JOEY JACOBSON'S WAR : a jewish-canadian airman in the second world war.
USHER, PETER J.
JOEY JACOBSON'S WAR : a jewish-canadian airman in the second world war. - [Place of publication not identified] WILFRID LAURIER UNIV PR, 2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: Father and Son; One: September 1939; Two: Preston; Three: Enlistment; Four: Toronto; Five: Regina; Six: Mossbank; Seven: Rivers; Eight: Montreal; Nine: Debert; PART TWO: Discoveries; Ten: The North Atlantic; Eleven: The Blitz; Twelve: England; Thirteen: Operational Training; Fourteen: A Canadianâ#x80;#x99;s Estimate of England; Fifteen: A Home Away from Home; Sixteen: Preparing for Battle; PART THREE: Night Bombing; Seventeen: Bomber Command; Eighteen: Initiation; Nineteen: Confidence Affirmed. Twenty: The Four HorsemenTwenty-One: Confidence Tested; Twenty-Two: A Brotherhood Lost; Twenty-Three: Action and Inaction; Twenty-Four: Questions and Doubts; Twenty-Five: Winding Down; PART FOUR: Holding the Line; Twenty-Six: New Ideas; Twenty-Seven: December Doldrums; Twenty-Eight: New Directions; Twenty-Nine: 28 January 1942; PART FIVE: Failed to Return; Thirty: Requiem; Thirty-One: Holland; Thirty-Two: Epilogue; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
The story of a Jewish Canadian navigator in Bomber Command at the beginning of its offensive against Germany in 1941, as told through his own letters and diaries. Joey Jacobson was a privileged Montrealer whose wartime experience transformed him into a hopeful idealist and a seasoned airman before he was killed in action.
9781771123433 (electronic bk.) 1771123435 (electronic bk.) 9781771123440 (electronic bk.) 1771123443 (electronic bk.)
E7A79804-5334-4D41-93E1-5B9B2E3936B3 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
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Jacobson, Joey.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 106.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 106.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
Airmen--Canada--Biography.
Flight navigators--Canada--Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations aériennes britanniques.
Aviateurs (Militaires)--Canada--Biographies.
Navigateurs aériens--Canada--Biographies.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Airmen.
Flight navigators.
Military operations, Aerial--British.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
D786
940.54/4941092
JOEY JACOBSON'S WAR : a jewish-canadian airman in the second world war. - [Place of publication not identified] WILFRID LAURIER UNIV PR, 2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: Father and Son; One: September 1939; Two: Preston; Three: Enlistment; Four: Toronto; Five: Regina; Six: Mossbank; Seven: Rivers; Eight: Montreal; Nine: Debert; PART TWO: Discoveries; Ten: The North Atlantic; Eleven: The Blitz; Twelve: England; Thirteen: Operational Training; Fourteen: A Canadianâ#x80;#x99;s Estimate of England; Fifteen: A Home Away from Home; Sixteen: Preparing for Battle; PART THREE: Night Bombing; Seventeen: Bomber Command; Eighteen: Initiation; Nineteen: Confidence Affirmed. Twenty: The Four HorsemenTwenty-One: Confidence Tested; Twenty-Two: A Brotherhood Lost; Twenty-Three: Action and Inaction; Twenty-Four: Questions and Doubts; Twenty-Five: Winding Down; PART FOUR: Holding the Line; Twenty-Six: New Ideas; Twenty-Seven: December Doldrums; Twenty-Eight: New Directions; Twenty-Nine: 28 January 1942; PART FIVE: Failed to Return; Thirty: Requiem; Thirty-One: Holland; Thirty-Two: Epilogue; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
The story of a Jewish Canadian navigator in Bomber Command at the beginning of its offensive against Germany in 1941, as told through his own letters and diaries. Joey Jacobson was a privileged Montrealer whose wartime experience transformed him into a hopeful idealist and a seasoned airman before he was killed in action.
9781771123433 (electronic bk.) 1771123435 (electronic bk.) 9781771123440 (electronic bk.) 1771123443 (electronic bk.)
E7A79804-5334-4D41-93E1-5B9B2E3936B3 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
(AMICUS)000045253622 20179046330
Jacobson, Joey.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 106.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 106.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
Airmen--Canada--Biography.
Flight navigators--Canada--Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations aériennes britanniques.
Aviateurs (Militaires)--Canada--Biographies.
Navigateurs aériens--Canada--Biographies.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Airmen.
Flight navigators.
Military operations, Aerial--British.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
D786
940.54/4941092