A few of "the few": Australians and the battle of Britain

NEWTON, Dennis

Australian War Memorial

A commemoration to all the airmen who served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from 1914 until the end of the Vietnam War. Included are letters from airmen to their parents and loved ones, reluctant telegrams signaling a death, and numerous pictures showing the airplanes these courageous men flew.

Clash of Eagles

History

World

Kangaroo Pr

This is the biography of one of the leading Spitfire aces of the war. Australian by birth, Pat Hughes joined the RAF in 1937 and led 234 Squadron during the Battle of Britain until he was killed in action in September 1940.

A Spitfire Pilot's Story: Pat Hughes: Battle of Britain Top Gun

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Amberley Publishing

Pat Hughes is today perhaps the greatest unsung hero of the Battle of Britain. Ranked sixth in the ace of aces’ of the aerial campaign of summer 1940, he shot down at least fourteen enemy aircraft, mostly the Spitfire’s closely matched rival the Messerschmitt Me 109. As a flight commander in 234 Squadron he advocated bold, close-in tactics and during July 1940 scored the squadron’s first victories of the epic battle for air supremacy. The burden of command fell on his shoulders before the squadron transferred to the heart of the Battle in the south-east of England, where he endured the heaviest and most sustained period of fighting of the Battle of Britain. Revered by his fellow pilots, Hughes began a shooting spree on 15 August that only ended when he was killed during the first huge daylight attack on London on 7 September. In his last three days alone he contributed at least six kills. His death in mysterious circumstances left Kathleen, his bride of just six weeks, a war widow. This volume is illustrated with over forty photographs, including many from his family that have never before been published.

Spitfire Leader: Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero

Bungey, Richard

Reference

Focusing on detection and avoidance of severe weather, this book teaches pilots how to lessen their chances of being caught in extreme weather conditions. Written so that anyone can understand complex meteorological terms, it attempts to bring across the most crucial principles that pilots can use to fly more wisely. Different weather conditions, including lightning, icing, and wind shear, and their effect on flying are discussed in detail.

Severe Weather Flying: Increase your knowledge and skill in avoidance of thunderstorms, icing, and extreme weather (General Aviation Reading series)

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc.

At the outset of Severe Weather Flying, author Dennis Newton reminds readers that this book is not about flying in severe weather, but rather how to detect and therefore avoid it, with advice on how to escape it if you become caught in it accidentally. Newton is a meteorologist, weather research pilot, engineering test pilot, ATP, and flight instructor. He speaks pilot-to-pilot in this valuable guide on how not to fly severe weather. He believes that given the knowledge, pilots can truly lessen their chances of being caught in thunderstorms and other extreme weather conditions. The emphasis is on types of weather that are potentially hazardous to flight; with each type of weather discussed, the author provides rational answers to a pilot's very sensible question, "And then what? How does this affect me?" He also discusses the capabilities and limitations of airplanes and equipment in avoiding and in dealing with severe weather. Meteorology can be a tough "language" and not always clear to the lay person. The author translates and brings across the most crucial principles pilots can use to fly more wisely in weather. Covering weather fundamentals, the atmosphere, and the stability of the air, he then digs deeper into the individual aspects of severe weather situations: air mass and nocturnal thunderstorms, downbursts, lightning, icing, turbulence and wind shear. In print for more than 30 years, this book in its Fourth Edition blends in good coverage of detection equipment for the cockpit, and the weather briefing information available to the pilot for decision-making in flight planning even the enroute phase. Details on aircraft icing certification, critical aircraft icing information, and high altitude ice crystals are also included.

Severe Weather Flying: Increase your knowledge and skill to avoid thunderstorms, icing and severe weather

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