Fighting high publishing hitchin (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Near-fine hardback copy in Near-fine jacket. Slight shelfwear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. 55,573 aircrew of Bomber Command lost their lives during the Second World War, yet no campaign medal was awarded and their bravery and sacrifice went largely unrecognized. On 28 June 2012 this was corrected with the dedication and unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial in The Green Park, London. The journey from the initial idea to the unveiling of the memorial was a long and complex one and 'The Bomber Command Memorial - We Will Remember Them' tells the story of the campaign; locating a site, obtaining permission, raising the funds, designing the memorial, and the opening ceremony. The book also tells the remarkable story of Bomber Command from the viewpoint of those who took part, and veterans reflect on the experiences they had and what the memorial means to them. 50% of all receipts go to the Bomber Command Memorial Fund registered charity. Ref O 1.…

Hardcover. Condizione: F/F/F. First Edition, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK "SOLDIERING ON PROMOTIONAL COPY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st .* Date of Publication: 2009. * Publisher: Fighting High Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs to edges or corners. FINE.* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper showing various illustrations and photos of WWII airmen and their families, with dark grey titles to white spine strip. White grey and dark blue titles to face. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to lower bottom edge at rear, none to head or tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective cover. FINE. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. There is a "Computacenter and Netapp" label to the FFEP showing that they were supporters of the "Soldiering On Trust," at the awards on 25th. March 2012 at the Waldorf Astoria. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & coloured illustrations throughout. * Pages: 123 pp. text. vi pp. acknowledgements, sources, index & blank at rear.* Description: Based on extensive interviews, first-hand accounts, original research, and archive sources Fighting High tells the story of those who took to the skies to oppose the Axis powers during World War Two. World War Two military aviation author Steve Darlow brings together twenty-one accounts of extreme bravery, heroism and sacrifice. The stories in Fighting High - World War Two - Air Battle Europe, Volume 1, span the entire war, from the early days of defending against the might of the Luftwaffe through to the exercising of Allied air superiority in the latter days of the conflict. In totality an exciting, vivid, graphic and moving account of what the airmen went through when they were 'Fighting High'.* A FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with no visible faults now in a clear un-attached protective dust jacket.*. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 2nd Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. Laid in is an obituary of the author taken from The Times. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger's No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim. One critic wrote, "the book goes below the surface of prison camp life and shows a remarkable insight into the minds of men forced to live under conditions of tension and strain". The former Royal Australian Air Force Bomber Command airman has now revised, expanded and updated his original work the story of a young man's journey to war, of being shot down in May 1942, of three years spent behind barbed wire, and of enduring forced marches as the Nazi state crumbled. The author also recounts his adventures on the run in France prior to capture and his return, in 1949, to search for the people who helped him. In sensitive, gripping, yet often humorous prose, Cal Younger describes the toils and deprivations of prison camp life. There are the extraordinary characters, notably the inspirational camp leader James "Dixie" Deans, who, as the war neared its end, and following a tragic attack by "friendly" Allied aircraft on a marching column, cycled through the fighting to British lines, and then returned to rejoin the march. There is the brutality Cal witnesses. At Stalag Luft VI, an escape campaign, ruthlessly carried out, ends with the suicide and execution of guards and prisoners. Then there is the amusing but dangerous brinksmanship of Hun-baiting. This revised edition incorporates previously unpublished photographs along with numerous illustrations and cartoons depicting camp life, as sketched by the author while a prisoner-of-war. No Flight from the Cage has become one of the classic prisoner-of-war memoirs. A book, as stated by General Sir John Hackett, that "deserves to be read and reread", and "an adventure in the exploration of the human spirit whose total effect is both sobering and uplifting". Ref LLL 4.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. x + 228 pages & photographs. 685g. Blue cloth boards As NEW in an As NEW d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author describes in remarkable detail not only his RAF experiences but also the environment in which he lived, the friendships made, and the rigors of firstly working on aircraft in all conditions as groundcrew, and then as an airman struggling to fly, fight and survive amidst the attrition of the air battle over Germany. Illustrated with previously unpublished photographs Peter Baxter's account is also a must for all technical enthusiasts, with comprehensive sections on the mechanics of the Avro Lancaster and how it is flown.…