Joey Jacobson's War : A Jewish-Canadian Airman in the Second World War /

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"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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Usher, Peter J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jacobson, Joey
Jacobson, Joey.
Great Britain. > Royal Air Force. > Squadron, 106
Great Britain. > Royal Air Force. > Squadron, 106.
Grande-Bretagne. > Royal Air Force. > Squadron, 106.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British
Jewish soldiers > Great Britain
Jews, Canadian > Great Britain
Airmen > Canada > Biography
Flight navigators > Canada > Biography
Military operations, Aerial > British.
Flight navigators.
Airmen.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Operations aeriennes britanniques.
Aviateurs (Militaires) > Canada > Biographies.
Navigateurs aeriens > Canada > Biographies.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British.
Airmen > Canada > Biography.
Flight navigators > Canada > Biography.
Canada.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1 Father and Son
  • 1 September 1939 3
  • 2 Preston 15
  • 3 Enlistment 25
  • 4 Toronto 35
  • 5 Regina 49
  • 6 Mossbank 63
  • 7 Rivers 75
  • 8 Montreal 83
  • 9 Debert 91
  • Part 2 Discoveries
  • 10 The North Atlantic 101
  • 11 The Blitz 109
  • 12 England 117
  • 13 Operational Training 127
  • 14 A Canadian's Estimate of England 141
  • 15 A Home Away from Home 153
  • 16 Preparing for Battle 165
  • Part 3 Night Bombing
  • 17 Bomber Command 175
  • 18 Initiation 185
  • 19 Confidence Affirmed 199
  • 20 The Four Horsemen 207
  • 21 Confidence Tested 213
  • 22 A Brotherhood Lost 225
  • 23 Action and Inaction 233
  • 24 Questions and Doubts 247
  • 25 Winding Down 257
  • Part 4 Holding the Line
  • 26 New Ideas 267
  • 27 December Doldrums 279
  • 28 New Directions 295
  • 29 28 January 1942 309
  • Part 5 Failed to Return
  • 30 Requiem 323
  • 31 Holland 339
  • 32 Epilogue 355.

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