Air force blue: the RAF in World War Two : spearhead of victory
On 1 April 2018, the Royal Air Force will be a hundred years old - a short life by military standards but an extraordinarily important and eventful one. From the start it was special, standing sometimes awkwardly but always proudly a little apart from the existing services. It was a product of the m...
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| Summary: | On 1 April 2018, the Royal Air Force will be a hundred years old - a short life by military standards but an extraordinarily important and eventful one. From the start it was special, standing sometimes awkwardly but always proudly a little apart from the existing services. It was a product of the modern age, whose fortunes depended on ever-more sophisticated machines and the right calibre of men to fly them and to keep them airborne. Its achievements between 1939 and 1945 - when it was Britain's last line of defence and the spearhead of its counter-attack, were central to the entire war effort. During these years, one in four of those in uniform wore air force blue and the ethos of the RAF was indistinguishable from the spirit of the nation. "Air Force Blue" tells personal stories of those who served, using the letters, diaries and memoirs of the participants to create a true picture of what it was like to be a pilot, a navigator, a gunner, a fitter or a WAAF ops room clerk |
| Physical Description: | 410 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Porträts, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780007433148 000743314X 9780007433131 0007433131 |
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Maps ix
Prologue: Firstway 1
1 The Big One 11
2 A Cottage or a Castle? 25
3 Smoke and Mirrors 48
4 Brylcreem Boys 65
5 There s Something in the Air 86
6 Tragic, Criminally Tragic 106
7 The Battle 134
8 Fighting the Night 165
9 Ten Million Miles of Sea 197
10 The Blue 221
11 Eat, Drink and Be Merry ... 252
12 Britain s Best Advertisement 284
13 Out of Sight 311
14 Black and White 326
15 The Hyacinths of Spring 346
Epilogue: Brothers and Sisters 363
Acknowledgements 373
Notes 375
Illustration Credits 387
Index 391
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