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Mcintosh, Wallace; Rolfe, Mel

 
9781906502102: Gunning for the Enemy: Bomber Command's Top Sharp Shooter Tells His Remarkable Story
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1906502102 ISBN 13 : 9781906502102
Editeur : Grub Street Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

When the Bank of Scotland carried out a recent survey asking people to name Great Scots, 'Wallace McIntosh - War Hero' was chosen amongst such illustrious names as John Logie Baird, David Livingstone and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born into grinding poverty and brought up in awful circumstances by his grandparents he managed to join the RAF to escape the constant struggle to survive. Only by a fluke was he trained as an air gunner, then to fly over fifty missions, shooting down eight enemy aircraft - an amazing and unique feat - including three in one night. Merely staying alive was an incredible challenge and he had many hairy incidents, all related here in his moving and uplifting story. Wallace was a remarkable and unforgettable character who overcame all the appalling odds, creating hope from nothing to become the most decorated air gunner ever.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When the Bank of Scotland carried out a recent survey asking people to name Great Scots, 'Wallace McIntosh - War Hero' was chosen amongst such illustrious names as John Logie Baird, David Livingstone and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born into grinding poverty and brought up in awful circumstances by his grandparents he managed to join the RAF to escape the constant struggle to survive. Only by a fluke was he trained as an air gunner, then to fly over fifty missions, shooting down eight enemy aircraft - an amazing and unique feat - including three in one night. Merely staying alive was an incredible challenge and he had many hairy incidents, all related here in his moving and uplifting story. Wallace was a remarkable and unforgettable character who overcame all the appalling odds, creating hope from nothing to become the most decorated air gunner ever.

Revue de presse

The value of many Grub Street books is that they relate the personal experiences of airmen who survived the war, as in the case of Wallace McIntosh, a man of humble background, who cheated death many times. McIntosh's war, as told in Gunning for the Enemy, must remain one of the most vivid memoirs of any who manned the rotating turrent searching for the "blurred movement of an approaching enemy fighter, intent on blowing them to pieces". --The Oxford Times

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Éditeur
Grub Street Publishing
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1906502102
ISBN 13 
9781906502102
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
192
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