Tag: Squadron

Free Download Jess C. Barrow – WWII: Marine Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9M) (Modern Aviation Series)
TAB Books | 1981 | ISBN: 0830622896 | English | 244 pages | PDF | 125.19 MB
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Free Download David Doyle – Iowa-Class Battleships On Deck
Squadron/Signal Publications | 2014 | ISBN: 0897477510 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 122.68 MB
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Free Download Spray and Pray Squadron
by Margaret Mills Kincannon
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0764367897 | 560 pages | True EPUB | 33.96 MB

Free Download Ratels on the Lomba: The Story of Charlie Squadron (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781776194049 | 2024 | 7 hours and 11 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 204 MB
Author: Leopold Scholtz
Narrator: Anrich Herbst
On 3 October 1987 Charlie Squadron – the iron fist of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group – led the way in a decisive battle on the Lomba River in southern Angola, as part of the South African Defence Force’s Operation Moduler. Although SADF tactical doctrine dictated that the tanks of the Angolan 47 Brigade be countered with tanks, the young conscripts of Charlie Squadron were forced to face their enemy in vastly inferior Ratels, significantly handicapped by the vehicles’ thin armour and low-velocity guns. Not only were they facing a force far superior in terms of weaponry, but they were also hugely outnumbered and had to deal with terrain so dense that their sight was severely impaired and their movement restricted. Through interviews with veterans of the battle and diary entries from the time, Leopold Scholtz recreates the drama of this David vs Goliath battle, taking the reader straight to the heart of the action. A deeply human story, Ratels on the Lomba tells of how individuals react in the face of death, and reveals how the war never left these men, not even when they returned home.

Free Download Leonard James, "Heroes of the RAF: No.43 Squadron"
English | 2012 | pages: 64 | ISBN: 190779137X | EPUB | 3,2 mb
This title looks at the heroic men (and more recently women) who have fought with the squadron over the years. It details their exploits in battle, their life with the squadron and in many cases their subsequent careers in the RAF.

Free Download Lee Cook – The Skull & Crossbones Squadron: VF-17 in World War II
Schiffer Publishing | 1998 | ISBN: 0764304755 | English | 252 pages | PDF | 150.63 MB
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Free Download Des Curtis DFC, "Most Secret Squadron: The First Full Story of 618 Squadron and its Special Detachment Anti-U-Boat Mosquitos"
English | 2009 | pages: 308 | ISBN: 190650251X | EPUB | 21,8 mb
Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618’s primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The operation, code named Operation Servant, was given top security classification, to the point where the subject was excluded from the minutes of the meetings of the Chiefs of Staff of the air and naval forces. The author reveals the dilemmas and conflicting priorities existing to the highest levels, setting out in detail the technicalities of developing the ‘bouncing bomb’. He also writes first hand about the tactical problems of getting to and from the target; and the tensions and strains endured by the Mosquito crews themselves, as they took the war to the German U-Boats within the sight and safety of their bases.

Free Download Campbell Muirhead, "Diary of a Bomb Aimer: Flying with 12 Squadron in World War II"
English | 2009 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1848840861 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
Campbell Muirhead kept a meticulous diary of his wartime RAF service from the day that he set forth to train as a pilot in Canada and the USA in 1942 to the end of his wartime service with 12 Squadron Bomber Command. He was unable to pass the flying course and decided to retrain as a bomber because he wished to become operational as soon as possible. The book is particularly emotive as he wrote in the common parlance of those wartime days and truly reflects the emotions, fears and feelings of those caught up in that mighty conflict. His diligent observations of life in the RAF from joining-up, crossing the Atlantic, training in the New World bring back wartime life as it really was. His descriptions of the perils of flying on bombing raids deep into the heart of Germany truly reflect the many different aspects of life in a front-line squadron in a way that can only be told by one who was there.