From the Ground Up - Stories from men women who built, serviced flew aircraft in WWII

Informationen zum Autor Edward Smithies spent his earliest years surrounded by the aircraft parts, models of fuselages and wings and blueprints that his father brought home from the aircraft factory were he worked. He lived in London for many years and taught history. He also worked on an oral history of the war at sea. Klappentext 'Fascinating ... this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world ... it provides a valuable and often entertaining window' GUARDIAN 'The horrors have not been suppressed. Everyone who speaks was very young then. You sense their wonder that they did the things they recall' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY When we remember the Second World War in the air, we think of fighter pilots and bomber crews. But what was it like for the men and women working as ground crew and in the aircraft factories who also played a crucial role in defeating Hitler? What was it like making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? Did they feel they were caught up in the tide of great events? Or were they simply doing their demanding and often dangerous duty? Originally published as ACES, ERKS AND BACKROOM BOYS Vorwort Wonderfully nostalgic and and powerfully moving true stories from the young men and women who kept Britain's aircraft flying and fighting during the Second World War Zusammenfassung Wonderfully nostalgic and and powerfully moving true stories from the young men and women who kept Britain's aircraft flying and fighting during the Second World War

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edward Smithies, Smithies Edward
• Verlag: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.10.2021
• EAN: 9781474625074
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-2507-4
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Serien: CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; W&N Military
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Military / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Second World War, History: earliest times to present day, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, True war and combat stories