Training for Triumph: A comprehensive catalogue of the locations, histories and achievements of RAF Aircrew Training Units across the UK during World War II - Softcover

Docherty, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873203713 ISBN 13: 9781873203712

Publisher: Woodfield Publishing Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

This book is the culmination of 20 years of research on the part of Tom Docherty, who has compiled this superb history of RAF Aircrew Training in the UK during World War Two.

Tom, who has spent 23 years in the RAF himself, has gathered an impressive amount of material, including first-hand accounts from many former aircrew, ground staff and instructors along with reproductions of ground plans, crests, log books and other memora­bilia plus many photos.

The book salutes the remarkable achievement of the dedicated staff of the RAF's wartime training establishments in turning out over 90,000 trained aircrew in just a five-year period.

It is also a tribute to the many airmen who lost their lives in the course of training, either in accidents or as a result of enemy action during operational training sorties or air raids.

An outstanding and thoroughly researched piece of military history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodfield Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873203713
• ISBN 13: 9781873203712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360