Bomber Harris : his life and times : the biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the wartime chief of Bomber Command
Probert, Henry2001
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Henry Probert's biography of Sir Arthur Harris is both critical and sympathetic. Bomber Harris, as he was known, was vilified after the war for such terrible events as the bombing of Dresden yet some believe he made a great contribution to final victory.
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London : Greenhill, 2001.
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432p., [32]p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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George and Caroline Harris 1911 p161. George Harris and his sons. 1908/9 p161. Allhallows School Hockey Team1909p162. Harris at Sanderstead 1910 p162. Harris with Dorothy Blood 1910 p162. Rondavel at Lowdale p163. Harris riding Soda the horse p163. Trekkopes SW Africa 1915 p163. Trekkopes SW Africa 1915 p163. Arthur Harris 1916 p164. Harris's first personal aircraft 1916 p165. Harris's Sopwith Camel 1917 p165. Harris with friends 1917 p166. Aerial photo of Passchendaele 1917 p166. Harris with family at RAF Digby 1920p167. Harris and wife Barbara 1921/2p167. Vickers Vernon aircraft 1923 p168. 45 Squadron pilots 1924 p168. Bomb aiming position in a Vernon p168. Harris's first family p169. Harris's Vickers Virginia aircraft 1927 p170. Harris flying Graf Zeppelin 1931p170. Harris at a lion shoot Kenya 1931 p171. Harris beside aircraft p171. Harris and his family at Bexhill 1933 p172. Harris at Pemboke Dock 1933 p172. Harris's second family 1938 p173. Villa Haroun1938 p174. Harris and Major General Montgomery 1938/9 p174. Harris relaxing in the Dead Seap174. Jill with Peter Tomlinson1940 p175. Harris at Arcadia USA 1941 p175. Harris at desk p176. Harris in his office p273. Harris with his senior Staff Officers p273. Harris with his naval staff p273. Harris with group outside his office 1943 p274. Harris using a Stereopticon p275. Harris meeting staff of HQ 4 Group p275. Bomber Night HQ USAAF VIII Bomber Command 1944p276. The Commander in Chief's House p276. Harris family in the garden p277. Harris and daughter p278. Harris sleeping on couch p278. Harris receiving Polish award1945 p277. Harris at the Oslo Victory Parade 1945 p279. Harris being entertained in Washington 1945 p280. Harris and family 1945 p280. Receiving the Freedom of High Wycombe1946 p281. Harris being welcomed in Montreal1947 p281. SS Constantia p282. Harris and friends in USA 1949 p282. Harris and Jill1953 p283. The Ferry House, Goring-on –Thames p284. Harris at special dinner for Anglo-American war leaders 1959 p284. Harris driving horse coach Perseverance p285. Harris and Winston Churchill (Jnr) p1981 p286. Harris and Ira Eaker p286. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Harris 1983 p287. Harris, Jill and some 'Old Lags' p288. Harris and Jill at homep288. Harris's funeral 1984 p288.Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-424) and index.
ISBN:
9781853674730 (hbk)1853674737 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'44'941'092
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English
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BRN:
137177