The Avro Lancaster: WWII's Most Successful Heavy Bomber - Couverture rigide

Lepine, Mike

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 191291879X ISBN 13 : 9781912918799

Editeur : Sona Books, 2022

Synopsis

The Avro Lancaster was one of the most important weapons of WW II. This legendary bomber first saw action in 1942. Powered by 4 Merlin engines, it could deliver a huge payload and was the only aircraft to carry the Tallboy and Grand Slam earthquake bombs as well as the Upkeep 'bouncing' bomb on Operation Chastise-the famous Dam Busters raid. At the height of production, over 1.1 million men and women were employed making 'Lancs'; more service personnel were involved flying and maintaining them than any other British aircraft, ever. Mainly operational as a Night Bomber over Nazi Germany, the Lancaster was supremely adaptable and they were used on anti-submarine patrols, photo-reconnaissance missions, as aerial refuelling tankers and post-war, transatlantic passenger airliners. Lancaster's completed an average of 21 bombing missions before being lost and the average age of their 7 man crews was 22 years.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mike Lepine is a Sunday Times No1 best-selling author. He has written some thirty-five books and has been published throughout the world from America to Finland, and from France to Japan. He has also worked extensively in television in programming as diverse as the arts, consumer rights and comedy. For many years the Editor of the Aviation & Military Video Club,

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sona Books
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 191291879X
• ISBN 13: 9781912918799
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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