Bill Kirkness

Gebundenes Buch

RAF Liberators Over Burma

Flying with 159 Squadron

Herausgeber: Poole, Matt

Beschreibung

Aboard RAF B-24 Liberators, wireless operator/air gunner Bill Kirkness DFM flew operations against Japanese targets in Burma. His memoir is a compelling, dignified account of an average man's war from 1942 to 1944 in England, the Mediterranean, Africa, and India. Researcher Matt Poole seamlessly weaves historical detail into Bill's narrative.

Autor

As an RAF wireless operator/air gunner, the late Bill 'Enoch' Kirkness DFM of Horsforth, West Yorkshire, flew seventy-two operations from India on two tours: the first in a B-24 Liberator bombing role and the second primarily on air-sea rescue assignments aboard Catalinas and Liberators. Post-war, he owned a signwriting business and a hobby shop, Models and Militaria, and he was a ham radio enthusiast.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781781556566
• ISBN-10: 1781556563
• Artikelnr.: 48823083