Pathfinder Cranswick:
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| Item Description: | Previous ed.: s.l.: Kimber, 1962 |
| Physical Description: | 192 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781846855207 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE
13
I. MISSION AT MIDNIGHT
15
II. GROOMED FOR GALLANTRY
24
III. SCHOOL FOR HEROES
30
IV. ENTHUSIAST WITH WINGS
49
V. BOMBERS OVER THE DESERT
63
VI. POSTED TO PATH FINDER FORCE
87
VII.
TRAIL-BLAZING TO GLORY
100
VIII.
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS
121
IX. BULL S EYES OUT OF THE SKY
139
X. PATHWAY TO ROMANCE
157
XI. THE LAST COMMAND
175
POSTSCRIPT
181
ALEC
CRANS
WICK
-
THE NAME LIVES ON
186
INDEX
188
ILLUSTRATIONS
Alec Cranswick
12
Philip and
Maia
Cranswick with their son as a child
45
Pathfinder Lancaster over target
45
Cranswick s dog, Kluva, had his own flying logbook!
46
Kluva beside the grave of Alec s father at Upavon
46
Reg Kille
and Wilfred Horner
47
Ivor Howard, with
Simba;
and
Alf
Wood
47
The Quad, St. Edward s School, Oxford
48
Cranswick and crew members in Number
214
Squadron
83
Wellington K-Katie goes in for repairs at Stradishall
83
Cranswick at the controls of a Wellington bomber
84
Kluva, the Alsatian who flew with him
-
even on ops!
84
Landing aftermath when Cranswick s plane hit stone blocks
84
Cranswick with members of his first P.F.F. crew
85
Burned-out wreckage of Halifax landed by Julian Sale
85
Halifax HR
926,
L-Leather, bearing Cranswick family crest
86
Leading Aircraftwoman Valerie Parr
-
Alec s wife
117
Certificate awarding Cranswick his P.F.F. badge
118
Pathfinder s flare reflected in the River Seine
119
Cranswick s logbook entry for his lOO 1 operation
120
Alec and
Val
on their wedding day
171
H.M. The Queen touring P.F.F. bases with Don Bennett
171
Entry from Val s diary: Alec believed killed
172
Cemetery in Paris where Cranswick and crew are buried
173
Mrs. Ly Bennett unveils dedication plaque, Cranswick House
174
Mrs. Lillian Horner with members of the Cranswick family
174
FRONT COVER: Halifax L-Leather, which Cranswickflew in Path Finder Force
operations with Number
35
Squadron; and the coveted Path Finder Force badge,
awarded on successful completion of the requisite conditions of operational duty.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE
13
I. MISSION AT MIDNIGHT
15
II. GROOMED FOR GALLANTRY
24
III. SCHOOL FOR HEROES
30
IV. ENTHUSIAST WITH WINGS
49
V. BOMBERS OVER THE DESERT
63
VI. POSTED TO PATH FINDER FORCE
87
VII.
TRAIL-BLAZING TO GLORY
100
VIII.
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS
121
IX. BULL'S EYES OUT OF THE SKY
139
X. PATHWAY TO ROMANCE
157
XI. THE LAST COMMAND
175
POSTSCRIPT
181
ALEC
CRANS
WICK
-
THE NAME LIVES ON
186
INDEX
188
ILLUSTRATIONS
Alec Cranswick
12
Philip and
Maia
Cranswick with their son as a child
45
Pathfinder Lancaster over target
45
Cranswick's dog, Kluva, had his own flying logbook!
46
Kluva beside the grave of Alec's father at Upavon
46
Reg Kille
and Wilfred Horner
47
Ivor Howard, with
Simba;
and
Alf
Wood
47
The Quad, St. Edward's School, Oxford
48
Cranswick and crew members in Number
214
Squadron
83
Wellington K-Katie goes in for repairs at Stradishall
83
Cranswick at the controls of a Wellington bomber
84
Kluva, the Alsatian who flew with him
-
even on ops!
84
Landing aftermath when Cranswick's plane hit stone blocks
84
Cranswick with members of his first P.F.F. crew
85
Burned-out wreckage of Halifax landed by Julian Sale
85
Halifax HR
926,
L-Leather, bearing Cranswick family crest
86
Leading Aircraftwoman Valerie Parr
-
Alec's wife
117
Certificate awarding Cranswick his P.F.F. badge
118
Pathfinder's flare reflected in the River Seine
119
Cranswick's logbook entry for his lOO"1 operation
120
Alec and
Val
on their wedding day
171
H.M. The Queen touring P.F.F. bases with Don Bennett
171
Entry from Val's diary: Alec 'believed killed'
172
Cemetery in Paris where Cranswick and crew are buried
173
Mrs. Ly Bennett unveils dedication plaque, Cranswick House
174
Mrs. Lillian Horner with members of the Cranswick family
174
FRONT COVER: Halifax L-Leather, which Cranswickflew in Path Finder Force
operations with Number
35
Squadron; and the coveted Path Finder Force badge,
awarded on successful completion of the requisite conditions of operational duty. |
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