VCs of the First World War: The Air VCs (eBook)

Peter G. Cooksley, Peter F. Batchelor (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9392-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Of more than 600 Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, nineteen were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Of these, four were posthumous awards and all but one of the total were to officers. Some of these valorous airmen were from humble backgrounds and with limited education; others were collegiate men from wealthy families. But in the words of one senior officer they all had in common 'the guts of a lion'. Each VS winner's act of bravery is recorded here in intricate detail, along with their backgrounds and their lives after the war.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: aviation • Award • Biographies • bravery • Family history • First World War • Gallantry • Genealogy • Heroes • military history • posthumous • posthumous, RAF 100 • posthumous, RAF 100, world war 1, ww1 • RAF 100 • Royal Flying Corps • Royal Naval Air Service • The Great War • transport|posthumous • valour • VCS • VCs of the First World War Series • VCs, Victoria Cross, First World War, VCs of the First World War Series, World War I, WWI, World War One, The Great War, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, bravery, valour, gallantry, heroes, award, genealogy, family history, military history, biographies, aviation, transport • VCs, Victoria Cross, First World War, VCs of the First World War Series, World War I, WWI, World War One, The Great War, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Navy Air Service, bravery, valour, gallantry, heroes, award, genealogy, family history, local history, military history, biographies, aviation, transport • Victoria Cross • World War 1 • World War I • World War One • WW1 • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-9392-2 / 0752493922
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-9392-3 / 9780752493923