No parachute : a classic account of war in the air in WWI in letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A.S.G. Lee, Sherwood Forresters, attached Royal Flying Corps /
From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces - among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw and Mannock - whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. But...
| Основен автор: | Lee, Arthur S. Gould 1894-1975, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Grub Street,
2013.
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| Издание: | [New edition]. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=716589 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
No parachute |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Author's Note; Foreword; Part One: The Pilots' Pool; Part Two: The Ypres Front; Part Three: The Battle of Messines; Part Four: The Vimy Front; Part Five: Air Defence of London; Part Six: The Third Battle of Ypres; Part Seven: The Arras Front; Part Eight: The Battle of Cambrai; Part Nine: Cambrai Aftermath; Postscript; Appendix A: The Failure in High Command; Appendix B: Trenchard's Strategy of the Offensive; Appendix C: Why No Parachutes?