Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot’s Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France
Autor Alastair Pantonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2018
As I write, I can clearly recall the stinging heat of aburning Blenheim, smells, tastes, expressions, sounds of voices and, most ofall, fear gripping deep in me.
Flying Officer Alastair Panton was just twenty-three when his squadron deployed across the Channel in the defence of France. They were desparate days.
Pushed back to the beaches as the German blitzkrieg rolled through the Low Countries and into France, by June 4th 1940 the evacuation ofthe Allies from Dunkirk was complete. A little over two weeks later France surrendered.
Flying vital, dangerous, low-level missions throughout the campaign in support of the troops on the ground, Panton's beloved but unarmed Bristol Blenheim was easy meat for the marauding Messerschmitts. At the height of fighting he was losing two of his small squadron's crews to the enemy every day.
Discovered in a box by his grandchildren after his death in 2002, Alastair Panton'sSix Weeks of Blenheim Summeris a lostclassic. One of the most moving, vivid and powerful accounts of war inthe air ever written. And an unforgettable testament to the courage, stoicism, camaraderie and humanity of Britain's greatest generation.
'ONE CAN'T HELP FEELING AWE AND REVERENCE. THERE ARE ENOUGH ADVENTURES HERE FOR A LIFETIME'
LOUIS DE BERNIERES
'SIMPLY WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE BEST ACCOUNTS OF WWII I HAVE EVER READ'
JOHN NICHOL
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405936743
ISBN-10: 1405936746
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405936746
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Air
Commodore
Alastair
Pantonserved
in
the
Royal
Air
Force
for
thirty-five
years.
He
was
awarded
the
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
for
Gallantry
in
1940
and
also
received
an
OBE
in
1950
and
a
CB
in
1969.
He
ended
his
military
service
as
Provost
Marshal
and
Head
of
RAF
Security.
After
his
retirement,
he
became
Steward
of
Penrhyn
Castle
in
Wales
and
then
ran
a
second-hand
bookshop
in
North
Yorkshire.
Panton
died
in
December
2002.
Recenzii
This
totally
gripping
account
of
the
air
war
of
May
and
June
1940
was
written
by
one
of
the
bravest
of
"The
Few".
Its
short
pages
encompass
all
the
timeless
themes
of
war:
comradeship,
sacrifice,
patriotism,
fear,
and
sheer,
raw
courage.
Panton's
engaging
and
immediate
prose
style
recalls
the
Battle
of
France
in
all
its
pity
and
tragedy,
with
his
Mark
IV
Blenheim
bomber
as
much
a
character
in
the
story
as
any
of
his
comrades.
This
deserves
to
joinReach
for
the
SkyandThe
Last
Enemyas
one
the
great
RAF
books
of
the
Second
World
War.
This is a wonderfully vivid account of those forgotten heroes of 1940. It deserves to become one of the great aerial memoirs of the Second World War. It's an absolutely brilliant book
This is a gem of a memoir. An RAF pilot of rare tenacity and courage, Alistair Panton writes vividly but artlessly and with no hint of bravado about the grimly chaotic weeks of Dunkirk when he and his crew brushed with death in the sky most every day. His front-line story - humane, modest, and compassionate - inspires admiration to the point of awe
A hidden gem of a diary on a little known episode of the Second World War. It speaks to everyone with its drama, pathos, humour and above all, compassion. It should be read by every history student
Simply wonderful. One of the best accounts of WWII that I have ever read
The soldiers on the Dunkirk beaches who jeered the RAF for not making their presence felt in the skies above them would have cheered if they had read this stirring vivid account of the torment suffered by one of Britain's most heroic pilots during the battle for France in May to June 1940.
It is the best account of the chaos and confusion of war outside the pages of Evelyn Waugh
One can't help feeling awe and reverence. There are enough adventures here for a lifetime, let alone six weeks
An amazing story of bravery and courage in the air and on the ground
This story grips you by the lapels and sometimes by the throat, and all who love tales of war will devour every page
Extraordinary ... The clarity of this book is as surprising as its humanity ... both great drama and poignant social commentary ... His story deserves to be told
What comes over is the extraordinary life of these airmen, who were living in care-free comfort one moment and dying horrible deaths only a few minutes later
This is a wonderfully vivid account of those forgotten heroes of 1940. It deserves to become one of the great aerial memoirs of the Second World War. It's an absolutely brilliant book
This is a gem of a memoir. An RAF pilot of rare tenacity and courage, Alistair Panton writes vividly but artlessly and with no hint of bravado about the grimly chaotic weeks of Dunkirk when he and his crew brushed with death in the sky most every day. His front-line story - humane, modest, and compassionate - inspires admiration to the point of awe
A hidden gem of a diary on a little known episode of the Second World War. It speaks to everyone with its drama, pathos, humour and above all, compassion. It should be read by every history student
Simply wonderful. One of the best accounts of WWII that I have ever read
The soldiers on the Dunkirk beaches who jeered the RAF for not making their presence felt in the skies above them would have cheered if they had read this stirring vivid account of the torment suffered by one of Britain's most heroic pilots during the battle for France in May to June 1940.
It is the best account of the chaos and confusion of war outside the pages of Evelyn Waugh
One can't help feeling awe and reverence. There are enough adventures here for a lifetime, let alone six weeks
An amazing story of bravery and courage in the air and on the ground
This story grips you by the lapels and sometimes by the throat, and all who love tales of war will devour every page
Extraordinary ... The clarity of this book is as surprising as its humanity ... both great drama and poignant social commentary ... His story deserves to be told
What comes over is the extraordinary life of these airmen, who were living in care-free comfort one moment and dying horrible deaths only a few minutes later