Air Force Lives: A Guide for Family Historians - Couverture souple

Tomaselli, Phil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848847432 ISBN 13 : 9781848847439

Editeur : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

What was it like to serve as an airman in the Second World War, as a pilot, a bomb aimer, or aerial gunner, or as a trainee pilot in 1913, a Zeppelin chaser during the First World War, or serve as a Wren fitter in the Fleet Air Arm or as a member of the ground crew who are so often overlooked in the history of Britain's air arm? And how can you find out about an individual, an ancestor whose service career is a gap in your family's history? Phil Tomaselli, in this readable and instructive book, shows you how this can be done. He describes in fascinating detail the careers of a group air force personnel from all branches and levels of the service. Using evidence gleaned from a range of sources - archives, memoirs, official records, books, libraries, oral history and the internet - he reconstructs the records of a revealing and representative group of ordinary men and women: among them an RFC fitter who won the Military Medal on the Somme, an RAF pilot who flew in Russia in 1919, an air gunner from the Second Word War, a Pathfinder crew who flew 77 missions, a Battle of Britain pilot and a typical WAAF. In each case he shows how the research was conducted and explains how the lives of such individuals can be explored.

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À propos de l'auteur

Phil Tomaselli has written extensively on family history topics, in particular for Ancestors magazine. He has made a special study of the men and women who have served in the British armed forces and secret services, and he has written on the British army during the Great War. Among his many publications are Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors, Tracing Your Secret Service Ancestors and The Battle of the Lys 1918: Givenchy and the River Lawe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848847432
• ISBN 13: 9781848847439
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible