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V-bombs and weathermaps : reminiscences of World War II, Brock McElheran
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- Summary
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- Towards the end of World War II Germany unleashed its weapons of vengeance on the British population - the V-1 flying bomb (a pilotless aircraft) and the V-2 rocket (the precursor of the ballistic missile). Brock McElheran experienced these fearsome weapons first-hand. In V-Bombs and Weathermaps he recounts his own experience of being under attack and pays tribute to the brave civilians in southern England. He shows that the German assault on the British population was as much a battle as any of the more familiar campaigns on the continent
- A meteorological officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, McElheran studied at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich and served at naval air stations in southern England. During a V-1 attack he was seriously injured when his rooming house in Greenwich was hit. Taken to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, famous for its pioneering work in plastic surgery, he underwent several operations and months of treatment. Back in Canada, McElheran worked in operations rooms in Ottawa and Halifax. His memoirs include previously untold stories of naval warfare off Canada's east coast. Using the journal that he kept at the time as his primary source, he combines personal experience, anecdote, and historical fact in this highly readable account of a tense but exhilarating time. Written for the general reader, the mood varies from gripping drama to delightful humour, and the author's personal experiences are placed within the larger historical context of World War II
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
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- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Illustrations -- 1 London on D-Day -- 2 London, the Old Warrior -- 3 Liverpool, Another Veteran -- 4 London's Old Wounds -- 5 Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters -- 6 Ruins Ancient and Modern -- 7 Where's the Pilot? -- 8 The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest -- 9 The Battle Continues -- 10 Panic or Nonpanic? -- 11 Just Carry On ... -- 12 Closer and Closer -- 13 Our Private Bomb -- 14 Guinea Pigs and Maggots -- 15 Flashback: From War to War -- 16 Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts
- 17 Flashback: Signals from the Sea18 Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs -- 19 Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch -- 20 Gasometers? -- 21 Supersonic Surprises -- 22 An Uproarious Met. Office -- 23 Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins -- 24 Have We Forgotten? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
- Isbn
- 9780773565548
- Label
- V-bombs and weathermaps : reminiscences of World War II
- Title
- V-bombs and weathermaps
- Title remainder
- reminiscences of World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Brock McElheran
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Canada
- Canada, Royal Canadian Navy
- Canada, Royal Canadian Navy -- Biography
- Deutschland
- England -- London
- Erlebnisbericht
- Großbritannien
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- History
- London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944
- Luftangriff
- McElheran, Brock
- 1939-1945
- Meteorologists
- Meteorologists -- Canada -- Biography
- Military operations, Aerial -- German
- Personal narratives -- Canadian
- V-Waffe
- Weltkrieg
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
- McElheran, Brock
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Towards the end of World War II Germany unleashed its weapons of vengeance on the British population - the V-1 flying bomb (a pilotless aircraft) and the V-2 rocket (the precursor of the ballistic missile). Brock McElheran experienced these fearsome weapons first-hand. In V-Bombs and Weathermaps he recounts his own experience of being under attack and pays tribute to the brave civilians in southern England. He shows that the German assault on the British population was as much a battle as any of the more familiar campaigns on the continent
- A meteorological officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, McElheran studied at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich and served at naval air stations in southern England. During a V-1 attack he was seriously injured when his rooming house in Greenwich was hit. Taken to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, famous for its pioneering work in plastic surgery, he underwent several operations and months of treatment. Back in Canada, McElheran worked in operations rooms in Ottawa and Halifax. His memoirs include previously untold stories of naval warfare off Canada's east coast. Using the journal that he kept at the time as his primary source, he combines personal experience, anecdote, and historical fact in this highly readable account of a tense but exhilarating time. Written for the general reader, the mood varies from gripping drama to delightful humour, and the author's personal experiences are placed within the larger historical context of World War II
- Cataloging source
- CaOONL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McElheran, Brock
- Dewey number
- 940.54/4943/092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D811.5
- LC item number
- .M148 1995eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- McElheran, Brock
- Canada
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Meteorologists
- London (England)
- McElheran, Brock
- Canada
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Meteorologists
- Military operations, Aerial
- Canada
- England
- Luftangriff
- V-Waffe
- Weltkrieg
- Erlebnisbericht
- Großbritannien
- Deutschland
- Label
- V-bombs and weathermaps : reminiscences of World War II, Brock McElheran
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Illustrations -- 1 London on D-Day -- 2 London, the Old Warrior -- 3 Liverpool, Another Veteran -- 4 London's Old Wounds -- 5 Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters -- 6 Ruins Ancient and Modern -- 7 Where's the Pilot? -- 8 The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest -- 9 The Battle Continues -- 10 Panic or Nonpanic? -- 11 Just Carry On ... -- 12 Closer and Closer -- 13 Our Private Bomb -- 14 Guinea Pigs and Maggots -- 15 Flashback: From War to War -- 16 Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts
- 17 Flashback: Signals from the Sea18 Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs -- 19 Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch -- 20 Gasometers? -- 21 Supersonic Surprises -- 22 An Uproarious Met. Office -- 23 Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins -- 24 Have We Forgotten? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
- Control code
- 181843788
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773565548
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6tdqg
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)181843788
- Label
- V-bombs and weathermaps : reminiscences of World War II, Brock McElheran
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Illustrations -- 1 London on D-Day -- 2 London, the Old Warrior -- 3 Liverpool, Another Veteran -- 4 London's Old Wounds -- 5 Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters -- 6 Ruins Ancient and Modern -- 7 Where's the Pilot? -- 8 The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest -- 9 The Battle Continues -- 10 Panic or Nonpanic? -- 11 Just Carry On ... -- 12 Closer and Closer -- 13 Our Private Bomb -- 14 Guinea Pigs and Maggots -- 15 Flashback: From War to War -- 16 Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts
- 17 Flashback: Signals from the Sea18 Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs -- 19 Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch -- 20 Gasometers? -- 21 Supersonic Surprises -- 22 An Uproarious Met. Office -- 23 Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins -- 24 Have We Forgotten? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
- Control code
- 181843788
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773565548
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6tdqg
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)181843788
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Canada
- Canada, Royal Canadian Navy
- Canada, Royal Canadian Navy -- Biography
- Deutschland
- England -- London
- Erlebnisbericht
- Großbritannien
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- History
- London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944
- Luftangriff
- McElheran, Brock
- 1939-1945
- Meteorologists
- Meteorologists -- Canada -- Biography
- Military operations, Aerial -- German
- Personal narratives -- Canadian
- V-Waffe
- Weltkrieg
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
- McElheran, Brock
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