Behind the glory / Ted Barris.
TITLE:
Behind the glory / Ted Barris.
Publication Date:
1992
Publication Information:
Toronto : Macmillan Canada,
Physical Description:
viii, 358 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Behind the glory of victory in the air during the Second World War was the greatest training scheme ever undertaken by the Allies. The politicians called it the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and based it in Canada. But its success lay in the hearts, minds and hands of a cadre of former bush pilots, barnstormers, commercial pilots, crop-dusters and ex First World War fighter pilots-the BCATP instructors who gave an air force its wings. Ted Barris interviewed more than 200 instructors, and uses their anecdotes and viewpoints to at last tell the story of Canada's unsung heroes of the air.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771590078
General Note:
"The plan that won the Allied Air War."
Maps on lining paper.
