Liberators Over the Atlantic
$68.00
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2018
Summary
An informative and personal account of a young man’s flying experiences during WW2. Growing up in York, shaped by the threat of war-Jack Colman achieves his long held desire to become a pilot, joining the RAF in October 1940 just after his 21st birthday. He is sent to Canada to learn to fly and becomes intrigued by the technical and practical aspects of flying and navigation. Becoming a Pilot/Navigator, he joins Costal Command on Liberators based in Iceland. The practical difficulties of flyi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781556504 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781556504 |
| Author: | Jack Colman, Dr. Richard Colman |
| Publisher: | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 607g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Jack Colman
Born in 1919 Jack Colman was the only child of Freda and Harold of York. A conscientious student he had an ambition from the age of 10 to become a Pilot. The war was his opportunity. Selected for pilot training, he joined the RAF shortly after his twenty-first birthday which rescued him, for a time, from the office job in insurance which it was recommended he took, aged sixteen. Postwar he had a spell as a commercial pilot for BEA until 1953 when layoffs saw him return to insurance. He and Peggy had two boys Peter and Richard.
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