Flying Scotsman: An Airman's Story

Flying Scotsman: An Airman's Story

AngličtinaPevná vazba
Mackie Alastair
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
EAN: 9781848847569
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This is the memoir of a 26 year career in the RAF, told with humour and modesty that belies the danger of flying over 47 different types of military aircraft in war and peace. Alastair Mackie began his operational career flying Wellington bombers over the North African desert war until converting to the B-24 Liberator. He watched the famous opening barrage at the opening of El Alamein from the air and became involved in supplying the besieged island of Malta together with hunting German ships in the Mediterranean. He was then posted to Northern Ireland converting to the DC-3. He flew during D-Day, dropping parachute troops into German held territory and continued these operations until the war's end when he was part of the operation to return British troops and released POWs to the UK. He was then posted to a long-range DC-3 squadron and flew to all points East.After the war he was posted to The Central Flying School teaching future flying instructors in a variety of aircraft from Tiger Moths to Lancasters. After a tour in the Far East where he flew his own personal Spitfire, he returned to the UK to convert to the jet aircraft then coming into service. After a spell deskbound on the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Committee, which he disliked, he was appointed Station Commander at Colerne which operated the Hastings transport aircraft. Alastair was then appointed wing commander in charge of flying at RAF Waddington. The job also gave him the charge of two resident Canberra bomber squadrons, Nos 37 and 38. With them he was able to get plenty of flying in an aircraft he loved. After retiring from the RAF he commenced a career in Law and in his later years he has become a firm opponent of Britain's nuclear deterrent, having seen its preparation with the Vulcan Force until the Royal Navy assumed the role it now has.
EAN 9781848847569
ISBN 1848847564
Typ produktu Pevná vazba
Vydavatel Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Datum vydání 1. listopadu 2012
Stránky 256
Jazyk English
Rozměry 234 x 156
Země United Kingdom
Sekce General
Autoři Mackie Alastair
Ilustrace 60 mono in plates