Pathfinder's War: an Extraordinary Tale of Surviving over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds
Feast, Sean
ISBN 10: 1906502528 ISBN 13: 9781906502522
Editore: Grub Street, 2009
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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 7219721-6
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Ted Stocker lived a charmed life. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard s Brats , a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Qualifying as one of the RAF s first flight engineers, he flew operations in 1941/42 with 35 and 102 Squadrons, a contemporary of Leonard Cheshire, helping with the often hair-raising task of converting pilots from two to four engines. On his return to 35, he became a pathfinder and flight engineer leader, taking part in virtually every major air battle of the war. Awarded the DFC in 1943, he was posted to 7 and then 582 Squadrons, going on to complete more than 100 bombing operations , often as a master bomber, and flying with some of the pathfinder greats , including Don Bennett himself. Although his aircraft was frequently hit, and he survived a crash landing on only his second trip, Ted was never wounded. His achievements were recognized with the Distinguished Service Order, the only known DSO issued to a flight engineer during the war or since. After the war, he flew with Bomber Harris on a tour of Brazil and later qualified as a pilot, introducing the Lockheed Neptune anti-submarine aircraft to the RAF for the first time as a flight commander with Coastal Command.
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...poignant memories of a brutal time. --Catholic Herald
This is a brilliantly written by a Pathfinder flight engineer, vividly describing life on an elite unit, sorties deep into Germany and of the camaraderie of Bomber Command. A compelling book. Ted's story is highly recommended --Flypast
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Casa editrice: Grub Street
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
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