Portraits of Heroes
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Portraits of Heroes

Derbyshire Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

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eBook - ePub

Portraits of Heroes

Derbyshire Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

About this book

From day one of the Second World War to the last, fighter pilots from Derbyshire were active. They fought the Germans over France during the Blitzkrieg, played a vital part in the Battle of Britain, and operated over the Western Desert, Syria, Greece, Sicily, Italy, Malta and the Atlantic, as well as against the Japanese over the Timor Sea. Derbyshiremen flew sweeps, ground attacks, escorts and fighter-bomber missions into the heart of the Reich. Through bad times and good, they made a significant contribution to the final defeat of the Axis. Barry M. Marsden brings together the fully researched stories of the aviators who hailed from the Peak County. He recounts the stirring deeds and tragic deaths of the courageous pilots who fought to rid the world of the Axis scourge. The result of twenty-five years' research, the book was prepared with the cooperation of several of the surviving pilots, as well as the families of the deceased. It serves as a comprehensive group biography of thirty-three men as brave as any Derbyshire has produced.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Photographs
  4. Introduction
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Victories Claimed by Derbyshire Pilots Flying Single-Seat Fighters
  7. The Derby Volunteer Reservists
  8. Derbyshire Presentation Spitfires
  9. Flight Lieutenant John Stuart Anderson AE
  10. Squadron Leader Henry Collingham Baker
  11. Flight Lieutenant Charles Earle Brown
  12. Flight Sergeant Henry Shaw Brown
  13. Squadron Leader Arthur Victor Clowes DFC DFM
  14. Flying Officer William Lance Davis
  15. Warrant Officer David Denchfield
  16. Pilot Officer Sydney John Anthony Evershed
  17. Flight Lieutenant Charles W. J. Fearn
  18. Sergeant Pilot Alan Norman Feary
  19. Squadron Leader John Layton Flinders
  20. Squadron Leader Norman Vipan Glew
  21. Flying Officer Alan Glover
  22. Sergeant Pilot Richard Thomas Glover
  23. Pilot Officer Peter Haldenby
  24. Flight Sergeant Leslie Hemingway
  25. Squadron Leader Lawrence Frederick Henstock
  26. Sergeant Pilot William Burley Higgins
  27. Flight Lieutenant Frederick Meakin
  28. Pilot Officer Frank Mellor DFM
  29. Flight Lieutenant Michael John Sharpe Mycroft DFC, Belgian CdG
  30. Sergeant Pilot Henry Press-Dee Morgan
  31. Warrant Officer Alan Percival Pugh
  32. Pilot Officer Nathaniel William Rowell
  33. Air Commodore Philip James Sanders DFC
  34. Pilot Officer Douglas Clayton Shepley
  35. Flight Lieutenant Norman Taylor DFC DFM AE
  36. Flight Lieutenant John Edward van Schaick DFM
  37. Flight Sergeant John William Wagstaffe
  38. Flying Officer John Alwyne Wain
  39. Pilot Officer Francis Richard Walker-Smith
  40. Sergeant Pilot John Primrose Wilson
  41. Wing Commander Frank Geoffrey Woolley DFC and bar, AFC
  42. Select Bibliography