From the Ground Up
Stories from the men and women who built, serviced and flew aircraft in WWII
$35.95
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2022
Summary
Fascinating … this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world … it provides a valuable and often entertaining window - GUARDIAN
The horrors have not been suppressed. Everyone who speaks was very young then. You sense their wonder that they did the things they recall - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
When we remember the Second World War in the air, we think of fighter pilots and bomber crews. But what was it like for the men and women working a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474625074 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 147462507X |
| Author: | Edward Smithies |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 30mm |
| Series: | W&N Military |
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Fascinating … this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world … it provides a valuable and often entertaining window
Fascinating … this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world … it provides a valuable and often entertaining window * GUARDIAN *
The horrors have not been suppressed. Everyone who speaks was very young then. You sense their wonder that they did the things they recall * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
About The Author
Edward Smithies
Edward Smithies spent his earliest years surrounded by the aircraft parts, models of fuselages and wings and blueprints that his father brought home from the aircraft factory where he worked. He lived in London for many years and taught history. He also worked on an oral history of the war at sea.
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