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From Hitlers U-Boats to Kruschevs Spyflights. Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF

Door Chris Clark

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#235661
Titel
From Hitlers U-Boats to Kruschevs Spyflights. Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF
Auteur
Clark, Chris
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1781590540
ISBN13
9781781590546
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic insight into this dynamic period of world history. From work as an air gunner, involved in the daunting task of taking on the might of Hitler's U-boat fleet, to post-war involvement in an Intelligence capacity during the dramatic events surrounding Khrushchev and the atomic threat of the late 1950s, Clark's career was dramatic and varied to say the least. Having joined the RAF as an aircraft man just before the Second World War, Clark was destined to take part in a whole range of wartime operational engagements. His career featured invol
... (Lees verder)vement in the famous 1941 hunt for the elusive Bismarck, the dangers of life as part of an Air Sea Rescue squadron in conflicted waters, and the experience of training as a gunnery leader (later an instructor), training air gunners for the famed Desert Air Force. His career also took in a fraught period behind enemy lines, when his crew of four were shot down in enemy territory in Northern Italy. Seven weeks in a safe house in Florence are relayed in engaging and dramatic style, as are a raft of other personal and professional achievements, set within the context of the wider conflict. Here is a career that deserves to be recorded and celebrated, and there is perhaps no-one better placed than the subject's son to act as custodian to his thrilling story.
Pagina's
272
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 12,50

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