RAF Bomber Crewman - Couverture souple

Falconer, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747807965 ISBN 13 : 9780747807964

Editeur : Shire Publications, 2010

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Falconer is the author of more than 35 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the Haynes D-Day Operations Manual, de Havilland Mosquito (with Brian Rivas), Short Stirling and the Handley Page Halifax Manuals. He is an authority on the Short Stirling bomber, and has previously written Stirling at War, Stirling Wings and Stirling in Combat. Jonathan is a senior commissioning editor with a UK book publisher and he lives in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shire Publications
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747807965
• ISBN 13: 9780747807964
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 64
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• Personne responsable: non disponible