| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Pilot Leslie Semple's diary is captured and put into context in this unique volume. How do you fly a Handley Page across France in total darkness? The answer is the Lighthouse system, just one of the revelations in this record of ingenuity and courage. With the expert guidance of retired Wing Commander Mawby, Clive Semple has produced an overview of World War I aviation from a new and revelatory perspective. Leslie Semple was told when he volunteered for the Flying Corps that it was “about as safe as infantry.” Notwithstanding the carnage of the trenches, his instructors knew this was a lie. It includes many unpublished photographs from an unarguably unique record of the experience of World War I, and tells a story of intrepidity and sacrifice. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Semple, Leslie, 1899-1971.
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Semple, Leslie, 1899-1971 -- Diaries.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.
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Bomber pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mawby, A. J. (Alan J.)
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Semple, Leslie, 1899-1971.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Semple, Clive. Diary of a night bomber pilot in World War I. Gloucestershire : Spellmount, c2008. 9781862274525 (DLC)2009292333 |
| Standard No. |
9780750967105 |
| ISBN |
9780750967105 (e-pub) |
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