What the RAF Airman Took to War

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		What the RAF Airman Took to War
		What the RAF Airman Took to War

Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. Many lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed. As Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." In this beautifully illustrated tribute to "The Few," Bill Howard catalogs the objects upon which every wartime pilot depended, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life may depend, and other poignant items relating to the air war.

作者简介

Bill Howard has been widely published in journals and magazines devoted to military history since 1977. He has been a contributing editor to Archives magazine and has authored articles for the magazine on such diverse topics as "Elsie Janis: The Sweetheart of the AEF," a biographical study of one of the American Civil War's first casualties, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, and an analysis of New York's Civil War governors ("Governors of War" Summer/2014). He is the author of the full length volume, The Leesburg Affair: The Battle at Ball's Bluff and The Civil War Memoirs of William T. Levey and is a regular columnist for the Albany Times-union   newspaper, where he has published a Civil War series in celebration of the war's sesquicentennial since 2011.

目录

Introduction / Recruitment / Leaders of the RAF / Pilot Officer Commission / Flying Sergeants / Cap Badge / Wings / Manuals / Spitfire Fund / Insurance Papers / Spotter Cards / Foreign Service / Flying Helmet / Flying Scarf / RAF Shirt / RAF Sweater / Goggles / Ditch Whistle / Flight Suit / Irvin Parachute / Type D Oxygen Mask / Log Books / Uniform Tunics / Headcovers / Bible / Boots / Good-Luck Charms / Dog Tags / RAF Flight Gloves / Spitfire Compass / Scramble Bell / A Pilot's Best Friend / RAF Pay Book / Cigarette Case / Letters From the Front / Diary / Irvin Jacket / Combat Report / Newspapers / Spitfire Control Stick / Air, Sea, Rescue / Portraits / Medals / POWs / Air Raids and the Blitz / WAAFs at War / Home Front Souvenirs / Club Badges / Memoirs / In Memoriam / Index

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This beautifully illustrated book features stunning photos of the items that RAF personnel carried into war during the years 1939 to 1945. The book considers not only the heroic pilots who flew for Fighter and Bomber Command, but also the ladies who served as WAAFs and the ground crew who kept the planes flying. The illustrated introductory essay by historian Bill Howard is followed by fifty photos of the things that were carried into war. The photos depict everything from RAF flying helmets to good luck charms. This is a great book to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 2015. Highly recommended.

Great book! Excellent photography of rare artifacts and powerful writing describing personal accounts of what the troops went through and items used to defeat the Germans in The Battle of Britain. Hard to put down and must have for any book lover, historian or collector!

A delightful little book.

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