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SIGNED BY A D.F.C. (DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS) MEDAL WINNER
AWARDED FOR BRAVERY WHILST IN THE BRITISH R.A.F. (ROYAL AIR FORCE) OF WW2 (THE SECOND WORLD WAR)
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
SIGNED BY A BBC COMEDY ACTOR
JIMMY EDWARDS
SIX OF THE BEST
THE SPIRITED WAR MEMOIRS OF EX-FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT EDWARDS, J.,123886, D.F.C.
ROBSON BOOKS 1984 1st EDITION 224pp 8vo IN SIZE
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THIS VOLUME IS A BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT FROM THE BBC COMEDY ACTOR/COMEDIAN, JIMMY EDWARDS, OF HIS WW2 R.A.F. COMBAT SERVICE. CHAPTERS INCLUDE:
'COASTAL COMMAND'
'AFRICAN FIASCO' - A FINE ACCOUNT OF FLYING A BRAND NEW FACTORY FRESH WELLINGTON BOMBER TO NORTH AFRICA AND ALSO OF FLYING A SPITFIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILST THERE. DRINKING IN ALGIERS ALSO GETS A MENTION !
'TRANSPORT COMMAND' - EDWARDS EXPERIENCES OF FLYING DAKOTA AIRCRAFT INCLUDING 'NICKEL RAIDS', PAMPHLET DROPPING MISSIONS OVER OCCUPIED NORTHERN EUROPE
AND A LOT MORE......
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KEYWORD: ROYAL MERCHANT NAVY RORKE'S RORKES DRIFT ULUNDI 17TH LANCERS ESHOWE PEARSON CHELMSFORD HLOBANE KAMBULA COLONIAL VICTORIAN WAR WARFARE BATTLE CAMPAIGN EGYPT EGYPTIAN OMDURMAN SOUDAN SUDAN KITCHENER GENERAL GORDON MAHDI AFGAN PUNJAB BENGAL SIKH SEPOY INDIAN ARMY CAVALRY INFANTRY 24TH REGIMENT OF FOOT SOUTH WALES BORDERERS MARTINI-HENRY FOUNDRY BLACK TREE DESIGN COPPLESTONE CASTINGS MINIATURES FIGURES CETSWAYO VICTORIA CROSS MAORI MUTINY ABYSSINIA ABYSSINIAN ASHANTI AXE KAFFIR SOUTH AFICA ZULULAND RHODESIA CECIL RHODES JAMESON RAID BOER MAJUBA HILL SPION KOP SIEGE LADYSMITH 1877 1878 ISANDHLWANA FIRST SECOND THIRD 2ND 3RD KNOBKERRY STABBING SPEAR UNIFORM ETHNIC WEAPONS WAR CAMPAIGN
KEYWORD: ROYAL MERCHANT NAVY NAVAL VESSEL MARITIME KRIEGSMARINE JAPAN R.A.N. JAPANESE CRUISER BATTLESHIP DESTROYER SUBMARINE U-BOAT WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR BOOK WWII HMSO PRINCE OF WALES REPULSE AMERICAN US USA GERMAN SECOND WORLD WAR WW2 WWII SS GERMAN PANZERGRENADIER PANZER TIGER PANTHER TANK AFV PAK 38 40 FERDINAND ELEFANT STURMTIGER JAGDTIGER JAGDPANTHER BERLIN GESTAPO OCCUPIED COUNTRIES SOE OSS AXIS MILITARY MODELLING BATTLE CAMPAIGN SIEGE 1/35 1/72 1/48 SDKFZ 251 222 223 PUMA 140 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN PZKPFW I II III IV V VI KING BOOK DVD WARGAMING WARGAMES GAME JAGDPANZER FLAKPANZER PANZERWERFER FLAMMPANZER PANZERFLAKZWILLING PERSHING M26 STUART GRANT LEE CUSADER CHURCHILL VALENTINE KV-1 KV-S KV SERIES T-34 T34 TANK AFV M4 MEDIUM BRIGADE BATTALION 1 US USA AMERICAN TAMIYA DRAGON VERLINDEN AIRFIX MATCHBOX ITALERI REVELL 1/72 1/35 1/76 1/48 1/16 1/700 SCALE D-DAY NORMANDY BATTLE CAMPAIGN EUROPEAN GOLD JUNO SWORD UTAH BEACHES CROCODILE TIGER KING MAUS HORNISSE HANOMAG MARDER III GRASSHOPPER MAUS 88mm NASHORN SDKFZ MODEL MODELLING TOY SOLDIER REGIMENT KIT KITS HEDGEROWS CARENTAN ARNHEM FALAISE GAP BULGE BASTOGNE PANTHER LEOPARD ANTI-TANK PANZERFAUST ARTILLERY SELF-PROPELLED EL ALAMEIN STALINGRAD PEARL HARBOUR RAF ROYAL NAVY BROWNSHIRTS GERMAN JAPANESE AXIS NAZI WEHRMACHT HITLER GUDERIAN MONTGOMERY ZHUKOV