Ian Darling
Encyclopedia
Ian Darling is a Canadian
writer
and journalist who is the editorial writer at The Record in Kitchener, Ontario
, Canada
. Darling started writing Amazing Airmen
ISBN 978-1-55488-424-7 after his newspaper published a story he wrote about his uncle, George Darling, a bomb-aimer on a Halifax bomber shot down by a German pilot. Darling then spent six years doing research and interviewing veterans in Canadian cities as well as in England
, France
and the United States
.
Amazing Airmen
is Darling's second book. His first book which is a collection of humorous essays about fathers called, Go Ask Dad: Fathers are Nice Guys. It was published in 2004 by Mosaic Press of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and journalist who is the editorial writer at The Record in Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Darling started writing Amazing Airmen
Amazing Airmen
Amazing Airmen: Canadian Flyers in the Second World War is a book written by Ian Darling and published by Dundurn Press of Toronto in 2009. Amazing Airmen is a collection of true stories about flyers who survived horrendous ordeals in the air war against Nazi Germany...
ISBN 978-1-55488-424-7 after his newspaper published a story he wrote about his uncle, George Darling, a bomb-aimer on a Halifax bomber shot down by a German pilot. Darling then spent six years doing research and interviewing veterans in Canadian cities as well as in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Amazing Airmen
Amazing Airmen
Amazing Airmen: Canadian Flyers in the Second World War is a book written by Ian Darling and published by Dundurn Press of Toronto in 2009. Amazing Airmen is a collection of true stories about flyers who survived horrendous ordeals in the air war against Nazi Germany...
is Darling's second book. His first book which is a collection of humorous essays about fathers called, Go Ask Dad: Fathers are Nice Guys. It was published in 2004 by Mosaic Press of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.