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The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Her .9781471102769
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero
- ISBN
- 9781471102769
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Biographies & True Stories
- Publication Name
- The Last Torpedo Flyers: the True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies
- Item Height
- 198 mm
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Subject
- Government, History
- Item Width
- 130 mm
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
Imagine you are an RAF torpedo pilot in World War Two, sent on missions so dangerous that you're later likened to the Kamikaze. Suicide wasn't a recognised part of the objective for British airmen, yet some pilots felt they had accepted certain death just by climbing into their cockpits. There were times in 1942 when Arthur Aldridge felt like this. At the age of 19, this courageous young man had quit his studies at Oxford to volunteer for the RAF. He flew his Bristol Beaufort like there was no tomorrow - a realistic assumption, after seeing his best friend die in flames at the end of 1941. Aldridge was awarded a DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) for his bravery on the same strike on a German cargo ship during which he lost a wing tip by flying too close to the deck. He was equally lucky to survive his squadron's chaotic torpedo attack on the giants of Hitler's maritime fleet during the notorious Channel Dash. As 1942 wore on, and the stress became intolerable, Aldridge and his Cockney gunner Bill Carroll held their nerve, and 'Arty' was awarded a Bar to his DFC for sinking two enemy ships off Malta and rescuing a fellow pilot while wounded. Malta was saved by the skin of its teeth, Rommel denied vital supplies in North Africa, and the course of the war was turned. Aldridge was still only 21 years old. Now both 91, but firm friends as ever, Aldridge and Carroll are two of the last torpedo airmen who deserve their place in history alongside our heroic Spitfire pilots. Their story vividly captures the comradeship that existed between men pushed by war to their very limit.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781471102769
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201887027
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Last Torpedo Flyers: the True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Government, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
198 mm
Item Width
130 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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