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“susan ottaway”

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  • Fire over Heathrow

    The Tragedy of Flight 712

    by Susan Ottaway ...
    An in-depth account of the 1968 London air tragedy that claimed five lives—includes interviews with cabin crew, passengers, and air traffic controllers.One and a half minutes after takeoff on the clear and sunny afternoon of April 8, 1968, the Number 2 engine of BOAC Boeing 707 G-ARWE broke away from its mounting pylon and fell, tumbling in flames. Captain Cliff Taylor managed an extremely smooth ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Cool and Lonely Courage

    The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France

    by Susan Ottaway ...
    The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War.When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Violette Szabo

    The Life That I Have

    by Susan Ottaway ...
    Narrated by Esther Wane ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 59 min

    The story of Violette Szabo is one of the most extraordinary in the annals of World War II espionage and covert operations.Totally fearless and a dead shot, Violette Szabo volunteered to become part of the Special Operations Executive, Britain's premier sabotage and subversion organization of the time. On June 7, 1944, Violette left behind a two-year-old daughter to parachute into France on a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    A Cool and Lonely Courage

    The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France

    by Susan Ottaway ...
    Narrated by Catherine Harvey ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War.When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Rise of the Rocket Girls

    The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

    by Nathalia Holt ...
    Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 45 min

    The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • She Landed By Moonlight

    The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray'

    by Carole Seymour-Jones ...
    On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to fight for her beloved, broken France and to find her lost love. Pearl's lover was a Parisian parfumier turned ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Carve Her Name with Pride

    by R J Minney ...
    The thrilling and inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, the fearless British cloak-and-dagger agent who infiltrated Nazi occupied France.Switchboard operator and volunteer for the Women's Land Army, Violette Szabo was only twenty-two years old when her husband, Etienne, a captain in the French Foreign Legion, died at El Alamein. His death only made the resilient young widow more determined than ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance

    by Stephen Grady, Michael Wright ...
    Series Book 6 - Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two
    An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write... September 1939, Nieppe, Northern France. 14 year-old Stephen is living with ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Diary Of A RAF Lancaster Bomber Pilot

    by Les Joy ...
    My name is Leslie Joy (Les to my friends), and I was born on the 16th March 1923 in Bradford, Yorkshire. This is my true story of how at the age of 19 I joined the RAF, fell in love with a Tiger Moth, got my wings and flew as a Lancaster Bomber pilot in World War II, and survived just! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters

    by Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.**Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator.This short i ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • RJ Mitchell: Legend of the Spitfire

    by Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTIONRJ Mitchell: Legend of the Spitfire recounts the extraordinary achievements of one of Britain’s greatest aviation legends, the man responsible for creating Britain’s most iconic fighter aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire.The book, which is around the length of a short story, approximately 40 printed pages, gives the reader a concise and straightforward insight into the life of RJ ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

    When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

    by James Hamilton-Paterson ...
    In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft -- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which ... Read more

    $11.99 USD