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Beyond Courage: Air Sea Rescue by Walrus Squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian Seas 1942–1945 Kindle Edition
This book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia.
The pilots, like their counterparts in England, knew of the dangers of landing on the sea. It was a daunting task attempting to rescue downed airmen as they had often to operate in bad weather, and near hostile coasts. Airmen who were bobbing about in dinghies, or even just in their Mae West life jackets, were difficult to locate. Rescues from the cold sea needed to be speedy affairs, especially of those survivors not in dinghies, and the Walrus aircrew were always aware that time was of the essence. Moreover, rescues near a hostile shore often resulted in gunfire from German or Italian gunners.
Many Walrus pilots have added personal recollections to the narrative and so too have some of those airmen who were rescued. As well as RAF and SAAF airmen, there were numerous USAAF units involved in the air war over the Mediterranean and Italy, and Norman has been in contact with several Americans whose lives were saved by these gallant men who flew the Walrus amphibian single-engined biplane. Men who knew only too well that to pick up more than two or three airmen generally meant a hard sea-borne taxi ride back to base, which conditions never guaranteed.
The stories of these rescues give one a sense of sincere pride in the men who daily risked their lives to save others from a very hostile environment.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGrub Street Publishing
- Publication dateJuly 19, 2003
- File size7182 KB
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- ASIN : B00HCOFSYU
- Publisher : Grub Street Publishing (July 19, 2003)
- Publication date : July 19, 2003
- Language : English
- File size : 7182 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 395 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #793,538 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #511 in Aviation (Kindle Store)
- #677 in Military Aviation History (Kindle Store)
- #679 in Military Naval History
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