Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs.PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES:1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box.3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:This is a bout a British pilot and later squadron leader In the beginning of the war he flew obsolete Lysanders and Hectors in 613 Squadron One of his first missions was flying a Hector to strafe and bomb the Germans at Calais May 10 1940 as part of the Dunkirk withdrawal. Later he transferred and in June 1943 to 12 Squadron, a Halifax bomber unit. After 28 missions he was made Squadron Leader of this unit Still later he is transferred and made Flight Commander of 625 Squadron a Lancaster outfit He His last combat mission was to Calais where he began his combat ops. John Rowland made his first flight with the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 1 October 1938 from Redhill in a DH60 Moth. He won a Prize Cadetship to the RAF College Cranwell and then posted to the School of Army Cooperation. He volunteered for 613 Squadron which had been formed shortly before the war started. It was still not fully equipped with Lysanders and half of its planes were still elderly Hectors. On 25 May 1940 came the news that six Hectors were to be sent off on a ground strafing operation to relieve the pressure on the garrison of Calais which was blocking the Germans from advancing up the coast towards Dunkirk and encircled by German troops Three Hectors flew on each side of Calais and created as much of a diversion as they could by dropping bombs and firing their guns at anything they could see. This was the only occasions on which such obsolete aircraft was used in Europe in WW2. He converted to heavy bombers and was posted to 12 Squadron at Wickenby flying Halifaxs in June 1943. On 3 July he made his first trip to Cologne, Germany. After he had flown 28 operations he was promoted to Squadron leader as a flight Commander at 1656 HCU at Lindholme. He was next posted to 625 Squadron as a flight Commander on 12 May 1944. It was a two flight Lancaster Squadron. The last of his 48 bomber operations was to Calais, the town to which he made his first operational flight in the Hector in 1940. After the war John flew as an airline pilot with BOAC.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Book Title: Return Flights In War and Peace
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Item Length: 9.2 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: Military & War
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2011
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Illustrator: Yes
Author: John Rowland
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, British Wars, Combat, Foreign Militaries, Military History, True Military Stories, War, Warfare, World War II, Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern / General, Military / Aviation, RAF
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
