Ensor's Endeavour: A Biography of Wing Commander Mick Ensor, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, AFC RNZAF and RAF

Ensor's Endeavour: A Biography of Wing Commander Mick Ensor, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, AFC RNZAF and RAF

by VincentOrange (Author)

Synopsis

A biography of Wing Commander Mick Ensor. It describes his experiences during World War II as a U-Boat hunter and RAF commander, post-war as part of the Berlin Airlift, and his time with the US Navy during the Korean War. It also analyzes his struggle to come to terms with life outside the cockpit.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 190
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Published: 30 May 1994

ISBN 10: 1898697043
ISBN 13: 9781898697046

Author Bio
Orange was born in 1935, in Shildon, County Durham and was educated at St. Mary's Grammar School, in Darlington, and at Hull University. Orange served in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1956. In 1962 he went to live in New Zealand and taught History at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch until he retired in 2002. His influence as an air power scholar is well known. His former students include prominent United Kingdom scholars Dr Joel Hayward and Dr Christina Goulter as well as Dr Adam Claasen of Massey University and Dr Andrew Conway of King's College London. Orange is married to Sandra, and has a stepdaughter Sarah.