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Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War
George Culling
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Description for Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Of every 100 operational airmen in the Second World War, nearly seven were killed flying in England and more than three severely injured in crashes. With a total of 12,398, the number of non-operational casualties was significant. Operational casualties were of course chillingly grim - over 56,000 airmen died in the war. George Culling was a 19-year-old Lancaster navigator whose own experiences often involved battling tricky and dangerous conditions. Fascinated by the ever-present dangers for airmen even well away from combat, he has collated tales from comrades and combined them with his own to preserve some of the unexpected, inconvenient, ... Read more
Of every 100 operational airmen in the Second World War, nearly seven were killed flying in England and more than three severely injured in crashes. With a total of 12,398, the number of non-operational casualties was significant. Operational casualties were of course chillingly grim - over 56,000 airmen died in the war. George Culling was a 19-year-old Lancaster navigator whose own experiences often involved battling tricky and dangerous conditions. Fascinated by the ever-present dangers for airmen even well away from combat, he has collated tales from comrades and combined them with his own to preserve some of the unexpected, inconvenient, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750979726
SKU
V9780750979726
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-12
About George Culling
George Culling is a nonagenarian who has belatedly set down his accounts of bizarre experiences at war when, as a 19-year-old, he navigated a Lancaster on flights of up to 10 hours using only the stars to plot their position. He became an expert in astro-navigation after the war ended before spending a long career in teaching.
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