Twelve years since The Daily Telegraph Airmen's Obituaries Book Two
was published, Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork, has compiled
ninety-one obituaries of outstanding aviators. With a focus on
personnel from a range of air forces, including the RAF, USAF,
RCAF, RNZAF and SAAF, there are a number of fascinating and
distinguishable lives to read about. Those featured include MRAF
Sir Michael Beetham, the longest-serving Chief of Air Staff in the
RAF (apart from its founder Lord Trenchard); Brigadier General Paul
Tibbets who commanded the USAAF bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the
atom bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Wing Commander 'Dal'
Russel, a highly decorated wartime Canadian fighter pilot, whose
logbook recorded kills in the Battle of Britain and the Normandy
invasion. There is also Lettice Curtis, the first woman qualified
to fly a four-engine bomber and who by the end of the Second World
War had flown over 400 heavy bombers, 150 Mosquitos and hundreds of
Hurricanes and Spitfires as part of her role in the Air Transport
Auxiliary. Civilians tales include the story of courageous Captain
Jim Futcher whose VC-10 was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in
November 1974. As seen in previous editions, Book Three
commemorates the lives of an exceptional group of individuals and
reminds the reader of the talent and experience we have lost from
the world of aviation.
General
| Imprint: |
Grub Street Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2020 |
| First published: |
2020 |
| Editors: |
Graham Pitchfork
|
| Foreword by: |
Richard Johns
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 138 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-911621-92-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-911621-92-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781911621928 |
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