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Author: FALCONER, JONATHAN
Title: RAF bomber crewman
Description: Oxford : Shire 2010. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Shire library ; 602. Physical description; 64 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; RAF Bomber Command and its crews were probably unique in the history of warfare. During the Second World War each RAF bomber crew member was a volunteer. and in the case of the Command's elite Pathfinder Force. many were volunteers within a volunteer force. Discover what it was like to fly with an RAF heavy bomber crew on a typical night raid over Germany. Learn about the different kinds of specialist flying kit available. How did a squadron's choice of aircraft - Stirling. Halifax. Lancaster or Mosquito - affect one's chances of survival? What were the odds when a lone bomber crew battled it out with a marauding German night fighter aircraft. or with deadly flak and searchlights? And what would happen to an airman if his nerve cracked under the pressure? Whatever your viewpoint on the morality of the bomber offensive. the bravery of the men who flew by day and night with Bomber Command is an undisputed fact. Biography; Jonathan Falconer has had a distinguished career as an author and editor. and is the author of a number of books on local and military history. RAF Bomber Command is his special area of interest. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command. World War. (1939-1945) - Aerial operations. British. Military history ; Battles & campaigns ; World history: Second World War ; Air forces & warfare. British & Irish history: from (c 1900 -). United Kingdom. Great Britain. Second World War. (1939-1945). History / Military / World War II. History / Military / Aviation. History / Europe / Great Britain. Great Britain - Military life. Great Britain - Airmen. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:
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Title: RAF bomber crewman
Description: Oxford : Shire 2010. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Shire library ; 602. Physical description; 64 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; RAF Bomber Command and its crews were probably unique in the history of warfare. During the Second World War each RAF bomber crew member was a volunteer. and in the case of the Command's elite Pathfinder Force. many were volunteers within a volunteer force. Discover what it was like to fly with an RAF heavy bomber crew on a typical night raid over Germany. Learn about the different kinds of specialist flying kit available. How did a squadron's choice of aircraft - Stirling. Halifax. Lancaster or Mosquito - affect one's chances of survival? What were the odds when a lone bomber crew battled it out with a marauding German night fighter aircraft. or with deadly flak and searchlights? And what would happen to an airman if his nerve cracked under the pressure? Whatever your viewpoint on the morality of the bomber offensive. the bravery of the men who flew by day and night with Bomber Command is an undisputed fact. Biography; Jonathan Falconer has had a distinguished career as an author and editor. and is the author of a number of books on local and military history. RAF Bomber Command is his special area of interest. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command. World War. (1939-1945) - Aerial operations. British. Military history ; Battles & campaigns ; World history: Second World War ; Air forces & warfare. British & Irish history: from (c 1900 -). United Kingdom. Great Britain. Second World War. (1939-1945). History / Military / World War II. History / Military / Aviation. History / Europe / Great Britain. Great Britain - Military life. Great Britain - Airmen. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:
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Price: EUR 12.95 = appr. US$ 14.07 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 236418
- Book number: 236418