Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1941
Title | Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1941 PDF eBook |
Author | W. R. Chorley |
Publisher | Midland |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
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This is the second volume in the series which deals with the losses sustained by the RAF Bomber Command during the 2nd World War. It has already found favour with historians, and those friends and relatives affected by the loss.
RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 8
Title | RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 8 PDF eBook |
Author | W. R. Chorley |
Publisher | Midland Publishing |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781857801569 |
This series has been of enduring interest over many years, and is still highly sought after. Apart from the obvious interest to aviation historians, many people researching family history find these books invaluable, as so many families had someone in an RAF bomber squadron, who failed to return from active service. With the interest in family history increasing all the time and with many now seeking detailed information about wartime careers of relatives, the series will continue to be used by those seeking to find out more about fathers, grandfathers and other relatives who flew with, and died in the service of Bomber Command during World War 2.
Bomber Offensive
Title | Bomber Offensive PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Harris |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2005-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1844152103 |
Sir Arthur Harris - Bomber Harris - remains the target of criticism and vilification by many, while others believe the contribution he and his men made to victory is grossly undervalued. He led the men of Bomber Command in the face of appalling casualties, had fierce disagreements with higher authority and enjoyed a complicated relationship with Winston Churchill. Written soon after the close of World War 2, this collection of Sir Arthur Harris's memoirs reveals the man behind the Allied bombing offensive that culminated in the destruction of the Nazi war machine but also many beautiful cities, including Dresden.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War
Title | Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War PDF eBook |
Author | Norman L. R. Franks |
Publisher | Crecy Publishing |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
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This third volume of Fighter command losses deals with the final 16 months of the war. Plans for the Allied invasion of Europe were well under way in November 1943 when the 'Fighter command' nomenclature was put aside temporarily due to the RAF's fighter force being divided into two.
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Title | Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Maurer Maurer |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 1428915850 |
Bomber Command
Title | Bomber Command PDF eBook |
Author | Max Hastings |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2013-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610588630 |
This award-winning classic of WWII military history chronicles the Royal Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany. RAF Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. The struggle began meekly in 1939 with only a few aircraft—Whitleys, Hampdens, and Wellingtons—flying blindly through the night on their ill-conceived bombing runs. It ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes, equipped with the best of British wartime technology, blazing whole German cities in a single night. In Bomber Command, originally published to critical acclaim in the UK, famed British military historian Sir Max Hastings offers a captivating analysis of the strategy and decision-making behind one of World War II’s most violent episodes. With firsthand descriptions of the experiences of aircrew from 1939 to 1945—based on one hundred interviews with veterans—and a harrowing narrative of the experiences of Germans on the ground during the September 1944 bombing of Darmstadt, Bomber Command is widely recognized as a classic account of one of the bloodiest campaigns in World War II history. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses
Title | Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses PDF eBook |
Author | Ross McNeill |
Publisher | Specialty Press (MN) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781857801286 |
First in a companion series to the acclaimed Bomber Command and Fighter Command Losses series, detailing losses suffered by coastal squadrons operating from UK bases under Coastal Command control as either full units or detachments from other RAF commands. Each chapter is prefaced by a brief description of the coastal campaign for the period under review. Appendices include squadron bases.