Spitfire Diary: A Former R.A.F. Pilot Tells the True Story of Air-to-Ground Combat in World War II - Tapa blanda

Smith, E.A.W. Ted

 
9781681791326: Spitfire Diary: A Former R.A.F. Pilot Tells the True Story of Air-to-Ground Combat in World War II
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ISBN 10: 1681791323 ISBN 13: 9781681791326
Editorial: Eakin Press, 2018

Sinopsis

A former R.A.F. pilot tells the true story of air-to-ground combat in World War II. Before his eighteenth birthday E.A.W. “Ted” Smith was in the British Royal Air Force where he served five years on over thirty RAF bases in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, and Holland. Joining the RAF 127 Squadron after D-Day as a fighter and bomber pilot, he flew Spitfire aircraft on ninety missions, a third of which were bombing attacks while the land forces were beating back the German army beyond the Rhine. Following the war in 1946, he became one of the world's first jet pilots, flying Gloucester Meteors on 74 Squadron.

Smith kept a diary of his exploits in World War II, and this was the basis for Spitfire Diaries. Smith immigrated to the United States in 1948 and eventually became the general manager of Lady Bird Johnson's radio stations, KLBJ-AM and KLBJ-FM in December of 1980 in Austin, Texas.

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Editorial
Eakin Press
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1681791323
ISBN 13 
9781681791326
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
272
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