In the Teeth of the Wind - 9781557503930
Un libro in lingua di Bartlett Squadron Leader C. P. O. Bartlett Nick (EDT) edito da Naval Inst Pr, 1994
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Flying by day and night alone, without navigational aids, the author moves from attacks on the U-boat bases to bombing the German Gothas as they prepared to raid London, and then to the support of Haig's drive to the coast which ended in the mud of Passchendaele. The climax in March, 1918, is reached when the author's squadron finds itself directly in the path of Ludendorff's massive thrust, which broke the British Vth Army and nearly decided the War. Attacked by Richthofen's aces, No 5 Squadron RNAS flew continuous and desperate missions against the advancing troops from aerodromes which were over-run time after time.
At a time when the life of a pilot was reckoned in weeks, the author flew 101 missions, enduring the rigours of flying without heating or oxygen, with hesitant engines, no parachutes and the attention of German fighters. Yet there is continual evidence of the pure joy of flying and wonder at the sheer beauty of the sky.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: In the Teeth of the Wind
- Sottotitolo: The Story of a Naval Pilot on the Western Front 1916-1918
- Autori : Bartlett Squadron Leader C. P. O. Bartlett Nick (EDT)
- Editore: Naval Inst Pr
- Collana: Naval Inst Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Gennaio '94
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, British World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations, British Fighter pilots Great Britain Biography
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 177 x 19
- ISBN-10: 1557503931
- EAN-13: 9781557503930