Spies In The Sky: The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War II
Autor Taylor Downingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 aug 2012
With a whole host of colourful characters at its heart, from the legendary pilot Adrian 'Warby' Warburton, who went missing while on a mission, to photo interpreters Glyn Daniel, later a famous television personality, and Winston Churchill's daughter, Sarah, SPIES IN THE SKY is compelling reading and the first full account of the story of aerial photography and the intelligence gleaned from it in nearly fifty years.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349123400
ISBN-10: 0349123403
Pagini: 418
Ilustrații: Section: 16, b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349123403
Pagini: 418
Ilustrații: Section: 16, b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Spies in the Sky fills in a huge gap in Second World War historiography in both an exciting and intellectually stimulating way. No-one will be able to write a history of the conflict again without giving Medmenham its central role in Allied Intelligence-gathering.
A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of World War Two. The code-breakers of Bletchley have become internationally renowned. Now Taylor Downing tells the unsung story of the photo-analysts of Medmenham and the heroic pilots in the skyplanes, putting them back where they belong - at the heart of Britain's secret war.
Taylor Downing's brilliant research has created a ripping yarn.
Spies in the Sky combines the breathless courage of pilots . . . with the mild eccentricity of RAF Medmenham. There's a diverting cast of characters, from Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah to the young matinee idol-to-be Dirk Bogarde, and there's a beguiling account of the way in which the maverick pilot Sidney Cotton . . . fought the brass-hats in Whitehall.
Spies in the Sky gives a new perspective to some of the most famous moments of the conflict.
Spies in the Sky tells the thrilling tale of the reconnaissance pilots tasked with the risky job of taking aerial photographs over occupied Europe, and the boffins who invented a new science to analyse these images and uncover the enemies' secrets.
Based at Medmenham, a country house in the Thames Valley, these men and women were an ingenious group. Their work provided some of the most vital intelligence of the war, from finding the Bismarck to tracking down Hitler's V weapons in 1944.
'A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of the Second World War' Professor David Reynolds, author of In Command of History
'Taylor Downing's brilliant research has created a ripping yarn' The Sunday Express
'Spies in the Sky...combines the breathless courage of pilots...with the mild eccentricity of RAF Medmenham' Sinclair McKay, Telegraph
'Spies in the Sky gives a new perspective to some of the most famous moments of the conflict' Robert McCrum, the Observer
A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of World War Two. The code-breakers of Bletchley have become internationally renowned. Now Taylor Downing tells the unsung story of the photo-analysts of Medmenham and the heroic pilots in the skyplanes, putting them back where they belong - at the heart of Britain's secret war.
Taylor Downing's brilliant research has created a ripping yarn.
Spies in the Sky combines the breathless courage of pilots . . . with the mild eccentricity of RAF Medmenham. There's a diverting cast of characters, from Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah to the young matinee idol-to-be Dirk Bogarde, and there's a beguiling account of the way in which the maverick pilot Sidney Cotton . . . fought the brass-hats in Whitehall.
Spies in the Sky gives a new perspective to some of the most famous moments of the conflict.
Spies in the Sky tells the thrilling tale of the reconnaissance pilots tasked with the risky job of taking aerial photographs over occupied Europe, and the boffins who invented a new science to analyse these images and uncover the enemies' secrets.
Based at Medmenham, a country house in the Thames Valley, these men and women were an ingenious group. Their work provided some of the most vital intelligence of the war, from finding the Bismarck to tracking down Hitler's V weapons in 1944.
'A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of the Second World War' Professor David Reynolds, author of In Command of History
'Taylor Downing's brilliant research has created a ripping yarn' The Sunday Express
'Spies in the Sky...combines the breathless courage of pilots...with the mild eccentricity of RAF Medmenham' Sinclair McKay, Telegraph
'Spies in the Sky gives a new perspective to some of the most famous moments of the conflict' Robert McCrum, the Observer