J. Douglas Harvey

Boys Bombs and Brussels Sprouts (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

They called them the "Brylcreem boys" -- the young flyers who streamed into England from the first declaration of war, the kids with the jaunty grins and the willingness to take terrible risks. Among them were thousands of young Canadians, many barely out of high school, all delighted to leave behind humdrum lives in dusty, post-Depression Canada for the irresistible chance to learn to fly and help beat the Germans. Doug Harvey was one of them -- a nineteen-year-old from Toronto who joined the RCAF, and in 1942 found himself a pilot in the elite Canadian No. 6 Bomber Group.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McClelland & Stewart
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781551994772
• Artikelnr.: 42833126

Autorenporträt

J. Douglas Harvey was born in Toronto and served for twenty-two years in the Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF). He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds the distinguished Flying Cross and Canadian Forces Decoration. He was director of Public Relations for the RCAF when he resigned in 1965 with the rank of Wing Commander. Prior to his retirement, he was also General Manager of the RCAF Association. Harvey is the author of Boys, Bombs and Brussel Sprouts, The Tumbling Mirth and Laughter-Silvered Wings, and founding editor of Airforce magazine. J. Douglas Harvey died in January 1998.