First kills
Titel: | First kills : the illustrated biography of fighter pilot Wladyslaw Gnys |
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Verfasser: | |
Veröffentlicht: | Havertown : Casemate, 2017 |
Umfang: | xiv, 238 Seiten, 56 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln : Illustrationen, Karten |
Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISBN: | 9781612005560 |
- Author's Note
- p. viii
- Illustrator's Note
- p. x
- Acknowledgements
- p. xi
- Abbreviations & Glossary
- p. xii
- Forewords
- p. xv
- 1
- Rural Poland and the Old Mill
- p. 1
- 2
- Joining the Polish Air Force
- p. 16
- 3
- September 1939: Blitzkrieg
- p. 24
- 4
- On the Run: Romania to the French Air Force
- p. 40
- 5
- The Battle of France
- p. 58
- 6
- The Battle of Britain
- p. 71
- 7
- November 1940-June 1944
- p. 94
- 8
- Shot Down Over France
- p. 118
- 9
- Canada
- p. 139
- 10
- Return to Poland
- p. 159
- 11
- Reconciliation
- p. 165
- 12
- A Hero's Welcome
- p. 172
- 13
- End of an Era
- p. 186
- Epilogue
- p. 190
- Addendum: Dedicatory
- p. 193
- Notes
- p. 205
- Appendices
- p. 211
- Bibliography
- p. 227
- Index
- p. 231