Download or read book Un pilote de chasse dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale written by Roger Saussol and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C'est le récit d'un pilote de chasse ayant participé à la bataille de France avant d'être abattu. Le manuscrit de son témoignage a été conservé dans l'intimité des papiers de famille. Sa publication laisse une trace de ce que fut le quotidien d'un groupe de chasse dans la guerre et le vécu de « l'étrange défaite » par des hommes qui ont fait face.

Download or read book Les premiers et les derniers written by Adolf Galland and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Les Avions de chasse de la Seconde Guerre mondiale written by Frédéric Marsaly and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Il y a soixante ans, ils étaient les rois du ciel. Aux mains de pilotes de vingt ans, ils étaient les armes les plus modernes qui soient, à l'apogée de la technologie du moteur à piston et de la mitrailleuse. Ce sont les avions de chasse de la seconde guerre mondiale, les plus racés de tous les avions jamais construits. Aujourd'hui encore, ces warbids fascinent les foules. Vedettes des meetings aériens, auréolés de leur légende, ils portent aussi en eux la mémoire d'une des périodes les plus sombres de notre histoire.

Download or read book I Was A P 51 Fighter Pilot in WWII written by James Neel White and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOME OF THE 150 STORIES IN THIS BOOK: · What WWII was all about · How the German Luftwaffe began and ended · Adolph Hitler's Nazi party and the Waffen SS · 8th Air Force raids over Europe · P-51 Mustang battles with Me-109 · 1093's Cleveland Air Races · Wright Brother's flight in 1903 · WWI Bi-planes in France · P-40s in the Flying Tigers · D-Day and P-47 Thunderbolts · Winter War in Finland · Barbarossa and airplane battles · Zeros in Southeast Asia · P-39 Airacobras fight for Russia · War-Booty in WWII · Hitler robs art treasures · How P-51 Mustangs stopped the Luftwaffe · How the Nazi Gestapo operated · The author's personal observations of WWII This book is dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright who discovered flight in 1903 You may purchase this book ISBN 0-595-28235-0 from www.iuniverse.com

Download or read book La grande aventure de la chasse fran aise written by Jean Gisclon and published by FeniXX. This book was released on 1983-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Tout Hussard qui n'est pas mort à trente ans, est un Jean Foutre », disait le général de Lassalle, l'un des meilleurs entraîneurs d'hommes de la cavalerie légère de Napoléon. Il tomba à Wagram à trente-quatre ans. Marin la Meslée avait cet âge, lorsqu'il fut abattu par la Flak en 1945, mais l'âge moyen de tous les pilotes de chasse qui furent tués en combat de 1939 à 1945, se situait autour de vingt-six ans. Aucune histoire complète n'a été écrite jusqu'à ce jour, sur « l'Histoire de l'aviation de chasse française » au cours de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Jean Gisclon a voulu combler cette lacune. Reprenant un de ces anciens ouvrages, « Ils ouvrirent le Bal » consacré à la Bataille de France, l'auteur, qui fit une grande partie de la guerre au groupe 2 mai « La Fayette », fait ici, grâce aux nombreux témoignages de camarades, aux renseignements et anecdotes puisés dans les journaux de marche des groupes et escadrilles, le récit des combats, évasions, et multiples péripéties, qui furent le lot quotidien des combattants de l'air. Marin la Meslée, Mouchotte, Fayolle, Labouchère, Morel, Le Nigen, Maridor, Schloesing, Choron, Le Gloan, Littolff, Tulasne, Tricaud, Durand, Lefèvre, de Seynes, Houzé, Demozay, quelques noms parmi les quelques centaines d'hommes qui donnèrent leur vie pendant ces années dramatiques. D'abord la campagne de France, longtemps très officiellement oubliée, et qui coûta à la Chasse, parmi les 550 tués de toute cette guerre, en six semaines, plus du tiers de ce chiffre ; sur les 1 600 victoires remportées par des chasseurs français, les 2/3 l'ont été de septembre 1939 à juin 1940. Ensuite, sur tous les fronts, Libye, Syrie, Tunisie, Russie, Grande-Bretagne, Afrique du Nord, Italie, France à nouveau et Allemagne, les pilotes de chasse ont livré très souvent, jusqu'en 1944, des luttes inégales. Pilotes confrontés parfois à des dilemmes tragiques et douloureux, émaillant les épisodes de cette longue aventure : l'Armistice de 1940, Mers el-Kébir, la Syrie, le débarquement allié en Afrique du Nord ; tournants dramatiques où la discipline ne leur laissait pas la liberté de choisir. Ils triomphèrent de toutes ces vicissitudes, grâce à leur courage, leur volonté de vaincre, leur esprit de camaraderie et, surtout, ce solide optimisme qui caractérisait tous ces « chevaliers modernes de la cavalerie légère de l'air ».

