THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker, Barnaby Blacker
Published by Pen & Sword Military
in 2006
ISBN: 1844154319
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- BIOGRAPHY
- INVENTIONS
- WORLD WAR I
THE ADVENTURES AND INVENTIONS OF STEWART BLACKER
Written by L.V.S. Blacker, Barnaby Blacker.
Stock no. 1707003
2006.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Biography of a Soldier, Aviator and Weapons inventor. ISBN: 1844154319. Revised edition.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Glossary
- Indian Army Ranks
- 1. Mediterranean Memories
- 2. Becoming a Soldier
- 3. Pathans, Education and Tom Mix
- 4. Into the Air
- 5. Frontier Excursions
- 6. The Golden Passport
- 7. A Buff Slip
- 8. Tumult in the Air
- 9. With the Indian Army in Flanders
- 10. The Synchronized Gun
- 11. Assignment in Asia
- 12. A Dash through the Muztagh
- 13. Yarkand to Merv
- 14. Railway warfare on the Merv Front
- 15. Bokhara and Awal Nur
- 16. Kelat-i-Nadiri
- 17. The Third Afghan War
- 18. Winter in Bajgiran
- 19. The Stag-Beetle of Gilyan
- 20. From War to Peace
- 21. Preparations for Everest
- 22. Cameras for Everest
- 23. Flight over Everest
- 24. The War before the Last
- 25. Anti-Tank Development
- 26. The Bombard
- 27. The Hedgehog
- 28. The Petard
- 29. The PIAT
- Bibliography
- Index with Bibliographical Notes