Robert F Ashby

Gebundenes Buch

D-Day, Arnhem and the Rhine

A Glider Pilot s Memoir

Beschreibung

Well-written, insightful and remarkably honest memoir of a glider pilot who took part in three major airborne landings during the Second World War.

Autor

Before the Second World War Robert Ashby was the Librarian and Museum Curator at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. He was a fluent German speaker and, on a library exchange to Leipzig in 1936, saw Hitler at close quarters. During the war he served first in the Royal Army Service Corps but volunteered for flying duties, training as a pilot with the Glider Pilot Regiment. Flying military gliders, he landed howitzers, jeeps and other vital equipment for the D-Day, Arnhem, and Rhine Crossing operations. After the war he returned to Hitchin and went on to a distinguished career in the library service, end-ing as County Librarian of Surrey. He wrote this memoir for his family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781399088183
• ISBN-10: 1399088181
• Artikelnr.: 63557167