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But beneath this bitter military defeat was a more important story – of heroism and self-sacrifice, gallantry and survival, guts and determination unbroken in the face of impossible odds. John Nichol’s dramatic and compelling narrative has provided the few surviving veterans with the chance to tell the story of that terrible night - the night they flew to Nuremberg. Now eight years later, at RAF Wing in Aylesbury, on September 12, 1942, Baker, 54, was preparing to take their latest prototype – the MB3 fighter, which could fly at 400mph – for its second test flight. That morning, Baker’s brow was uncharacteristically furrowed as he turned to Martin and said: “I have a feeling, Jimmy, that something is not quite right.”

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A gripping account of the RAF’s Tornado force in the First Gulf War. Bringing the experience of flying and fighting the aircraft to life, and following the agonies suffered by the families who were left behind. A fitting tribute to those who did not come home.’ History of War Magazine Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents.

He came to his senses free of the Flying Wing, wriggled the harness free of his shoulders and literally fell out of the seat. He reached for the ripcord and pulled it hard to inflate his parachute. For the first time, he felt safe. He had ejected successfully at 3,000 feet. Lost in the process was that other Arnhem story: the triumph of the human spirit, as seen through the dramatic first-hand accounts of those who were there, military and Dutch civilians side by side, in the cauldron, fighting for their lives, fighting for their comrades, fighting for their honour - a battle they won hands down. Every storage volume can be located on Finder. So when you insert a CD in your Mac, it shows up in Finder under the ‘Devices’ section on the left side of the window. The Last Escape, co-authored with Tony Rennell, tells the story of the hundreds of thousands of Allied POWs held in prison camps across Nazi Germany as World War II was reaching its endgame. The Red Army was advancing on the Eastern Front and British and American troops were storming the beaches of northern France. Many POWs feared they would be killed by the retreating German armies rather than be allowed to fall into the hands of the Russians. Instead, in the depths of winter, their guards forced them to march out of the camps and further into Germany, away from their would-be liberators. The marches were long and desperately arduous. Some POWs walked for more than 500 miles, hundreds died of exhaustion, disease and starvation. Those who survived were awed by their experience. How they escaped with their lives and eventually reached home is a gripping story of endurance and courage, told here for the first time. A truly epic tale of courage and sacrifice –and an intensely moving epitaph to the men of Bomber Command.’ Andy McNab

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The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' But what many trusted would be a simple operation turned into a brutal battle. Of some 12,000 airborne soldiers, around 1500 died and 6,000 were taken prisoner. The vital bridge at Arnhem they had come to capture stayed resolutely in German hands.

But where was the metal seat? Still falling and, if it hit him, he would be in serious trouble. Out of nowhere it shot past him and disappeared. The ground raced up to meet him. He went through a hedge like a pendulum and crumpled down hard, landing shoulder first.

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The men of Royal Air Force Bomber Command were amongst the greatest heroes of the conflict. Of the 125,000 airmen who served in Bomber Command, 55,573 lost their lives. After parachute training, Benny Lynch swapped his ­pinstripe suit for overalls, and a Biggles-style leather flying helmet, as he arrived at the Martin-Baker airfield at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, on July 24, 1946. The seat raced up its runners at 60 feet a second and shot Lynch into the unknown. “The punch was powerful but not painful,” he recalled. Once he had risen 24 feet, a drogue gun fired, blasting the stabilising parachute out from the top of his seat. So far, so good. The Meteor was gone. The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter and its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, and why is it still so loved today?We see how the technology was adapted when the prospect of crashing in North Vietnam was sometimes preferable to ejecting and risking capture; what happens to the body when it is catapulted from an aircraft under great force; how an ejectee can be rescued from enemy territory.

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Fuelled by his own lifesaving escape from a blazing jet, John Nichol catapults you into the heart of the most epic experiences of ejection, escape and survival since the days when you had to haul yourself out of a crippled aircraft and hope for the best’ Andy McNab Full of tales of individual courage and the serendipity of war....vividly described...this is history from the ordinary soldier's point of view and all the better for it." - Daily Express It is the desperate call for help that has echoed across battle-fields through the ages. ‘Medic! We need a medic over here! Now!’ This is the astonishing story of the RAF’s Tornado force, and their loved ones, at the very heart of Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. Told by former Tornado navigator John Nichol - who was shot down during the conflict, captured, tortured and paraded on TV - it is a story of untold fear and suffering, and astounding courage in the face of hitherto unimaginable adversity. It is the story those who did not return, and of the families who watched and waited as one of the most complex conflicts in recent history unfolded live on television. From the Sunday Times bestselling writer John Nichol, author of Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado, comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousands of lives around the world, including his own: the ejection seat.There was a substantial explosion and his “ejection seat” shot rapidly up the rig’s guide rails. It was the first small step in what would be its remarkable journey. But he had no idea how a living spine would be affected. He called for a human volunteer, preferably one weighing around 14 stone. I thought the ejection seat was a rather dangerous, somewhat curious contraption. But that I would never need it . . .' A topical military thriller exploding with action and yet possessed of a rare depth of conscience" - Northern Echo The impressive research and tremendous way the survivors' stories are captured, make this a most remarkable and readable account. I couldn't put it down" - Charles Clarke, President, RAF Ex-POW Association This method is also making use of Desktop icon. You could call it a fancy method to Eject CD from Mac.