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Through Adversity - The Story of Life in the RFC and RAF Through Three Operational Pilots (Hardcover)
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Through Adversity - The Story of Life in the RFC and RAF Through Three Operational Pilots (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R489
Discovery Miles 4 890
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How did the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 'cavalry of the air' transform
into the strategic RAF of the Cold War? The flying lives of these
three pilots combine across the years to illustrate how it
happened. Trained on Bristol Boxkites in 1912, Major Leonard Dawes
helped shape the RFC in its infancy. Posted to France with BE2s, he
saw action at the birth of battlefield reconnaissance and air
fighting, then activated many new squadrons during the First World
War. Joining the RAF in 1923, Group Captain Dickie Barwell became a
fighter pilot and respected leader of men. As a Hurricane squadron
commander, he routed the first major Luftwaffe air attack of the
Second World War and flew with Bader's Wing in the Battle of
Britain. While commanding RAF Biggin Hill, he flew combat
operations over France before his death in a friendly-fire incident
in 1942. Squadron Leader Brian Fern learned to fly at Ponca City,
Oklahoma, in 1942, then trained hundreds of RAF bomber pilots
during the Second World War. Post-war tours on Canberra bombers and
spy flights in Chipmunks were followed by selection to the elite
Valiant bomber force, where he became a leading exponent of
in-flight refuelling, which finally gave the RAF its global reach.
Combining these three stories into a narrative that explores the
rise of the RAF through an era of dazzling technological
breakthroughs and ever-changing operational requirements, Alastair
Goodrum tells the story of a journey through adversity to the
stars.
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