Sunderland over Far-Eastern Seas (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
"An account of the author's first operational tour as an RAF navigator . . . in support of the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency."-Pennant Magazine
This is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short...
This is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short...
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"An account of the author's first operational tour as an RAF navigator . . . in support of the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency."-Pennant Magazine
This is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short Sunderland operations in the Far East. Derek K. Empson was a navigator with 88 Squadron and later 205 Squadron, flying operations during the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and many other operations. He was based at Seletar in Singapore, Kaitak in Hong Kong, Iwakuni near Hiroshima and various other operational bases throughout his two-and-a-half-year tour.
The Sunderland flying boat was a unique aircraft in that each crew was allotted an aircraft which became their floating and airborne home. Among Empson's noteworthy events is a return flight from Singapore to Hong Kong across 1,400 miles of ocean with a VIP passenger, his first operational flight as a 21 year old Pilot Officer navigator. He then undertakes an operation involving a return trip to Scotland which took three months. On moving to Kiatak, the Sunderlands provided air cover for search and rescue operations, taking off and landing amongst the port's many small and erratically steered shipping craft. He flew sixty-one missions in support of the United Nations forces fighting in and around Korea, enduring the threat of Chinese fighters over the Yellow Sea. In one operation an engine fire caused the crew to ditch in the Tsushima Strait with serious structural failure and they were rescued by the USS De Haven, a US destroyer.
This is a worthy record of some of the legendary Short Sunderland's final roles in the RAF.
This is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short Sunderland operations in the Far East. Derek K. Empson was a navigator with 88 Squadron and later 205 Squadron, flying operations during the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and many other operations. He was based at Seletar in Singapore, Kaitak in Hong Kong, Iwakuni near Hiroshima and various other operational bases throughout his two-and-a-half-year tour.
The Sunderland flying boat was a unique aircraft in that each crew was allotted an aircraft which became their floating and airborne home. Among Empson's noteworthy events is a return flight from Singapore to Hong Kong across 1,400 miles of ocean with a VIP passenger, his first operational flight as a 21 year old Pilot Officer navigator. He then undertakes an operation involving a return trip to Scotland which took three months. On moving to Kiatak, the Sunderlands provided air cover for search and rescue operations, taking off and landing amongst the port's many small and erratically steered shipping craft. He flew sixty-one missions in support of the United Nations forces fighting in and around Korea, enduring the threat of Chinese fighters over the Yellow Sea. In one operation an engine fire caused the crew to ditch in the Tsushima Strait with serious structural failure and they were rescued by the USS De Haven, a US destroyer.
This is a worthy record of some of the legendary Short Sunderland's final roles in the RAF.
Autoren-Porträt von RAF (Rtd), Group Captain Derek K. Empson MBE
Derek Empson is an author and historian.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: RAF (Rtd), Group Captain Derek K. Empson MBE
- 2010, Englisch
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- ISBN-10: 1783031069
- ISBN-13: 9781783031061
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2010
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