Sean Feast: 9 books
by Sean Feast
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
What sort of men were the Pathfinders, the corps d’élite of Bomber Command? What did they do? What risks did they face? And what contribution did they make to the air war and the ultimate defeat of Germany?
By drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving veterans – many speaking...
The Last of the 39-ers
The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
In some ways, Alfie Fripp’s war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp (RAF Retd) was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war (PoW) until his death in 2012...
by John Mitchell, Sean Feast
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
An RAF pilot who flew around the world with Winston Churchill during World War II tells his story.
An RAF Volunteer Reserve officer, John Mitchell was mobilized on the outbreak of war—and just missed going to join a Battle Squadron in France where he would have undoubtedly been killed. Instead,...
A Thunder Bird in Bomber Command
The Wartime Letters and Story of Lionel Anderson, the Man Who Inspired a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Shot down and killed in April 1944, Lionel Anderson, a low flying Mosquito intruder pilot, was part way through his second tour of operations. He had survived his first tour stooging up and down the French coast in an outdated Boulton Paul Defiant to confound the German night fighter defenses and...
Heroic Endeavour
The Remarkable Story of One Pathfinder Force Attack, a Victoria Cross and 206 Brave Men
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
It is 23rd December 1944 and a heroic yet dreadful action is about to take place over Cologne, involving the bravest of the brave – The Pathfinder Force. In the log book of one of that force, Flight Sergeant George Owen, are the details of his 29 operations. The final entry for this date, above...
Master Bombers
The Experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at War, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The Pathfinders were the corps d’elite of Bomber Command, the command that led the fight against Germany even before the fall of France. Pathfinder crews consisted of members who had flown a minimum of 45 operational sorties and while they were the best, they were made from all ranks and backgrounds.
The...
Pathfinder's War
An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Ted Stocker lived a charmed life. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard’s ‘Brats’, a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Qualifying as one of the RAF’s first flight engineers, he flew operations...
Coming Down in the Drink
The Survival of Bomber 'Goldfish', John Brennan DFC
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Coming Down in the Drink is the story of Flight Lieutenant John Brennan DFC. John is an Irishman who need not have fought in the war at all. A sense of adventure took him to London where he trained as a chef before joining the RAF and qualifying as a wireless operator/air gunner. Posted to 148 Squadron...
by Scott Burton, Steven Chihos, Michael Feast
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
SAP implementations are always a challenge. An enterprise will deploy its top resources, human and infrastructural, towards a SAP implementation--and yet fall short. Why? Simply because it is the nature of the beast. Typically, SAP implementations are large and complex, involving multiple locations,...