MACARTHUR BRADLEY BARBAROSSA SOVIET RED ARMY ARMIES PANZERJAGER STURMARTILLERIE MESSERSCHMITT SPITFIRE HURRICANE CRUSADER MUSTAG CORSAIR STUKA FOCKE WOLF BLENHEIM B-52 DORNIER THIRD REICH ADOLF NAZI HITLER WW2 WWII WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE KRIEGSMARINE GERMAN ARMY ARMIES RUSSIAN TANK TIGER PANTHER FERDINAND ELEFANT FAMO TRANSPORTER PRIME MOVER KURSK EASTERN FRONT BOOK MODEL DRAGON TAMIYA VERLINDEN TRISTAR ACADEMY AIRFIX PAK-40 ANTI-AIRCRAFT ANTI-TANK GUN CREW TANKER TANKERS HEINRICH HIMMLER REINHOLD HEYDRICH FINAL SOLUTION CONCENTRATION CAMP TREBLINKA BELSEN AUSCHWITZ JEWISH KRISTALLNACHT BROWNSHIRTS SA AUSTRIAN JAPAN US MARINES USA BRITISH RUSSIAN EASTERN FRONT RAILWAY GUN LEOPOLD RAIL SELF-PROPELLED FLAK ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN 88mm PERSHING M26 WORLD WAR II TWO SECOND ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE MARTIN BORMANN RUDOLPH HESS PIAT tobruk DAK D.A.K. DEUTSCHE AFRIKA KORPS ROMMEL HITLER TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE MOS BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS MARNE ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER SCHOONER BLOCKADE NORTH SEA ATLANTIC JUTLAND NAVAL KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT WWI WW1 GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLE SCHARNHORST MESSINES ARDENNES GALICIA TANNENBERG RIGA ASIAGO SERBIA SALONIKA MEGGIDO DAMASCUS GAZA BAGHDAD WINDHOEK RUFIJI RIVER TSINGTAO HELIGOLAND BIGHT JUTLAND CORONEL FALKLAND ISLANDS DOGGER BANK DARDANELLES WESTERN EASTERN BALKAN ITALIAN MIDDLE EAST FRONT ISONZO RIVER NAROCH MASURIAN LAKE LAKES KUT-AL-IMARA RAMADI CTESIPHON CANTIGNY BELLEAU WOOD AMIENS ARTOIS LIEGE NAMUR MULHOUSE BATTLE CAMPAIGN REGIMENT TANK SOPWITH CAMEL RED BARON GERMAN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMIES CAVALRY WARFARE GERMANY KAISER WILHELM LEWIS MACHINE GUN WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU CAMBRAI MILITARIA TRENCH TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER ARRAS VIMY RIDGE ARRAS SHIPPING MARITIME MARINE SHIP BOAT SS GERMAN PANZERGRENADIER PANZER TIGER PANTHER TANK AFV PAK 38 40 FERDINAND ELEFANT STURMTIGER JAGDTIGER JAGDPANTHER BERLIN GESTAPO OCCUPIED COUNTRIES SOE OSS AXIS MILITARY MODELLING BATTLE CAMPAIGN SIEGE 1/35 1/72 1/48 SDKFZ 251 222 223 PUMA 140 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN PZKPFW I II III IV V VI KING BOOK DVD WARGAMING WARGAMES GAME JAGDPANZER FLAKPANZER PANZERWERFER FLAMMPANZER PANZERFLAKZWILLING PERSHING M26 STUART GRANT LEE CUSADER CHURCHILL VALENTINE KV-1 KV-S KV SERIES T-34 T34 TANK AFV M4 MEDIUM BRIGADE BATTALION 1 US USA AMERICAN TAMIYA DRAGON VERLINDEN AIRFIX MATCHBOX ITALERI REVELL 1/72 1/35 1/76 1/48 1/16 1/700 SCALE D-DAY NORMANDY BATTLE CAMPAIGN EUROPEAN GOLD JUNO SWORD UTAH BEACHES CROCODILE TIGER KING MAUS HORNISSE HANOMAG MARDER III GRASSHOPPER MAUS 88mm NASHORN SDKFZ MODEL MODELLING TOY SOLDIER REGIMENT KIT KITS HEDGEROWS CARENTAN ARNHEM FALAISE GAP BULGE BASTOGNE PANTHER LEOPARD ANTI-TANK PANZERFAUST ARTILLERY SELF-PROPELLED EL ALAMEIN STALINGRAD PEARL HARBOUR RAF ROYAL NAVY BROWNSHIRTS GERMAN JAPANESE AXIS NAZI WEHRMACHT HITLER GUDERIAN MONTGOMERY ZHUKOV MACARTHUR BRADLEY BARBAROSSA SOVIET RED ARMY ARMIES PANZERJAGER STURMARTILLERIE MESSERSCHMITT SPITFIRE