Joey Jacobson's War
Peter J. Usher
Availability:
Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
DRM:
Open - No Protection
Open - No Protection
Publication Year:
2022
2022
ISBN-13:
9781771125758
Description:
<ul>
<li>challenges the prevalent view that bomber crews did not know or believe in what they were doing</li>
<li>letters and diaries written in the moment placed in context of the early air offensive against Germany</li>
<li>Joey Jacobson was a young Jewish man, provides different perspective than many accounts</li>
<li>Joey Jacobson spent time at the follow BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plane) air
bases: Regina (#3 Air Observer School); Mossbank, SK (#2 Bombing and Gunnery School?); Rivers, MB (#1
Air Navigation School?); Also discusses leave in Moose Jaw. He also spent time in Preston (Cambridge) before enlisting. There is a lot of discussion of the local communities in the book. </li>
</ul>
<li>challenges the prevalent view that bomber crews did not know or believe in what they were doing</li>
<li>letters and diaries written in the moment placed in context of the early air offensive against Germany</li>
<li>Joey Jacobson was a young Jewish man, provides different perspective than many accounts</li>
<li>Joey Jacobson spent time at the follow BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plane) air
bases: Regina (#3 Air Observer School); Mossbank, SK (#2 Bombing and Gunnery School?); Rivers, MB (#1
Air Navigation School?); Also discusses leave in Moose Jaw. He also spent time in Preston (Cambridge) before enlisting. There is a lot of discussion of the local communities in the book. </li>
</ul>