Female Few (eBook)

Spitfire Heroines

Jacky Hyams, Richard Poad (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-8122-7 (ISBN)

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Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions. The dangers these women faced were many: they flew unarmed, without radio and in some cases without instruments, in conditions where even unexpected cloud could mean disaster. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tell their awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity and sacrifice. Their spirit and fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War.

JACKY HYAMS is the bestselling author of 'Bombsites and Lollipops' (John Blake, 2011). More recently, she has written 'Frances Kray: The Tragic Bride' (John Blake, 2014) and 'Vicious, Elegant Bastards' (The History Press, 2022).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: aerial courier pilots • aeroplane • Aircraft • Airplane • ATA • aviation • aviation history|civilian women • Biography • Civilians • civilian women, Richard poad, raf, royal air force, Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary • civilian women, Richard poad, raf, royal air force, Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary, RAF 100 • Lancaster bombers • Pilot • Planes • RAF • RAF 100 • Richard poad • Royal Air Force • Second World War • Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary • Spitfires • Women in History • Women's history • World War 2 • World War II • World War Two • world war two, world war 2, ww2, world war ii, second world war, civilians, aerial courier pilots, lancaster bombers, spitfires, women's history, women in history, aviation, planes, aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, pilot, biography, ATA, aviation history • world war two, world war ii. world war 2, ww2, world war ii, second world war, civilians, aerial courier pilots, lancaster bombers, spitfires, women's history, women in history, aviation, planes, aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, pilot, biography, air transport auxiliary, ATA, spitfire heroines • world war two, world war ii. world war 2, ww2, world war ii, second world war, civilians, aerial courier pilots, lancaster bombers, spitfires, women's history, women in history, aviation, planes, aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, pilot, biography, air transport auxiliary, ATA, spitfire heroines, • world war two, world war ii. world war 2, ww2, world war ii, second world war, civilians, aerial courier pilots, lancaster bombers, spitfires, women's history, women in history, aviation, planes, aircraft, aeroplane, airplane, pilot, biography, ATA, aviation history • ww2
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-8122-3 / 0752481223
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-8122-7 / 9780752481227