HURRICANE CRUSADER MUSTAG CORSAIR STUKA FOCKE WOLF BLENHEIM B-52 DORNIER THIRD REICH ADOLF NAZI HITLER WW2 WWII WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE KRIEGSMARINE GERMAN ARMY ARMIES RUSSIAN TANK TIGER PANTHER FERDINAND ELEFANT FAMO TRANSPORTER PRIME MOVER KURSK EASTERN FRONT BOOK MODEL DRAGON TAMIYA VERLINDEN TRISTAR ACADEMY AIRFIX PAK-40 ANTI-AIRCRAFT ANTI-TANK GUN CREW TANKER TANKERS HEINRICH HIMMLER REINHOLD HEYDRICH FINAL SOLUTION CONCENTRATION CAMP TREBLINKA BELSEN AUSCHWITZ JEWISH KRISTALLNACHT BROWNSHIRTS SA AUSTRIAN JAPAN US MARINES USA BRITISH RUSSIAN EASTERN FRONT RAILWAY GUN LEOPOLD RAIL SELF-PROPELLED FLAK ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN 88mm PERSHING M26 WORLD WAR II TWO SECOND ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE MARTIN BORMANN RUDOLPH HESS PIAT tobruk DAK D.A.K. DEUTSCHE AFRIKA KORPS ROMMEL HITLER WWI WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU MILITARIA TRENCH CAMBRAI TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE MOS BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS MARNE ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER SCHOONER BLOCKADE NORTH SEA ATLANTIC JUTLAND NAVAL KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT WWI WW1 GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLE SCHARNHORST MESSINES ARDENNES GALICIA TANNENBERG RIGA ASIAGO SERBIA SALONIKA MEGGIDO DAMASCUS GAZA BAGHDAD WINDHOEK RUFIJI RIVER TSINGTAO HELIGOLAND BIGHT JUTLAND CORONEL FALKLAND ISLANDS DOGGER BANK DARDANELLES WESTERN EASTERN BALKAN ITALIAN MIDDLE EAST FRONT ISONZO RIVER NAROCH MASURIAN LAKE LAKES KUT-AL-IMARA RAMADI CTESIPHON CANTIGNY BELLEAU WOOD AMIENS ARTOIS LIEGE NAMUR MULHOUSE BATTLE CAMPAIGN REGIMENT TANK SOPWITH CAMEL RED BARON GERMAN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMIES CAVALRY WARFARE GERMANY KAISER WILHELM LEWIS MACHINE GUN WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU CAMBRAI MILITARIA TRENCH TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER ARRAS VIMY RIDGE WESTERN FRONT BOOK TRENCH WARFARE GERMAN THIEPVAL CAMBRAI MARNE MONS RETREAT PASSCHENDAELE WIPERS TIMES SOPWITH CAMEL HAIG GOUGH KAISER KITCHENER JUTLAND FALKLANDS REGIMENTAL RUSSIA UNION WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR BOOK WWII KURSK TANK T-34 PANZER IV I II III VI V TIGER PANTHER KV-1 KV-S LIGHT MEDIUM HEAVY SUPPORT REGIMENT BATTALION UNIT REGIMENTAL PAULUS SS NAZI HEER KRIEGSMARINE WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE WAFFEN-SS WAFFEN JAGDPANTHER JAGDTIGER FERDINAND ELEPHANT MARDER BRUMMBAR MICHAEL WITTMAN HIMMLER HITLER STALIN LENINGRAD MOSCOW BALTIC BATTLE BATTLES AUTOBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY IL-2 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BOMBER AIR FORCE AFV TANKS TAMIYA VERLINDEN DRAGON TRISTAR TRUMPETER EDUARD ABER PHOTOETCH DIORAMA MODEL MODELLING MODELLER'S WARGAME BOARD GAME RPG STURMARTILLERIE SDKFZ 250 251 222 234 HALFTRACK HALF TRACK MG34 MG42 MP40 MACHINE GUN PISTOL PUMA VIETNAM VIET CONG DEATH VOLUNTEERS SPECIAL FORCES SEALS TUNNELS CU CHI TET OFFENSIVE NAPALM AGENT ORANGE MARINES MEKONG DELTA SAIGON PLATOON ONCE WE WERE SOLDIERS DVD VIDEO ANZAC REGIMENTAL HOLLAND DUTCH NAPOLEONIC WARS NAPOLEON WATERLLO WELLINGTON PENINSULAR BADAJOZ SALAMANCA WAR OF 1812 MOSCOW