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Gestapo Hunter: The Remarkable Wartime Career of Mosquito Navigator Ted Sismore

English

By (author): Sean Feast

Gestapo Hunter explores the charmed life and exceptional career of Ted Sismore, widely considered one of the RAFs very best wartime navigators and leaders. A quiet, unassuming man who was nicknamed Daisy on account of his youthful complexion, Ted was one of only a handful of aircrew to complete a tour of operations in Blenheims in the summer of 1941.

He is best remembered, however, for his long association with the Mosquito. Planning and leading some of the Mossies most famous raids against the Nazi regimes most-loathed characters. He flew in the daylight attack on Berlin, timed to coincide with an address being given by Hermann Göring, for which he received the first of several awards for gallantry and which was widely publicised. This was followed by a range of attacks which demonstrated the Mosquitos range and marked the aircraft out for further special duties.

Identified by Basil Embry, the mercurial AOC of 2 Group, as something of a kindred spirit, Ted joined the Groups HQ staff, planning Operation Jericho, the famous attack on Amiens prison on February 18, 1944. He then took part in further attacks aimed at disrupting Gestapo activities including the bombing of their HQ at Odense.

After the war, Ted teamed up with Mick Martin, the famous Dambuster, to break the flying record from London to Cape Town, in 1947, a journey of almost 7,000 miles. He later qualified as a pilot, flying Meteors, Javelins and Canberras, retiring as an air commodore. He died in 2012.

As far as he was able Sean Feast used Teds own words throughout the book. The result is a fascinating insight into the life of an extraordinary man.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Sep 2024
  • Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781911714118

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