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Author Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998.

Title Be Bold / Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier with David Rosier
Published London : Grub Street, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Appreciation; Introduction; Chapter 1 Growing Up and Learning to Fly; Chapter 2 The World's Finest Flying Club; Chapter 3 A Brief Trip to France; Chapter 4 Sand in My Shoes; Chapter 5 El Alamein and Westwards; Chapter 6 Pre-Invasion Planning and D-Day; Chapter 7 The End is Nigh; Chapter 8 Post-war Service Life; Chapter 9 A New Chapter in the US; Chapter 10 Return to Duty in the UK; Chapter 11 Climbing to the Top; Chapter 12 Fighter Command Finale; Epilogue Life after the RAF; Postscript; Endnotes; Appendix A Aircraft Flown
Summary Towards the end of a long and distinguished career, Sir Fred Rosier was persuaded by his son David to write his autobiography. He did so and the result is an extremely engaging and enlightening account of his life to the end of the Second World War. Starting with his humble beginnings to his time as a prewar fighter pilot on 43 Squadron at Tangmere; seeing action in France with 229 Squadron where he was shot down and burnt; his return as CO of that squadron during the Battle of Britain; taking 229 to the Western Desert, becoming one of two Fighter Wing commanders there; and then being appointed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998.
SUBJECT Rosier, Frederick, 1915-1998 fast
Subject Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- Officers -- Biography
SUBJECT Great Britain. Royal Air Force fast
Subject Fighter pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Armed Forces -- Officers
Fighter pilots
Military operations, Aerial -- British
Kampfflieger
Luftkrieg
Weltkrieg 1939-1945
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Rosier, David
ISBN 9781909808621
1909808628