Download or read book The Jagged Edge of Duty written by Robert L. Richardson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded the American flyers. Knepper was one of two shot down; he was never found. Knepper’s story is the story-in-microcosm of thousands of American fighter pilots in World War II. Richardson recounts Knepper’s experiences from training through combat and uses them to discuss the aircraft, tactics and doctrine, training, base life, and aerial combat of the war. This is the intimate account of one pilot at war, but also the anatomy of the fighter-pilot experience in World War II.

Download or read book Avions de chasse de la Seconde Guerre mondiale written by Collectif, and published by Glénat. This book was released on 2000-11-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alors que la Grande Guerre se révéla être un champ d'expérience des capacités de l'armée aérienne, la Seconde Guerre mondiale profita de ces connaissances pour les exploiter à grande échelle. Dotés de moteurs puissants capables de fonctionner à très haut régime, les avions de chasse de 1939 à 1945 se voyaient assigner des tâches multiples : interceptions, escorte, reconnaissance, intervention de nuit, appui au sol, bombardement léger. Certains chasseurs tels le Hawker Typhoon ou le Mitsubishi Zéro étaient équipés pour lancer des roquettes ou larguer des torpilles. Ce bel ouvrage illustré réunir plus de cinquante avions chasseurs provenant des forces armées engagées dans le conflit : U.S. Air Force, RAF, Luftwaffe et armées de l'air russe, italienne et japonaise. Parmi les avions célèbres présentés par de somptueux dessins tridimensionnels, citons le North American P-51 Mustang, le Grumman Hellcat, le Hawker Hurrican, le Supermarine Spitfire, le Messerschmitt Bf 109, le Junkers Ju 87 " Stuka ", le Focke-Wulf Fw 190, ou encore le Lavotchkine La-5.

Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by Paul Richey and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of 'The 30 Best Travel and Adventure Books of All Time', as selected by Gear Patrol, Winner 2015 US Travel and Adventure website. Fighter Pilot was written from the immediate and unfettered personal journal that 23-year-old Flying Officer Paul Richey began on the day he and No. 1 Squadron landed their Hawker Hurricanes on a grass airfield in France. Originally published in September 1941, it was the first such account of air combat against the Luftwaffe in France in the Second World War, and it struck an immediate chord with a British public enthralled by the exploits of its young airmen. It is the story of a highly skilled group of young volunteer fighter pilots who patrolled, flew and fought at up to 30,000 feet in unheated cockpits, without radar and often from makeshift airfields, and who were finally confronted by the overwhelming might of Hitler's Blitzkreig. It tells how this remarkable squadron adapted its tactics, its aircraft and itself to achieve a brilliant record of combat victories – in spite of the most extreme and testing circumstances. All the thrills, adrenalin rushes and the sheer terror of dog-fighting are here: simply, accurately and movingly described by a young airman discovering for himself the deadly nature of the combat in which he is engaged.

Download or read book 1st Lt Raymond Miller Pilot written by Ruby Gwin and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many World War II exploits took place away from the spotlight. Raymond Miller brings his gift to the story of Service and Duty. How he chose to leave Purdue University, ROTC, a basketball team and parents behind to help bring a dictator to heel as co-pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber. On Raymond's second combat mission he nearly lost his life from a piece of shrapnel to the throat and shattered breast bone. After surgery and rehab he resumed to co-pilot twenty more combat missions encountering the best the Germans could throw against them. They'd leave out to fly a mission over hostile territory not knowing when they might be hit or knowing if they would return. There were flights where the crews gulp to alleviate fear, for they felt there were no havens of security in an Allied victory that at times seemed importable. Raymond Miller feels honored to have been able to serve his country. Raymond's story gives a compelling glimpse of three brothers' value that characterized their early years and their United States Army Air Corps years of dedication. Raymond says, "I feel blessed for God has been good to me.

