Who Shot Down Eq-Queenie? : Royal Canadian Air Force World War II
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Gregory Novalis, Bookseller.
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.: Fenestra Books, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 7-1/2" x 9-1/4". PB, 148 pp., Near Fine. Signed & inscribed by author to prev. owner on title page. Pages clean, bright, & unmarked. Binding tight. Slight shelf wear; a beautiful copy. "The cover depicts our aircraft (EQ-Queenie) being attacked by ME-262's as originally related in my first book, Cradle Crew. This sequel covers the search for the ME-262 pilot who shot us down, as well as the people who witnessed the crash." From 1942 to 1945, Blyth was a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, piloting a crew of 7 in a Halifax four-engine bomber. .

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20th century,americas,biographies,canada,canadian,historical,history,military,world,world war ii, The Cradle Crew, one of the youngest bombing crews in the Royal Canadian Air Force's Six Group, flew Handley Page Halifax bombers during World War II. Author Ken Blyth recalls their training, raids over enemy targets, being shot down over Germany, prison camp, and, at war's end, release by the Russians. The majority of the prisoners in Stalag Luft 1, says the author, were Americans. Colonel Hubert Zemke, the senior-ranking American officer, had been shot own while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt, sometime during November 1944. Group Captain Cecil Weir was the senior-ranking officer of the British, Australian, and Canadian forces in the camp. He and Zemke worked well together. At 1:00 A.m. on 30 April 1945, the Germans abandoned Stalag Luft 1, just ahead of the advancing Russian tanks, cavalry, and guerilla troops, who were "hell bent for the Baltic." Ken Blyth and his fellow prisoners awoke that morning to find themselves no longer under armed guard and comparatively free. It was later that the world would learn that Adolf Hitler had committed suicide on 30 April 1945, in his bunker at the Reichschancellery in Berlin. To maintain protection and order for the prisoners until they could be rescued by the Allies, Colonel Zemke became the camp's commanding officer, assisted by Group Captain Weir. In essence, Stalag Luft 1, without the German troops, was an "Allied island" surrounded by their enemy, the German countrymen. "Frankly," states Blyth, "the Cradle Crew members.

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Fenestra Books, 2003-12-15. Paperback. Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books, IN, Mishawaka, [RE:5].
Trade paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Green Earth, OR, Portland, [RE:5].
Softcover.

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Paperback.