more...
Lifeline in Helmand: RAF Front-Line Air Supply in Afghanistan
Lifeline in Helmand tells the story of the Royal Air Force tactical transport force operating in one of the most dangerous regions in the Afghanistan campaign – Helmand province. The Chinook helicopters of 1310 Flight fly heavy-lift and trooping missions to remote Forward Operating Bases and in direct support of Deliberate Ground Operations. They… Read more...
