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PIKE, Richard. Alfie’s War: A Fleet Air Arm Officer’s Exciting Exploits of HMS Illustrious in Greece and Crete. 189p., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2012. ISBN: 1908117419.
In effect a second biographical volume giving an account of his experiences in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Categories:
Biography; The Fall of Greece ; The Fall of Crete; Fleet Air Arm;
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PREISLER, Jerome & SEWELL, Kenneth. Code Name Caesar: The Secret Hunt for U-Boat 864 During World War II. 304p., bibliog., illus. London: Souvenir Press, 2013: New York: Berkley, 2012. ISBN: 9780285642027.
Describes the undersea battle between U 864 and HMS Venturer off the Norwegian coast in February 1945, shortly after the Enigma code was uncovered, resulting in the only sinking of one submarine by another in underwater combat.
Categories:
Northern Europe to VE Day; Submarines; Kriegsmarine: U-Boats;
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SCHOFIELD, B. B. Stringbags in Action: The Attack on Taranto 1940 & The Loss of the Bismarck 1941. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Maritime, 2011. ISBN: 184884388.
Originally published as two volumes in the 1970’s as part of the Sea Battles in Close-Up Series from Ian Allan, these are reformatted into a single volume.
Categories:
The Hunt for the Bismarck; The Attack on Taranto; Fleet Air Arm;
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SHIPPERBOTTOM, Percy. Percy's Piece of the War: Exploits of an RAF High Speed Launch Wireless Operator in the UK and Far East During the Second World War. 75p. Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2010. ISBN: 1846831075.
He became a wireless operator with the RAF Marine Branch and served in 1940/41 aboard HSL 120, based in Ramsgate and engaged in air-sea rescue work in the Channel and North Sea, picking up Allied (and sometimes German) airmen whose aircraft had ditched. Later in the war he was posted to the Far East, where he served in the same capacity at No.226 Air Sea Rescue Unit (226 ASRU), based at Chittagong.
Categories:
Autobiography; Rescue and Medical Services; The Royal Air Force;
Abbreviations | |
AHR | American Historical Review |
Alb | Albion |
alt | alternate |
Am Nep | American Neptune |
AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
ASLIB | Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux |
BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
comp | Compiled by |
DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
EcHR | Economic History Review |
ed | editor or edited by |
EnHR | English Historical Review |
HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
His Res | Historical Research |
His Tod | History Today |
Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
IHR | International History Review |
intro | introduction |
J Am His | Journal of American History |
J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
JBS | Journal of British Studies |
J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
J Wor His | Journal of World History |
MM | Mariner's Mirror |
Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
NMM | National Maritime Museum |
Nav Rev | Naval Review |
NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
P & P | Past and Present |
Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
trans | translated by |
UP | University Press |
USNIP | United States Naval Institute Press |
Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
War & Soc | War and Society |
War in His | War in History |
W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
WSS | World Ship Society |
RFA | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
NIP | Naval Institute Press |
RAN | Royal Australian Navy |