Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight (eBook)

Roger Gunn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
272 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0662-0 (ISBN)

Infos

As the third-highest-scoring flying ace among British and colonial pilots in the First World War, scoring 60 victories, Raymond Collishaw was only surpassed by Billy Bishop and Edward Mannock. This book traces his life from humble beginnings in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to victories in the skies over France.

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The first comprehensive biography of Canada's third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War. Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight takes you to the Western Front during the Great War. Experience the risks of combat and the many close calls Collishaw had as a pilot, flight commander, and squadron leader. Understand the courage Collishaw and his fellow flyers faced every day they took to the air in their small, light, and very manoeuvrable craft to face the enemy.As the third-highest-scoring flying ace among British and colonial pilots in the First World War, scoring 60 victories, Collishaw was only surpassed by Billy Bishop and Edward Mannock. This book traces Collishaw's life from humble beginnings in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to victories in the skies over France.

Autor

Roger Gunn has been a student of history since he was a young boy. When not reading about or researching the history of the First World War, he is an instructor of Human Resources Management at the JR Shaw School of Business at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He currently lives in Edmonton.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2013
• Zusatzinfo: notes
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Curtiss Flying School, pilots, aerodromes, Sopwith Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Royal Air Force, Flying Circus, biplanes, No. 10 (Naval) Squadron, Air Vice Marshal, Distinguished Service Order • Distinguished Service Cross • non-fiction, history, militaria, aviation, Canadian, World War One, Raymond Collishaw, Royal Naval Air Service, Canadian hero, The Black Flight, Roger Gunn, Western Front, No. 203 Squadron, Oberndorf raid, Leonard H. Rochford, Manfred von Richthofen, Nanaimo British Columbia, fighting the Bolsheviks
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0662-5 / 1459706625
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0662-0 / 9781459706620