| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Appreciation; Introduction; Chapter 1 Growing Up and Learning to Fly; Chapter 2 The World's Finest Flying Club; Chapter 3 A Brief Trip to France; Chapter 4 Sand in My Shoes; Chapter 5 El Alamein and Westwards; Chapter 6 Pre-Invasion Planning and D-Day; Chapter 7 The End is Nigh; Chapter 8 Post-war Service Life; Chapter 9 A New Chapter in the US; Chapter 10 Return to Duty in the UK; Chapter 11 Climbing to the Top; Chapter 12 Fighter Command Finale; Epilogue Life after the RAF; Postscript; Endnotes; Appendix A Aircraft Flown. |
| Summary |
Towards the end of a long and distinguished career, Sir Fred Rosier was persuaded by his son David to write his autobiography. He did so and the result is an extremely engaging and enlightening account of his life to the end of the Second World War. Starting with his humble beginnings to his time as a prewar fighter pilot on 43 Squadron at Tangmere; seeing action in France with 229 Squadron where he was shot down and burnt; his return as CO of that squadron during the Battle of Britain; taking 229 to the Western Desert, becoming one of two Fighter Wing commanders there; and then being appointed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998.
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Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998. |
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Fighter pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots. |
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Great Britain. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
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Personal narratives -- British.
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Erlebnisbericht.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Rosier, David.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998. Be Bold 9781906502973 (OCoLC)679923278 |
| ISBN |
9781909808621 (electronic book) |
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1909808628 (electronic book) |
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9781906502973 |
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1906502978 |
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