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“eric grounds”

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  • The Quiet Australian

    The story of Teddy Hudleston, the RAF's troubleshooter for 20 years

    by Eric Grounds ...
    Teddy Hudleston was a pilot of immense skill and talent whose wisdom and resourcefulness in both war and peace carried him up through the ranks of the RAF; a Squadron Leader at 28, he was promoted to Air Vice-Marshal at the age of only 35 and finally retired, after 40 years’ service, as Air Chief Marshal. He won the Croix de Guerre for his role in the Suez campaign and at the height of the Cold ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Bedside Book of Final Words

    by Eric Grounds ...
    What would you like your last words to be? For some people, the last thing they ever say turns out to be their most memorable line, while for others, their last utterance is disappointingly (often hilariously) mundane. This book takes a look at the final quotes from famous figures, as well as the stories behind them – poignant, funny, modest, deluded or philosophical, planned or unplanned. ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

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  • John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck

    by Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck tells the remarkable story of a Fleet Air Arm pilot and flying legend who, with a single torpedo strike, delivered from an obsolete biplane, in a force nine gale, in the middle of the Atlantic, brought about the sinking of Nazi Germany’s most powerful battleship, the Bismarck. This short book gives the reader a concise and straightforward insight ... Read more

    $1.50 USD

  • SAS Zero Hour

    The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service

    by Tim Jones, Rannulph Fiennes ...
    The historian and author of Postwar Counterinsurgency and the SAS reveals the full story of how the Special Air Service Regiment began during WWII.Britain's elite Special Air Service Regiment is one of the most revered special-ops units in the world. Its high-profile operations include the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980 and the hunt for Osama bin Laden in southern Afghanistan ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dowding of Fighter Command

    Victor of the Battle of Britain

    by Vincent Orange ...
    An extensive biography of the life and distinguished military career of the Scottish air chief marshal.Making full use of archival sources, studies by other scholars, and information provided by family members, Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life.Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Air Force Blue

    The RAF in World War Two – Spearhead of Victory

    by Patrick Bishop ...
    In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence – the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory.A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAir warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF’s identity set ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • The Battle of Britain

    Dowding and the First Victory, 1940

    by John Ray ...
    July 1940: as Britain stood alone, the Army exhausted and defeated by the Wehrmacht and the Roval Navy, stretched worldwide, only the English Channel and the RAF remained between Britain and the expected German invasion. But the Luftwaffe's ill-prepared and last-minute assault on the RAF was met by a carefully planned system of fighter intervention, the defensive strategy devised by Hugh Dowding, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Park

    The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL

    by Vincent Orange ...
    "A fine biography of one of the war's greatest unsung heroes," Royal Air Force Commander Keith Park ( The Daily Telegraph)."If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don't believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world." So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder of Keith Park in 1947 ... Read more

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  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters & John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck

    Compendium

    by Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION This special eBook presents the first and second chapters of British Flying Legends together in one volume. Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator. John Moffat: Legend of ... ... Read more

    $2.03 USD

  • Malta Besieged, 1940–1942

    Second World War

    by David G. Williamson ...
    Series series Campaign Chronicles
    This WWII military study sheds new light on the legendary Siege of Malta, combining a detailed narrative with provocative strategic analysis.The heroic defense of Malta against the Axis powers is one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War. For more than two years this tiny island was the critical to maintaining control of the Mediterranean and essential to the outcome of the North ... Read more

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  • VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916

    by Gerald Gliddon ...
    Series series VCs of the First World War
    The Battle of the Somme, which lasted from 1 July to 18 November 1916, is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. On the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed – the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll from the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to over a million. This book ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fire in the Sky

    The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War

    by Michael Molkentin ...
    'I half rolled, and there before my eyes was as perfect a target as I had ever seen in my life. A pressure of a thumb, a short burst, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame, a hole on the clouds-and it was over.'Lieutenant Robert McKenzie, No. 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps.When the First World War began in August 1914, aeroplanes were a novelty, barely a decade old. Despite this, Australia was one ... Read more

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