Bibliograph

From Mons to Mali, Fifty Extraordinary and Little-Known Vignettes of British and Commonwealth Airmen in Action since 19, Andrew Thomas

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From Mons to Mali, Fifty Extraordinary and Little-Known Vignettes of British and Commonwealth Airmen in Action since 19, Andrew Thomas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From Mons to Mali

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Andrew Thomas

Sub title

Fifty Extraordinary and Little-Known Vignettes of British and Commonwealth Airmen in Action since 19

Summary

Acclaimed author Andrew Thomas has chosen fifty fascinating cameos of individual actions or incidents across a wide variety of major and minor campaigns and scenarios ranging from the First World War to the present day. Each selection is accompanied by relevant, often rare, photographs. So, from the Battle of Mons in 1914 through shooting down a Zeppelin over Teeside, to WW2 Timor Ace 'Butch' Gordon in his Beaufighter in 1943 and a nightmare for Halifaxes over Nuremburg in 1944, to SAAF fighters over Angola in September 1985 and army support tasks in Mali in 2021, with many more in between, the author's hand-picked personal choices make for gripping reading. A must for all those interested in the war in the air throughout history

Target audience

adult

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