OXFORD'S OWN MEN AND MACHINE'S OF No.15/XV SQUADRON ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Martyn R. Ford-Jones, Valerie A. Ford-Jones
Published by Schiffer Military History
in 1999
ISBN: 0764309544
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OXFORD'S OWN MEN AND MACHINE'S OF No.15/XV SQUADRON ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Martyn R. Ford-Jones, Valerie A. Ford-Jones.
Stock no. 1329667
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of No.15/XV Squadron, Royal Flying Corps/RAF, of the men who served with it and the aircraft it flew. Illustrated with 800 b/w and colour photographs. Large, heavy format. Beige cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 352 including appendices and index. ISBN: 0764309544. Slight bumping to spine. Looks unread.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Michael Simmons, KCB, AFC
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Fledgling Squadron
- Chapter 2 No.15's Battle of the Somme
- Chapter 3 Arrival of the "Harry Tates"
- Chapter 4 1918 The Final Push
- Chapter 5 Aim Sure
- Chapter 6 "Oxford's Own"
- Chapter 7 The Blenheim Era
- Chapter 8 The Wellington Era
- Chapter 9 The Stirling Era
- Chapter 10 'MacRobert's Reply'
- Chapter 11 "The Thousand Plan"
- Chapter 12 Sojourn in Spain
- Chapter 13 The Battle of the Ruhr
- Chapter 14 The Battles of Hamburg and Berlin
- Chapter 15 The Lancaster Era
- Chapter 16 Return to Fortress Europe
- Chapter 17 Towards the Final Chapter
- Chapter 18 "manna" and "Exodus"
- Chapter 19 The Post War Years
- Chapter 20 The Peace Keepers
- Postscript
- XV Squadron Remembered
- XV Squadron on Canvas
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index