Richard Pike

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Beaufighter Ace (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The true story of a World War II squadron leader and his remarkable experiences in twentieth-century military aviation. Amid commemorations for the fiftieth anniversary of the event, Richard Pike's young daughter asked, "Why do they go on about the Battle of Britain so much?" Richard proceeded to explain, describing scenes of Hyde Park picnickers watching dogfights in the skies above them-and revealed to her that her own grandfather had played a big role in this dramatic turning point in the war. Tom Pike joined the Royal Air Force in early 1924 as a Flight Cadet at Cranwell. During a long and varied career through wartime and peacetime, he held a wide variety of RAF appointments around the world, and when he eventually retired he'd held the ultimate post, that of Chief of Air Staff, and also that of Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe. This book, written by his son, is a vividly told account of his leadership of No. 219 Night Fighter Squadron based at Tangmere in 1941, offering a unique angle on this aspect of WWII, and a biography of a senior officer with a wry sense of humor, a hatred of violence, and a determination to serve his country.

Technische Details

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• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 7.61MB
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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961 at the RAF College, Cranwell, where on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric Lightning before converting to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. On leaving the Royal Air Force he became a civilian helicopter pilot. His duties took him to a wide variety of destinations at home and overseas including the Falkland Islands not long after the end of the Falklands War. His last assignment was in Kosovo helping to distribute emergency humanitarian aid on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme. He and his wife live in Aberdeenshire. He is the author of several Grub Street titles including: Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2, Hunter Boys and Phantom Boys Volume 1 and 2.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473812307
• Artikelnr.: 41009824