A biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL
Maker and role
Vincent Orange, Author
Production date
1984
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Object detail
Accession number
89-077
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Description
"[This book] sheds new light on the famous Big Wings controversy of 1940 and gives fresh insight into how war was waged in Burma in 1945 and how the huge problems remaining after the sudden end of the war were dealt with. Drawn largely from unpublished sources and interviews with men and women who knew [Keith] Park, and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is an authoritative and long-awaited biography of one of the world's greatest unsung heroes." - book jacket
Contents: Introduction by Nigel Nicholson / part one 1892-1936: prologue - an undistinguished young man, 1892-1914 / artilleryman: Gallipoli and the Western Front, 1915-1916 / fighter pilot, 1917 / 'Major Sparks', 1918 / the hardest time, 1918-1926 / a little golden age, 1926-1934 / South American opportunity, 1934-1936 / part two 1937-1940: preparing a defence, 1937-1940 / a 'possible but unlikely evacuation': Dunkirk, 1940 / the Battle of Britain: meeting them / the Battle of Britain: Big Wings / the Battle of Britain: the whirligig of time / part three 1941-1946: flying training command, 1941 / Malta besieged, 1942 / Malta offensive, 1943 / Egypt, 1944 / South-East Asia Command: the Winning Card, 1945 / South-East Asia Command: troubled days of peace, 1945-1946 / South-East Asia Command: paper battles, 1945-1951 / part four 1946-1975: end of a career, 1946 / Argentina revisited, 1947 / his first, best country, 1948-1975 / epilogue: straight and true / notes / bibliography / index
Contents: Introduction by Nigel Nicholson / part one 1892-1936: prologue - an undistinguished young man, 1892-1914 / artilleryman: Gallipoli and the Western Front, 1915-1916 / fighter pilot, 1917 / 'Major Sparks', 1918 / the hardest time, 1918-1926 / a little golden age, 1926-1934 / South American opportunity, 1934-1936 / part two 1937-1940: preparing a defence, 1937-1940 / a 'possible but unlikely evacuation': Dunkirk, 1940 / the Battle of Britain: meeting them / the Battle of Britain: Big Wings / the Battle of Britain: the whirligig of time / part three 1941-1946: flying training command, 1941 / Malta besieged, 1942 / Malta offensive, 1943 / Egypt, 1944 / South-East Asia Command: the Winning Card, 1945 / South-East Asia Command: troubled days of peace, 1945-1946 / South-East Asia Command: paper battles, 1945-1951 / part four 1946-1975: end of a career, 1946 / Argentina revisited, 1947 / his first, best country, 1948-1975 / epilogue: straight and true / notes / bibliography / index
Signature/Marks and Type
With all good wishes for MOTAT & Harold Stone.
Vincent Orange.
14 February 1985 Inscribed
Vincent Orange.
14 February 1985 Inscribed
Media/Materials
Physical description
301 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. , maps , portraits ; 24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
0413497704
Other title
Park : the biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL
Credit line
Vincent Orange. 1984. A biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL, 89-077. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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