Don't Let Them Bag the Nines
The First World War Memoir of a de Havilland Pilot - Captain F. Williams MC DFC
2019
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9131-5 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9131-5 (ISBN)
The extraordinary First World War account of pilot Captain Eric Williams' bombing and reconnaissance raids over Germany
Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks, plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams’ vivid descriptions place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the thoughts running through his head as events unfolded around him. It is an important insight into the early development of bomber raids within the RAF.
Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks, plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams’ vivid descriptions place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the thoughts running through his head as events unfolded around him. It is an important insight into the early development of bomber raids within the RAF.
Capt. Williams joined the RFC as test pilot, later flying DH4s in photo-reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany, and winning the DFC and Croix de Guerre. He contracted Polio in Iraq and in later years he became superintendent of a service people’s rehabilitation hospital in Exeter. James Coyle’s wife inherited his memoirs from her mother, Williams’ sister.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Patrick Bishop |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-9131-3 / 0750991313 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-9131-5 / 9780750991315 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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