Above and Beyond: The Canadians' War in the Air, 1939-45

by Spencer Dunmore

Book Overview

From the first skirmishes over Europe in September 1939, Canadian airmen served in almost every theatre of the Second World War, from bases in Britain and Europe, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. And in the months and years that followed, with the slaughter mounting in hostile skies around the globe, the contribution of Canadian pilots, navigators, gunners, air bombers, and flight engineers grew out of all proportion to their country's population...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771029284
• ISBN13: 9780771029288
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

It shows great information about the war

I loved it!! It's wasn't what I thought it was. I thought it would be boring and there won't excite me but you Spenser Dunmore proved me wrong cause I never read anything like this before!!

Dunmore serves the armchair historian

This book would be easy to give a negative review until you realize the task that Dunmore took on in just 400 pages. The author must have conducted dozens upon dozens of interviews to compile this anecdotal history. Dunmore sprinkles this with a Reader's Digest outline of the war's events to give us an entertaining view of the RCAF's huge contribution to the Allied air struggle. While not necessarily for academics, Above and Beyond is a welcome addition to the literature in this area