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aviation history|the first world war memoir of a de havilland pilot captain f. williams mc dfc
bomber raids
Captain frederick williams
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Product details
- ISBN 9780750991315
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2019
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks, plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams’ vivid descriptions place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the thoughts running through his head as events unfolded around him. It is an important insight into the early development of bomber raids within the RAF.
Capt. F. WILLIAMS joined the RFC as test pilot, later flying DH4s in photo-reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany, and winning the DFC and Croix de Guerre. He contracted Polio in Iraq and in later years he became superintendent of a service people’s rehabilitation hospital in Exeter. James Coyle’s wife inherited his memoirs from her mother, Williams’ sister.
