A Winged Gunner: The Life and Times of Air Commodore Andrew James Wray Geddes CBE DSO RAF 1906–1988 - Couverture souple

Onderwater, Hans

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9083086046 ISBN 13 : 9789083086040

Editeur : Nedvision Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Air Commodore Andrew James Wray Geddes CBE DSO LoM EM RAF was probably the only British officer who retired as a captain in the Royal Artillery and an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force.He was Officer Commanding No.II (Army Co-operation) Squadron when war broke out in 1939 and the Squadron fought in the Blitzkrieg in May 1940. He flew the first secret sorties to France in a Lysander, calling it radio calibration flights. Geddes served in North Africa and was involved in all the preparations for D-Day as Air Commodore Plans of the 2nd Tactical Air Force. He flew over the Normandy beaches, bringing home the first pictures of the landings.

In 1945 General Eisenhower told him to prepare and negotiate food drops over starving West Netherlands in Achterveld. In 1985 Andrew Geddes was the Guest of Honour of the Dutch during the 40th anniversary of Operations Manna & Chowhound. This book describes his life, using his private diaries and documents. The life and times of the ‘Winged Gunner’ gives a fascinating testimony of the career of a brave and loyal officer.

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Hans Onderwater MBE (1946) is a historian, researcher and author from the Netherlands. He was a teacher and a member of the National Reserve Corps of the Royal Netherlands Army for 40 and 30 years respectively. Hans is also the historian of No.II (Army Co-operation) Squadron, the oldest fixed-wing Squadron in the world. He wrote three books about this famous RAF Squadron. As the secretary of the Food & Freedom Foundation Hans was involved in the commemorations of Operations Manna and Chowhound, the Allied food drops over starving Holland in April and May 1945. Hans was secretary of the Netherlands Coastal Defence Museum, governor of the War and Resistance Museum in Rotterdam and chairman of the Documentation Group 40-45. Hans identified several airmen who were buried. He also found the next of kin and arranged for visits to the graves and crash sites of their loved ones. For his research, his many publications and much other work Hans did in the service of the Netherlands, HM Queen Beatrix made him a member of the Order of Oranje-Nassau. In January 2017 HM Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain honoured with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nedvision Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9083086046
• ISBN 13: 9789083086040
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne