Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight

Name: Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight
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ISBN: 9781459706606

ISBN-10: 1459706609

ISBN-13: 9781459706606

Edition: 2013

Authors: Roger Gunn

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Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flighttakes you to the Western Front during the Great War. Experience the risks of combat and the many close calls Collishaw had as a pilot, flight commander, and squadron leader. Understand the courage Collishaw and his fellow flyers faced every day they took to the air in their small, light, and very manoeuvrable craft to face the enemy. As the third-highest-scoring flying ace among British and colonial pilots in the First World War, scoring 60 victories, Collishaw was only surpassed by Billy Bishop and Edward Mannock. This book traces Collishaw's life from humble…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 1/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Roger Gunn has been a student of history since he was a young boy. When not reading about or researching the history of the First World War, he is an instructor of Human Resources Management at the JR Shaw School of Business at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton. He currently lives in Edmonton.



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Early Years



Recruited into the Royal Naval Air Service



Training in England



3 Naval Wing, Luxeuil



No. 3 Naval Squadron ï¿½ 1917



No. 10 Naval Squadron and the Black Flight - April and May, 1917



The Black Flight - June, 1917



The Black Flight - July, 1917



Seaplane Defence Squadron



No. 3 Naval Squadron ï¿½ 1918



No. 203 Squadron (RAF)



The Russian Adventure


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index