Tales of a Tail Gunner
Author : Eddie Picardo
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781883697334
Tail Gunner
Author : Squadron Leader R C Rivaz
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 075246969X
Book Description
First published in 1943, this is the gripping story of one man's involvement in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Dick Rivaz was tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of the Second World War, flying in Whiteleys with 102 Squadron and latterly in Halifaxes with 35 Squadron. Unique among wartime memoirs, Tail Gunner was written within months of the events described, with all the immediacy of being at the very heart of the action. Rivaz graphically describes his experiences on night bombing attacks against heavily defended enemy targets like Duisberg, Dusseldorf and Essen, and relates a dramatic shoot-out with German fighters over La Rochelle in broad daylight during July 1941. Rivaz reveals the fine spirit of comradeship which developed in RAF bomber crews during the Second World War. Having survived the war, including two rescues from the North Sea, he was killed in October 1945, aged just thirty-seven.
Memoirs of a Tail Gunner
Author : Norman Ross
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 2011
Category :
ISBN : 0557786711
Book Description
Tail Gunner [Illustrated Edition]
Author : Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1786259281
Book Description
Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos. Originally published in 1943, this is one man’s first-hand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command’s fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Richard Rivaz flew as tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of World War II. His modest but vivid narrative reveals what it was like to be part of a heavy bomber crew flying first Whitleys and then Halifaxes with No.s 102 and 35 squadrons.—Print Ed.
Tail Gunner
Author : Dee Phillips
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 2014-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780606355797
Book Description
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
Wing Ding
Author : Gene T. Carson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738856889
Book Description
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.
I Wanted Wings
Author : Gary R. Hill
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 18,39 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1438932561
Book Description
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.
Backwards Into Battle
Author : Andy Doty
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
"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.
McCarthy
Author : Roy M. Cohn
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Anti-communist movements
ISBN :
Book Description
Diary of a Tailgunner
Author : Ronald Costello
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1452058148
Book Description
This book is about my experiences as a Tailgunner on a B-29 in Korea, during the Korean war. I am hopeing that it will give an insite to what this war was about. Although people call it a conflict, we as veterans of this conflict think otherwise, we believe it was a war. Come ride along with me on some 27 combat missions over North Korea. Venture into the night life on a B-29 at 29,000 ft. over the mountains of Korea, see the snow covered barron lands, hoping that we don't end up there..It also covers a little about my growing up and how I became a tailgunner, The extensive training it takes to become a crew member. Enjoy the book, I am sure you will
