Download or read book Odyssey of a Bombardier written by John J. Hurt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odyssey of a Bombardier is the illustrated Prisoner of War “log” that depicts the experiences of bombardier Richard M. Mason in German prison camps after his B-17 “Flying Fortress” was shot down by the Germans in France in 1944, the final year of World War II. The log follows Mason from the day his plane crashed until his liberation in April, 1945, and his return home to the United States. Included are such topics as medical treatment and rehabilitation for wounded prisoners of the Germans, life in Stalag Luft III, a difficult long march in an arctic winter to another camp, the travails of prisoners in the overcrowded, filthy camp at Moosburg, critical food shortages, and the arrival of General George Patton with the liberating forces. Mason was an amateur artist and illustrated his journal with moving depictions of prison life and comradeship. This book shows U.S. airmen demonstrating grace and courage under pressure and meeting every challenge that their imprisonment presented.
Download or read book Odyssey of a Bombardier written by Richard M. Mason and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Bombardier Story written by Larry MacDonald and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the company that was founded by the inventor of the snowmobile In 1942, Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile and founded his company to manufacture them. From its humble beginnings as an entrepreneurial company in rural Quebec, led by an enterprising inventor, Bombardier Inc. has emerged as a global leader in the transportation industry. This book tells the fascinating tale of this remarkably well managed company that has enjoyed spectacular growth in its chosen markets through strong leadership and management strategy, succession planning, strategic diversification, and turnaround and acquisition artistry. The fascinating story of the world's largest rail manufacturer for both railway and subway Reveals why Bombardier Inc. is a multi-faceted global company yet nobody knows their name Written by Larry MacDonald the author of Nortel Network The Bombardier Story shows how invention and entrepreneurship, management and leadership, smooth succession planning, and turnaround and acquisition built this global powerhouse.
Download or read book Smell of Kerosene written by National Aeronautics And Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SWOOSE ODYSSEY OF B 17 written by Herbert S. Brownstein and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1993-04-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert S. Brownstein highlights the Swoose's pioneering flights across the Pacific from the United States, its round-trip flight between Australia and Hawaii that broke speed records, and its celebrity passengers, including Lyndon B. Johnson, General George Brett, and Lowell Thomas. The Swoose recalls the dark days shortly after Pearl Harbor, when a handful of men in their early-model B-17s fought vainly to halt the advance of the invading Japanese forces in the "backyard war" in the Philippines. During the first forty-four days of the war, the Swoose and its counterparts in the 19th Bombardment Group shot down fifty fighters and sank or damaged sixty ships.
Download or read book A Dutch English Odyssey written by Floyd I. Brewer and published by Delmar, N.Y. : F.I. Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elwood T. Brewer (1890-1976) moved from New Brunswick to Maine in 1904. He married Mary Celia Estey (1893-1945) in 1913. They lived in Bridgewater, Maine. Covers their ancestors and descendants. The Brewer/Brouwer line begins with Adam Brouwer (1620-1693) of Holland and New York. The Estey line begins with Jeffrey Estey (1586-1657) who immigrated to Salem, Massachusetts from Suffolk County, England in about 1636.
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Download or read book Aviation Air Cargo and Logistics Management written by Emmy Arsonval Maniriho and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air cargo and logistics are directly concerned with the understanding of the aviation management field, development of air transportation, airport planning and global airport authorities. It is an area of aviation study that educates on how to manage air cargo and entire aspects of logistics. Therefore, the subject of air cargo and logistics management occupies an important place in the course contents of various aviation management universities and colleges such as MBA in Airline and Airport Management, MSc in Maritime and Air Transport Management, BBA in Aviation Management, diploma in Airport Operations and postgraduate diplomas in Aviation Management and Crew Resource Management, etc. Therefore, air cargo operations can be very complex, as precision delivery and safety rely on how well air cargo professionals are trained. This manual is designed to train thousands of air cargo professionals to be at the top of their game. It offers the industry’s most dynamic and innovative training solutions for every aspect of air cargo operations to achieve the on-time performance of warehouse management and shipment of consignments.
Download or read book Bomb Run written by John Severin and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-07-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The team of Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin was one of the most fruitful collaborations in the history of comics. The work they did together brings the gritty realism and psychological truth of Stephen Crane and a verisimilitude to the page that it seems as if they are reporting from the scene. Together with inker and friend Will Elder, whose own obsession for detail perfectly complemented the impact they were all striving to achieve, they produced 34 emotionally draining ― and dramatically eloquent ― war stories in just under three years. This book collects them all.
Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Industry sector written by Leslie B. Simon and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 1. Source country.-- v. 2. Industry sector (standard industrial classification).-- v. 3. State location.
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Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Alvin B. Kernan and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war. Kernan served in many battles and was aboard the Hornet when it was sunk by torpedoes in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. “One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published.”—Sir John Keegan “An honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade.”—Kirkus Reviews “[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all.”—John Lehman, Air & Space “Details . . . make the moment vivid; that is what it was like, on the Hornet in its last hours.”—Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review
Download or read book The Spectacle of Flight written by Robert Wohl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From historian Wohl comes an extraordinary account of the development of aviation and the heroism, romance, adventure, and shattered dreams that followed. Archival photos.
Download or read book Radical Son written by David Horowitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally a radical socialist, the current driving force behind the rise of the Hollywood right recounts how he moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and challenges readers to consider how they came by their own convictions.
Download or read book The Bomber Mafia written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
Download or read book Bombing Europe written by Kevin A. Mahoney and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the incredible stories of the Fifteenth Air Force's triumphs over Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in this beautifully illustrated history.
