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Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Just over 120,000 words, the document is with Frontline Books they will know doubt let me know the publication date (April/May 2018 probably) there are nine chapters (sub-titles may change) the main characters in the biographies are:
1: Wing Commander ‘Jack’ Davenport AC DSO DFC* GM – 455 Squadron 2: Wing Commander Edric ‘Sam’ McHardy DSO DFC* – Someone on my Shoulder 3: Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC – Consolidated Courage 4: Wing Commander ‘Bill’ Sise DSO* DFC* – Ship-Buster 5: Flight Lieutenant Denis Healy DSO, NWC – High Arctic Flight 6: Lieutenant Colonel Jean Maurice Guedj DSO, DFC* CdeG – Legacy of Valour 7: Wing Commander Roger Morewood MID – Marking Time 8: Flying Officer Allan Triggs MBE, DFC and Flying Officer John Watson – The Sea Shall Not Have Them 9: Wing Commander Ken Gatward DSO, DFC* AE and Sergeant Gilbert ‘George’ Fern – Operation Squabble Speaking selfishly do pre-order: From the horrors of being in a dinghy in Biscay to the heroism in the fjords of Norway and Atlantic Ocean and initiation over St. Nazaire Raid to dropping the French tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe - Heroes of Coastal Command is a gripping story. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Hero...rdback/p/14154 Best regards Andy Bird Last edited by andy bird; 11th January 2018 at 13:07. |
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
And when is it possible to buy it ?
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
"Frontline Books they will know doubt let me know the publication date (April/May 2018 probably)" ??
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
A couple of months if that I have been told by the publishers
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Is there an online facility that converts aviation publishing dates to the normal calendar?
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Unfortunately, Nick, therein lies the rub.
Ed |
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAF's Maritime War 1939 - 1945
(Pen & Sword Books, Ltd- Frontline Books Imprint) by Andrew D Bird 237 pages - hardcover £25.00 / $44.95 Looking forward to this . . . Publication date pen-and-sword.co.uk - September 30, 2019 penandswordbooks.com - December 2019 Casematepublishers.com - December 2019 Book Depository - December 19, 2019 Stone & Stone Second World War Books - July 2020 Amazon.co.uk - June 30, 2020 Amazon.com - October 3, 2020 |
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Now this is how it's done.
I work in the book industry and delays, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Hoping I'm wrong in this case. Ed |
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Speaking to the commissioning editor, back end of this year, early next
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Re: Heroes of Coastal Command - The Maritime War 1939 - 1945
Well Pen & Sword / Frontline books ninja'd this one past me.
Published on 19 September 2019. Get your copy now. |
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