The RAF pathfinders : bomber command's elite squadrons / / Martyn Chorlton ; foreword by Michael Wadsworth |
Autore | Chorlton Martyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newbury, Berkshire, : Countryside Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.5449 |
Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
ISBN | 1-84674-835-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Leading the way""; ""The Butt and Cherwell reports""; ""The Pathfinder Concept""; ""Group Captain S. O. Bufton (1908�1993)""; ""Early Beginnings and Formation""; ""1 Operations 1942""; ""August � A tentative start""; ""September � Illuminating, marking/route-marking and backing up""; ""October � Italian targets""; ""November � Boozer""; ""December � OBOE trials & Wanganui into service""; ""2 Operations 1943""; ""January � 8 Group is born, new TIs, ground-markers & H2S Operational""
""February � Battle of Berlin comes to an end""""March � Tactical Targets increase""; ""April � 8 Group lose, 5 Group gain!""; ""May � D-Day build-Up""; ""June � Overlord and the Flying-bomb""; ""July � �Heavy Oboe� attack method""; ""August � 8 Group�s first Victoria Cross""; ""September � Operation Market Garden""; ""October � The Second Battle of the Ruhr begins""; ""November � LNSF attacks grow in strength""; ""December � 8 Group�s only Oboe VC""; ""4 Operations 1945""; ""January � the Mosquito takes charge"" ""February � Bomber Command�s last VC of the war""""March � The Allies push into Germany""; ""April/May � �Eagle�s Nest�, Exodus, Manna and Victory!""; ""8 Group�s Swan Song""; ""Appendix I""; ""8 (Pathfinder Force) Group Statistics August 1942 to May 1945""; ""Appendix II""; ""Aircraft types""; ""Appendix III""; ""The Pathfinder crews� eight duties""; ""Appendix IV""; ""8 Group Squadrons August 1942 to August 1945""; ""Appendix V""; ""Early Radar and navigational aids""; ""Appendix VI""; ""Pathfinder jargon buster""; ""Appendix VII""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826181403321 |
Chorlton Martyn | ||
Newbury, Berkshire, : Countryside Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The RAF's French Foreign Legion 1940-45 : De Gaulle, the British and the re-emergence of French air power / / G.H. Bennett |
Autore | Bennett G. H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Continuum, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.5442 |
Collana | Continuum studies in military history |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - History
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - 20th century World War, 1939-1945 - France - Aerial operations, French |
ISBN |
1-283-11665-0
9786613116659 1-4411-0662-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Debacle of May-June 1940; Chapter 2: Free France in Africa; Chapter 3: The Battle of Britain and the 13 Apostles of Charles de Gaulle; Chapter 4: Growth of the Free French Air Force in 1941; Chapter 5: The Birth of 340 (Ile de France) Squadron; Chapter 6: War from the Desert to the Atlantic; Chapter 7: War by Attrition and the Raid on Dieppe; Chapter 8: Progress of the Free French Movement, 1942-43; Chapter 9: Formation of 341 (Alsace) Squadron in the United Kingdom; Chapter 10: 342 (Lorraine) Squadron Enters the European Battle
Chapter 11: Survive, Evade, Escape Chapter 12: D-Day: Preparation and Execution; Chapter 13: Liberation; Chapter 14: War to the Bitter End; Chapter 15: Aftermath; Chapter 16: Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790086803321 |
Bennett G. H | ||
London, : Continuum, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rhetoric and reality in air warfare [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of British and American ideas about strategic bombing, 1914-1945 / / Tami Davis Biddle |
Autore | Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 358.4/2 |
Collana | Princeton studies in international history and politics |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - Great Britain - History
Air power - United States - History Bombing, Aerial - History World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4008-1414-6
1-282-08725-8 9786612087257 1-4008-2497-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Beginning: Strategic Bombing in the First World War -- Chapter Two. Britain in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Three. The United States in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Four. Rhetoric and Reality, 1939-1942 -- Chapter Five. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1943-1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography of Archival Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454719503321 |
Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> | ||
Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rhetoric and reality in air warfare : the evolution of British and American ideas about strategic bombing, 1914-1945 / / Tami Davis Biddle |
Autore | Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 358.4/2 |
Collana | Princeton studies in international history and politics |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - Great Britain - History
Air power - United States - History Bombing, Aerial - History World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
ISBN |
1-4008-1414-6
1-282-08725-8 9786612087257 1-4008-2497-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Beginning: Strategic Bombing in the First World War -- Chapter Two. Britain in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Three. The United States in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Four. Rhetoric and Reality, 1939-1942 -- Chapter Five. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1943-1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography of Archival Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777726203321 |
Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rhetoric and reality in air warfare : the evolution of British and American ideas about strategic bombing, 1914-1945 / / Tami Davis Biddle |
Autore | Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 358.4/2 |
Collana | Princeton studies in international history and politics |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - Great Britain - History
Air power - United States - History Bombing, Aerial - History World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
ISBN |
1-4008-1414-6
1-282-08725-8 9786612087257 1-4008-2497-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Beginning: Strategic Bombing in the First World War -- Chapter Two. Britain in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Three. The United States in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Four. Rhetoric and Reality, 1939-1942 -- Chapter Five. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1943-1945 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography of Archival Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821284703321 |
Biddle Tami Davis <1959-> | ||
Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground / / Sherri Greene Ottis |
Autore | Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/8641 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American Air pilots, Military - Europe Flight crews - Europe Escapes - France - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8131-8838-5
0-8131-4798-0 0-8131-7099-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers; 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941; 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943; 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944; 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944; 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later; Appendix A: List of Abbreviations
Appendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne ConnectionNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451887803321 |
Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground / / Sherri Greene Ottis |
Autore | Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/8641 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American Air pilots, Military - Europe Flight crews - Europe Escapes - France - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-8131-8838-5
0-8131-4798-0 0-8131-7099-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers; 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941; 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943; 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944; 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944; 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later; Appendix A: List of Abbreviations
Appendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne ConnectionNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777552103321 |
Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground / / Sherri Greene Ottis |
Autore | Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/8641 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American Air pilots, Military - Europe Flight crews - Europe Escapes - France - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-8131-8838-5
0-8131-4798-0 0-8131-7099-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers; 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941; 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943; 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944; 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944; 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later; Appendix A: List of Abbreviations
Appendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne ConnectionNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810171703321 |
Ottis Sherri Greene <1964-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spitfire pilot / / Flt. Lt. D. M. Crook, DFC |
Autore | Crook D. M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 pages) |
Disciplina | 940.544941 |
Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
ISBN | 1-78625-749-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158958503321 |
Crook D. M. | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The strike wings : special anti-shipping squadrons, 1942-1945 / / Roy Conyers Nesbit |
Autore | Nesbit Roy Conyers |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Aviation, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.54/4941 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British
Naval convoys - History - 20th century Armed merchant ships - History - 20th century Merchant marine - Germany - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-78337-860-3
1-78337-699-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162954203321 |
Nesbit Roy Conyers | ||
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Aviation, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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