Download or read book Tales of a Tail Gunner written by Eddie Picardo and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tail Gunner written by Dee Phillips and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series features historical fiction and includes a nonfiction summary. Each book concludes with a series of activities designed to further explore the subject. Each story concludes in approximately 1,000 words. Each book contains stunning full-color i
Download or read book Backwards Into Battle written by Andy Doty and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pure gold," "enduring literature," "spell binding," "deeply moving," "insightful," "heartfelt," "riveting," & "one of the most interesting stories to come out of World War II" are some of the reader responses to this poignant memoir. It traces the transformation of a typical small-town boy into a seasoned B-29 tail gunner flying 21 bombing missions over Japan -- one of which ended in the death of three crewmates. This book is more than a war story: it is rich in boyhood & wartime humor & nostalgia, recounts the amazing innocence, patriotism & values of the author's generation, & comments on revisionist historians & the need to use the atomic bomb. It asks -- & answers -- the question of why men risk their lives time & again in the face of great danger. Dedicated to the lost crewmen, this gem of a book is a timely, perceptive & inspirational account of a 19-year-old's experiences in the most costly & destructive war in history. To order contact: Tall Tree Press, 4072 Scripps Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306 or phone (415) 494-3897.
Download or read book The Tail Gunner written by Stephanie Lile and published by Bering Street Books. This book was released on 2014-11-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragic romance across time and place, this novel chronicles the story of 17-year-old Sylvie Bishop and her efforts to help the ghost of a WWII bomber boy set right his wartime wrongs.
Download or read book Memoirs of a Tail Gunner written by Norman Ross and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wing Ding written by Gene T. Carson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is no run-of-the-mill WWII book. It is the exciting story of a cook in the Army Air Corps. It tells of his unauthorized move from the kitchen to life as an aerial gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress in the unfriendly skies of Europe in 1943 to 1945. You will laugh cry and share in his life as he fights for his country while snatching moments of relief and love between missions. For those who were there it will bring back memories. For others, it will tell what it was like for grandfathers, fathers and uncles.
Download or read book Tail Gunner written by R. C. Rivaz and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tail Gunner written by Richard Rivaz and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tail Gunner written by Stephanie Lile and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-14 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Sylvie Stevens is the young tail gunner's only hope. He will never rest, never move on, unless she helps him complete his final mission. The two meet as Bish's spirit rises from the ashes of a burning photograph, demanding that Sylvie is his conduit. Terrified yet intrigued, Sylvie learns to use her till-then-unknown abilities to tap Bish's memories to see, and help heal, the deeper agony of his wartime past. There, intertwined with the horrors of war is also haunting heartbreak. As the two journey through time and place using objects from Bish's wartime treasures as transmitters, Sylvie discovers a deeper connection to Bish, one that unravels everything she ever thought she knew and held dear in her family. Her mission grows to include her ailing grandmother and the need to reconnect her with a love long lost--never mind that that love lives in another dimension.An adventure that spans the globe from Seattle to Italy, and time from the 21st century to the 1940s, The Tail Gunner reveals the both the joy and pain of life, love, and death that comes to soon. Infused with both humor and heartache, this story is for anyone who believes in the extraordinary power of love.
Download or read book They Hosed Them Out written by John Bede Cusack and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Australian war novel, inspired by the author's experiences as an airgunner in the Second World War. This new, revised and annotated edition includes chapters never before published, a fascinating biography of John Bede Cusack by his daughter, Kerry McCouat, and an informative introduction by editor Robert Brokenmouth.
Download or read book Dead Before Dawn written by Frank Broome and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Broome was a 15 year old schoolboy when he experienced the three major blitzes in his home city of Coventry and at the age of 17 volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1942 for pilot training. This autobiography, based on his copious diary entries and log books traces his pilot training in the UK, Canada and the USA where he flew single and twin-engined aircraft. Despite his almost perfect training record he, like many of his fellow trainees at this time, was not to gain his R.A.F. wings. There was a shortage of air crew, other than pilots, and Frank eventually transferred to an air-gunnery course. On his return to the UK he undertook operational crew training on Wellington as a tail gunner and made operational training sorties over enemy territory shortly after the D-Day landings. His crew then converted to four-engined heavy bombers first the Halifax and then the Lancaster. He gives first-hand detailed accounts of the many missions during his tour with No. 626 Squadron during the height of Bomber Commands massed raids over Germany and occupied Europe. Excitement abounds with narrow squeaks from enemy night-fighters, radar directed anti-aircraft fire and other hazards of this most dangerous task. He eventually flew with two Wing Commanders and a Squadron Leader with crews who gained several gallantry awards. His book is written with a skill that portrays the dangers inherent in his task, the humor of service life and the sound reasons why his generation were proud to fly with Bomber Command.
Download or read book Tail Gunner Takes Over Illustrated Edition written by Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos. The follow-up to the successful “Tail Gunner,” Rivaz’ firsthand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command’s fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. After his heroic exploits as a tail gunner he moved on to flight training in Canada. This book was published just prior to his untimely death on October 13th, 1945, having survived the Second World War.
Download or read book A Tail Gunner s Tale written by Gerald E. McDowell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tail Gunner written by Dee Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tail Gunner: The story of a bombing raid. "Another night. Another bombing raid. Will this mission be the one when we don't make it back?"
Download or read book Tail Gunner s Tale written by Duane Borden and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir of a tail gunner in World War II
Download or read book It Only Takes One written by Larry Stevens and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 18-year-old tail gunner on a B17 watches as flak bursts all around him. German fighter planes buzz by, machine guns blasting as wounded bombers turn and head for home and others in tailspins crash into the green fields below. His Flying Fortress heads back to base safely after surviving its bombing mission. The young tail gunner gives a sigh of relief, but deep down inside, he knows - IT ONLY TAKES ONE!
Download or read book I Wanted Wings written by Gary R. Hill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think about how much safer and relaxed you would feel if you knew what to expect from a relationship-before you got into one. In this book I lay open my experiences from what I feel God revealed to me about falling in love. A thriving growing relationship which enters into marriage waits within these pages. Where hands are still held within the revealed depths of love long after courtship, there is stability in behavior which promotes consistent growth. "As the bridegroom rejoices in His bride, so does the Lord rejoice in you." At last a pattern to behold and live for a full life.