Download or read book Fogg in the Cockpit written by Richard P. Fogg and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for decades as the worldÕs foremost railroad artist, Howard FoggÕs career spanned half a century and some twelve hundred paintings. However, while his art has been welcomed for decades, few of his enthusiasts have been aware of his prior career, as a fighter pilot in the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. Fortunately Fogg left behind a detailed diary of his experiences, which illuminate this brief but exciting aspect of his life, as he engaged in direct combat with the Luftwaffe at the controls of a P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustangs. Articulate and insightful, his diary offers a frank and fascinating glimpse into the life of a fighter pilot, both in the sky and in wartime England. Written during 1943 and 1944 it offers a confidential perspective of life as a Òflyboy,Ó during which Howard flew 76 combat missions and was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross with one cluster. Presented in its entirety, with supplementary material by Richard and Janet Fogg, and supporting illustrations from Fogg himself, including satirical cartoons, military and railroad artwork, Fogg in the Cockpit paints with a broad brush, from the smallest details of a pilotÕs day-to-day existence. to air combat, and the strategic and political decisions that influenced the course of the war. http://www.longmontweekly.com/longmont-arts-entertainment/ci_17803807 fogginthecockpit.blogspot.com

Download or read book Hellcat Tales written by Robert Gadbois and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From enlistment in 1942, through cadet aviation training, joining VBF-12/Air Group 12 as a SB2C Helldiver pilot, later switching to the F6F Hellcat, embarking on the USS Randolph (CV-15), and conducting air operations including fighter sweeps over Tokyo, combat missions over Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and fighting off kamikaze attacks.

Download or read book Aces of the Luftwaffe written by Peter Jacobs and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Nazi Germany’s air force along with details of some of its most successful pilots. World War II’s air battles were fought ferociously and with extraordinary skill and courage on both fronts. The fighter pilots of Luftwaffe, the jagdflieger, in fact outscored their Allied counterparts by some margin and were some of the highest scoring fighter pilots of all time. More than a hundred recorded a century of aerial successes with two going on to surpass an astonishing 300 victories. In the end, the vast effort required by the Luftwaffe to maintain the air war on so many fronts proved too much. Few jagdflieger survived the last days of the Reich. But their ability was beyond question, and the names of some will live on in the annals of air warfare with their extraordinary achievements never to be surpassed. In Aces of the Luftwaffe, Peter Jacobs examines the many campaigns fought by the Luftwaffe, from its fledgling days during the Spanish Civil War to its last days defending the Reich, and recounts the exploits of Erich Hartmann, the highest scoring fighter pilot of all time; Hans-Joachim Marseille, the Star of Africa; Werner Mölders, the first recipient of the Diamonds; and Adolf Galland, perhaps the most famous of all.

Download or read book Flying Blind written by Elizabeth Halls and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Fighter Pilot written by Don Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yelllin, now ninety-three years old, to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 14th, Yellin and his wingman 1st Lieutenant Phillip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over—but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. The Last Fighter Pilot is a harrowing first-person account of war from one of America's last living World War II veterans.

Download or read book Big Friend Little Friend written by Richard E. Turner and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om oplevelser under 2. verdenskrig og lidt om forfatterens deltagelse i Koreakrigen.

Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by William R. Dunn and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII fighter pilot memoir recounts the author’s many exploits as a flying ace during WWII in the Normandy invasions, the Battle for France and beyond. Born in Minneapolis in 1916, William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot at the age of twelve. In 1939 he joined the Canadian Army and was soon transferred to the Royal Air Force. As part of the RAF’s famous Eagle Squadron, Dunn was sent to Europe to fight in the Second World War. Flying Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, he was the first Eagle Squadron pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft. When he later transferred to the US Army Air Forces, he became the first American ace of the war. Lieutenant Colonel Dunn saw action in the Normandy invasion and in Patton's sweep across France. Twenty years later he fought again in Vietnam. In this lively memoir, Dunn keenly conveys the fighter pilot's experience of war—the tension of combat, the love of aircraft, the elation of victory, the boisterous comradeship and competition of the pilot brotherhood.

Download or read book Les ailes de 1940 written by Patrick de Gmeline and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dans Les As de la Grande Guerre, Patrick de Gmeline retraçait le destin des grands pilotes de chasse de 1914-1918. Les Ailes de 1940 rend aujourd'hui hommage à ceux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Pilotes de l'Armée de l'Air française, de la Royal Air Force, de la Luftwaffe et des autres armées aériennes belligérantes sont ainsi décrits dans leur esprit, leur manière de vivre et de se battre. L'auteur décrit ces pilotes passionnés, héros combattant pour leur pays, qui évoluaient sur les avions les plus modernes de l'époque, devenus eux aussi des mythes, comme le Spitfire, le Hurricane, le Messerschmitt 109, le Potez ou le Curtiss. Récits, souvenirs, anecdotes émaillent un texte qui ne sacrifie à la technique que ce qui est nécessaire pour se concentrer sur la peinture des caractères, si proches finalement les uns des autres. Quel que soit leur drapeau, ces pilotes de chasse, honorés et adulés dans leurs patries respectives, suscitent aujourd'hui encore l'admiration de leurs anciens adversaires. Ce passionnant document le rappelle opportunément.