Books > Arts & Architecture
|
Buy Now
Battle of Britain Broadcaster - Charles Gardner, Radio Pioneer and WWII Pilot (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R632
Discovery Miles 6 320
You Save: R144
(19%)
|
|
Battle of Britain Broadcaster - Charles Gardner, Radio Pioneer and WWII Pilot (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
In 1936 Charles Gardner joined the BBC as a sub-editor in its news
department. Shortly afterwards, he was joined by Richard Dimbleby
and together they became the very first BBC news correspondents.
They covered everything from shipwrecks to fires, floods to air
raid precautions and, in Garner's' case, new aircraft. Their
exploits became legendary and they laid down the first principles
of news broadcasting - of integrity and impartiality - still
followed today. With the outbreak of war Charles Gardner became one
of the first BBC war correspondents and was posted to France to
cover the RAF's AASF (Advanced Air Strike Force). He made numerous
broadcasts interviewing many fighter pilots after engagements with
the Germans and recalling stories of raids, bomb attacks and
eventually the Blitzkrieg when they all were evacuated from France.
When he got home he wrote a book AASF which was one of the first
books on the Second World War to be published. In late 1940 he was
commissioned in the RAF as a pilot and flew Catalina flying boats
of Coastal Command. After support missions over the Atlantic
protecting supply convoys from America, his squadron was deployed
to Ceylon which was under threat from the Japanese navy. Gardner
was at the controls when he was the first to sight the Japanese
fleet and report back its position. Gardner was later recruited by
Lord Mountbatten, to help report the exploits of the British 14th
Army in Burma. He both broadcast and filed countless reports of
their astonishing bravery in beating the Japanese in jungle
conditions and monsoon weather. After the war, Gardner became the
BBC air correspondent from 1946-1953\. As such, he became known as
The Voice of the Air,' witnessing and recording the greatest days
in British aviation history. But Perhaps he will best be remembered
for his 1940 eye-witness account of an air battle over the English
Channel when German dive bombers unsuccessfully attacked a British
convoy but were driven off by RAF fighters. At the time it caused a
national controversy. Some complained about his commentary being
like a football match,' and not an air battle where men's lives
were at stake. That broadcast is still played frequently today.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.