Research Catalog

Title

Joey Jacobson's war : a Jewish Canadian airman in the Second World War / Peter J. Usher.

Author

Usher, Peter J.

Publication

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018]

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Details

Description

xix, 394 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

"Joey Jacobson, a young Jewish man from Westmount on the Island of Montreal, trained as a navigator and bomb-aimer in Western Canada. On arriving in England he was assigned to No. 106 Squadron, a British unit tasked with the bombing of Germany. Joey Jacobson's War tells, in his own words, why he enlisted, his understanding of strategy, tactics, and the effectiveness of the air war at its lowest point, how he responded to the inevitable battle stress, and how he became both a hopeful idealist and a seasoned airman. Jacobson's written legacy as a serviceman is impressive in scope and depth and provides a lively and intimate account of a Jewish Canadian's life in the air and on the ground, written in the intensity of the moment, unfiltered by the memoirist's reflection, revision, or hindsight. Accompanying excerpts from his father's diary show the maturation of the relationship between father and son in a dangerous time."--

Alternative Title

Jewish Canadian airman in the Second World War

Subject

• Jacobson, Joey
• Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 106
• Flight navigators > Canada > Biography
• Airmen > Canada > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-2478

ISBN

• 1771123427
• 9781771123426

OCLC

974463378

Author

Usher, Peter J.

Title

Joey Jacobson's war : a Jewish Canadian airman in the Second World War / Peter J. Usher.

Publisher

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-2478