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Title

Behind the glory / Ted Barris.

Author

Barris, Ted

Publication

Toronto : Macmillan Canada, c1992.

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Description

viii, 358 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Behind the glory of victory in the air during the Second World War was the greatest training scheme ever undertaken by the Allies. The politicians called it the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and based it in Canada. But its success lay in the hearts, minds and hands of a cadre of former bush pilots, barnstormers, commercial pilots, crop-dusters and ex First World War fighter pilots-the BCATP instructors who gave an air force its wings. Ted Barris interviewed more than 200 instructors, and uses their anecdotes and viewpoints to at last tell the story of Canada's unsung heroes of the air." From jacket.

Subject

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Canadian
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations

Note

• Maps on lining paper.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgements -- 1. Calling cards for Hitler -- 2. Countdown to Zero Day -- 3. Abandon hope all ye who enter here -- 4. A great tide of airmen -- 5. Cockpit classroom -- 6. Recruiting at the Waldorf -- 7. Hollywood heroes -- 8. Yellow perils -- 9. Too valuable to risk -- 10. To the edge of the world -- 11. The survival dividend -- 12. They got no gongs.

ISBN

• 0771591764 :
• 0771590075

LCCN

cn^92094330^

OCLC

26255391

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library