Firebirds! Flying the Typhoon in Action.

Edité par Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, . First U. S. Edition., 1986

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Octavo, burgundy boards (hardcover), gilt lettering, 225 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket in protective mylar wrapper. From dust jacket: "I never saw the second salvo. Under my feet there is a gaping hole. The stick, cut off at the base, hangs uselessly in my right hand. The engine is running wildly. My kite, mortally hit, rears up to the sky; then, howling like a wounded beast, the engine explodes." Charles Demoulin's luck had at last run out, after he had flown more than 500 ops with 609 Squadron during the last three years of World War II. When Germany invaded Belgium -- his native country -- Demoulin was barely 20 years old, determined to subdue Hitler from the cockpit of a fighter. During his escape to England, he was badly wounded, with a shattered right elbow. A lesser man might have given up any attempt to realise his ambition but, after in as mobile enough to allow him to fly. Even after having been accepted into the RAF, though, Demoulin had another battle to fight against those who wanted to post him overseas before he finally joined his dream squadron, No. 609 (West Riding of Yorkshire). In Firebirds Demoulin vividly recounts his experiences as a fighter pilot in the RAF: training on Spitfires; his first engagement with the enemy soon after joining 609, flying Typhoons; the colourful and legendary characters whom he saw fly -- and die; the day when he benefited personally from the heroic work of the Air/Se Rescue lads; Normandy; Arnhem; night sorties; anti-shipping strikes; attacks on flak-ships and V1 launching sites; dogfights; bomber escorts -- in short, not much less than 1000 hours of operational flying, until that inevitable day when the enemy found him at last, and Demoulin was forced to accept German 'hospitality.' Even then, his adventures were not over for, when liberation came, he found himself under Russian authority. Aviation, Military History, World War II, Second World War, WWII zslic.…

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Titre
Firebirds! Flying the Typhoon in Action.
Auteur
Demoulin, Charles.
Éditeur
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, . First U. S. Edition.
Année de publication
1986
Jaquette
Jaquette
Reliure
Couverture rigide

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