Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

(Arthur Coningham joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. A...)

Arthur Coningham joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. As a fighter pilot in France he won the DSO and MC and rose to rank of Major. In the interwar years he served in the Middle East. At outbreak of World War II he was in command of Group 4 of Bomber Command and served in the Western Desert.

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Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham Hardcover - February 22, 1990

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Tedder: Quietly in Command (Studies in Air Power)

(Arthur Tedder became one of the most eminent figures of t...)

Arthur Tedder became one of the most eminent figures of the Second World War: first as head of Anglo-American air forces in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and North Africa; then as Deputy Supreme Commander to General Eisenhower for the Allied campaign that began in Normandy and ended in Berlin. During those anxious, exhilarating years, he was, as The Times of London wrote, 'the most unstuffy of great commanders, who could be found sitting cross-legged, jacketless, pipe smoldering, answering questions on a desert airstrip.' After the war, promoted to five-star rank and elevated to the peerage as Lord Tedder, he was made Chief of the Air Staff, holding this appointment for longer than anyone since his time: four critical years (from 1946 to 1949) that saw the tragic start of the Cold War and the inspiring achievement of the Berlin Airlift. In 1950, he became Britain's NATO representative in Washington: a year that saw the start of a hot war in Korea that threatened to spread around the globe. This book provides the first comprehensive account of a great commander's public career and uses hundreds of family letters to portray a private life, both joyful and tragic.

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Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham First edition by Orange, Vincent (1990) Hardcover

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Coningham : a Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC (SuDoc D 301.82/7:C 76)

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Tedder: Quietly in Command (Studies in Air Power) by Vincent Orange (2004-06-18)

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Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham by Vincent Orange (1990-02-22)

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Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park

('If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I...)

'If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don't believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgment and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.' So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder in 1947. As commander of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command and responsible for the air defense of London and South-East England, Keith Park took charge of the day-to-day direction of the battle. In spotlighting his thoughts and actions during the crisis, Vincent Orange reveals a man whose unfailing energy, courage and cool resourcefulness won not only supreme praise from Churchill but the lasting respect and admiration of all who served under him. However, few officers in any of the services packed more action into their lives, and this book covers the whole of his career - youth in New Zealand, success as an ace fighter pilot in World War I, postings to South America and Egypt, Battle of Britain, Command of the RAF in Malta 1942/43, and finally Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of SE Asia under Mountbatten in 1945. His contribution to victory and peace was immense and this biography does much to shed light on the Big Wing controversy of 1940 and give insight into the war in Burma, 1945, and how the huge problems remaining after the war's sudden end were dealt with. Drawn largely from unpublished sources and interviews with people who knew Park, and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is an authoritative biography of one of the world's greatest unsung heroes. Professor Vincent Orange was born in the UK, gained a PhD at Hull University, and now lives in New Zealand lecturing in History at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. He enjoyed the privilege of unrestricted access to Park's papers while writing this book. Park was originally published in hardback by Methuen in 1984. This is the first paperback edition.

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Tedder: Quietly in Command (Studies in Air Power)

(Arthur Tedder became one of the most eminent figures of t...)

Arthur Tedder became one of the most eminent figures of the Second World War: first as head of Anglo-American air forces in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and North Africa; then as Deputy Supreme Commander to General Eisenhower for the Allied campaign that began in Normandy and ended in Berlin. During those anxious, exhilarating years, he was, as The Times of London wrote, 'the most unstuffy of great commanders, who could be found sitting cross-legged, jacketless, pipe smoldering, answering questions on a desert airstrip.' After the war, promoted to five-star rank and elevated to the peerage as Lord Tedder, he was made Chief of the Air Staff, holding this appointment for longer than anyone since his time: four critical years (from 1946 to 1949) that saw the tragic start of the Cold War and the inspiring achievement of the Berlin Airlift. In 1950, he became Britain's NATO representative in Washington: a year that saw the start of a hot war in Korea that threatened to spread around the globe. This book provides the first comprehensive account of a great commander's public career and uses hundreds of family letters to portray a private life, both joyful and tragic.

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Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park by Vincent Orange (2002-08-28)

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Dowding of Fighter Command: Victor of the Battle of Britain

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Making full use of archival sources, studies by other scholars, and information provided by family members, Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life. Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion skier, ‘Stuffy’ Dowding is perhaps best known as the creator of the first radar-based air defense system and his no less remarkable management of such throughout the Battle of Britain. Dowding served in ‘delightful and dangerous Iraq’, helped to pacify unrest in the Holy Land, was involved in the R.101 airship disaster and oversaw the creation of Britain’s first eight-gun monoplanes, the Hurricane and Spitfire. Controversially dismissed from Fighter Command and refused the R.A.F.’s highest rank, he nevertheless became the first airman elevated to the peerage since Trenchard. Westminster Abbey was packed for his memorial service in March 1970 with more that 46 air marshals in attendance; and in 1988 H.M. the Queen Mother unveiled a statue in his honor. With his expert eye, respected historian Orange has analyzed and evaluated every episode of Dowding’s exceptional career to produce what will be seen as the definitive biography. REVIEWS “a cracking good read backed by exceptional research.” Flypast, 11/2008 “… an excellent biography based upon the archives and published materials as well as the author’s extensive knowledge…” Air Power History, Spring 2010

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DOWDING OF FIGHTER COMMAND: Victor of the Battle of Britain by Vincent Orange (2008-10-01)

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Johnny Checketts: The Road to Biggin Hill: A gripping story of courage in the air and evasion on the ground

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Johnny Checketts, widely recognized as one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, was born and raised in Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand. Considered by the locals to be a daredevil motorcycle rider in his youth, it was natural that in 1939 he should join the RNZAF, then undergoing rapid expansion to its wartime strength of 33,000 men. In spite of being well over the average age for a fighter pilot, Johnny worked hard and turned out to be a great airman, tactician and leader in battle, achieving one of the highest scores of enemy aircraft destroyed in the air war over the Channel. He was shot down in September 1943 but avoided capture by the Germans with the help of the French Resistance–an absorbing story in itself. Rising to the rank of Wing Commander and being personally decorated by King George VI, after the war Johnny returned to New Zealand, left the service in 1955, founded an aerial top dressing company, and then lived in happy retirement until his death in 2006 at the age of 94. He is one of the true, though modest, ‘heroes’ of the war and Vincent Orange tells his story in a relaxed and elegant style taking the reader through Johnny’s exploits in a unique period of human history never likely to be repeated. Vincent Orange’s other titles for Grub include Park and Slessor: Bomber Champion.

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