Props on her sleeve : the wartime letters of a Canadian airwoman /

A first-hand account of the experiences of a young Canadian airwoman who served both in Canada and on overseas duty, this series of 150 letters brings home the day-to-day immediacy of life in uniform during the Second World War. Moments of hilarity interspersed with impatience and frustration are re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buch, Mary Hawkins
Otros Autores: Gossage, Carolyn, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, 1997.
Temas:
Buch, Mary Hawkins > Correspondence.
Strang, Marion > Correspondence.
Buch, Mary Hawkins > Correspondance.
Strang, Marion > Correspondance.
Buch, Mary Hawkins
Buch, Mary Hawkins.
Canada. > Royal Canadian Air Force. > Women's Division > Biography.
Canada. > Aviation royale. > Women's Division > Biographies.
Canada. > Royal Canadian Air Force. > Women's Division
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Canadian.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Récits personnels canadiens.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Luftwaffe
Soldatin
Briefsammlung
Kanada
e-books.
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal narratives > Canadian
Personal correspondence
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Livres numériques.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preface; PART ONE: Taking the King's Shilling February
  • April 1943; PART TWO: Eastern Air Command, Halifax, N.S. April
  • July 1943; PART THREE: Operations Training
  • RCAF Sea Plane Base, Dartmouth, N.S. July
  • November 1943; PART FOUR: Overseas at Last November 1943
  • January 1944; PART FIVE: Lincolnshire Posting February
  • March 1944; PART SIX: Settling In March
  • May 1944; PART SEVEN: Notes from Nissen Hut May
  • August 1944; PART EIGHT: From Pillar to Post September 1944
  • July 1945; Post Script.

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