Flights into History : Final Missions Retold by Research and Archaeology

by McLachlan, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780750942997
• ISBN10: 0750942991
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

During the Second World War, men of many nations - Britons, Americans, air men from the Commonwealth and Occupied Europe - and their equally determined, courageous German foes - fought and died in the skies over Europe. Reconstructing events, often from wreckage recovered, new lines of research and eyewitness accounts, this book presents a new selection of stories vividly describing how air men of these nations flew into history. Aviation archaeology expert Ian McLachlan has assembled a new selection of dramatic stories, written in his highly successful style, full of human interest, recounting the last flights of aviators of many nations.

Author Biography

Ian McLachlan is an authority on the history of the wartime USAAF and is the author of Final Flights (1989), Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories (1991), Night of the Intruders (1994), USAAF Fighter Stories (1997), Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories: A New Selection (2004) and USAAF Fighter Stories: A New Selection (2005). He lives in Beccles, Suffolk.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Early Nights	p. 1
Swastika Stories	p. 28
Lest We Forget	p. 76
Lost Wings	p. 88
No Particular Courage	p. 97
First Men Down	p. 146
The Last Ride of the Valkyrie	p. 159
Stinger Stung	p. 172
Clobber College	p. 188
Bibliography	p. 199
Index	p. 201
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