Lack of Moral Fibre

Lack of Moral Fibre
Author: Helena P. Schrader PhD
Publisher: Cross Seas Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 173531398X

In late November 1943, Flight Engineer Christopher "Kit" Moran, DFM, refuses to fly to Berlin on what should have been the seventh "op" of his second tour of duty. His superiors post him off the squadron for "lack of moral fibre." He is sent to a mysterious DYDN center. Here, psychiatrist Wing Commander Dr. Grace must determine if he has had a mental breakdown requiring psychiatric treatment -- or if he deserves humiliation and disciplinary action for cowardice. Helena P. Schrader is an established aviation author and expert on the Second World War. She earned a PhD in History (cum Laude) from the University of Hamburg with a ground-breaking dissertation on a leading member of the German Resistance to Hitler. Her non-fiction publications include "Sisters in Arms: The Women who Flew in WWII," "The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift," and "Codename Valkyrie: General Friederich Olbricht and the Plot against Hitler." In addition, Helena has published nineteen historical novels and won numerous literary awards. Her novel on the Battle of Britain, "Where Eagles Never Flew," won the Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime Fiction and a Maincrest Media Award for Historical Fiction. RAF Battle of Britain ace Wing Commander Bob Doe called it "the best book" he had ever seen about the Battle. He went on to say: "Refreshingly, it got it smack-on the way it was for us fighter pilots."

Cream of the Crop

Cream of the Crop
Author: Allan Douglas English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780773513983

A unique offering to military studies critiquing the effectiveness of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' aircrew preparations for war, a selection system and training program which became a modern model. English (war studies, Royal Military College of Canada) traces the development of aviation psychology and the treatment of psychological casualties in air combat, paying attention to the controversy of diagnosing aviators as "lacking moral fibre" and its effect on morale. By exploring these issues, the author includes the human dimension as an influence on air force effectiveness, as much as material and technological innovations. Includes some photographs. Canadian card order number C96-900371-4. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Courage and Air Warfare

Courage and Air Warfare
Author: Mark K. Wells
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135204829

Colonel Wells investigates the nature of aerial warfare and the men who took part. The book analyzes aircrew selection, reaction to combat, adaptability to stress, morale, leadership and combat effectiveness, and compares the efforts of the US Eighth Air Force and RAF Bomber Command.

Courage and Air Warfare

Courage and Air Warfare
Author: Mark K. Wells
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135204896

Colonel Wells investigates the nature of aerial warfare and the men who took part. The book analyzes aircrew selection, reaction to combat, adaptability to stress, morale, leadership and combat effectiveness, and compares the efforts of the US Eighth Air Force and RAF Bomber Command.

Chaplains in the R.A.F.

Chaplains in the R.A.F.
Author: Gordon Charles Zahn
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1969
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719003493

Choices Under Fire

Choices Under Fire
Author: Michael Bess
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307494454

World War II was the quintessential “good war.” It was not, however, a conflict free of moral ambiguity, painful dilemmas, and unavoidable compromises. Was the bombing of civilian populations in Germany and Japan justified? Were the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials legally scrupulous? What is the legacy bequeathed to the world by Hiroshima? With wisdom and clarity, Michael Bess brings a fresh eye to these difficult questions and others, arguing eloquently against the binaries of honor and dishonor, pride and shame, and points instead toward a nuanced reckoning with one of the most pivotal conflicts in human history.

Motivating Soldiers

Motivating Soldiers
Author: Peter Karsten
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780815329770

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Moral Education

Moral Education
Author: Edward Howard Griggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1903
Genre: Moral education
ISBN:

Above Us, The Stars

Above Us, The Stars
Author: Jane Gulliford Lowes
Publisher: Matador
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Flight radio operators
ISBN: 9781838595555

This book tells the story of Flight Sergeant Jack Clyde, a 19-year-old wireless operator serving with 10 Squadron between 1943 and 1944, and his crew.