V-weapons Bomber Command Failed to Return

Bond, Steve; Darlow, Steve; Feast, Sean; Hall, Marc; Owen, Robert; Sandall, Howard

ISBN 10: 0992620791 / ISBN 13: 9780992620790

Edité par Fighting High Ltd, 2015

A propos de cet article

Firmly bound & carefully read. The book is in VG clean condition. SIGNED on the title page by Steve Darlow plus George Dunn DFS who wrote the forward & also Dave Fellowes of 460 Sqn RAAF, The unclipped jacket has some wear along the top edge but no tears or loss. Illustrated in b/w.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: V-weapons Bomber Command Failed to Return
• Éditeur: Fighting High Ltd
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0992620791
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780992620790
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military Aircraft & Air Force
  • World War II 1939-45

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Synopsis

In the Summer of 1944 Nazi Germany launched its terrifying Vergeltungswaffen (reprisal weapon) attack against the population of southeast England. Under direct attack the Allies responded. The Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower was quite clear that the V-weapon counter measures were of paramount importance over everything except the urgent requirements of the D-Day and Normandy land battle, 'this priority to obtain until we can be certain that we have definitely gotten the upper hand of this particular business.' He would use all the resources at his disposal including the Royal Air Force's heavy bomber force.

The task for RAF Bomber Command was simple. If the bomber crews could reduce the number of V1s launched, the fighter aircraft and gun defenses had a better chance to intercept and shoot down the flying bombs. But these pilot-less aircraft were not the only menace, the V2 rocket offensive would soon be launched, and the Allies closely monitored the construction of what they came to learn was the V3 'supergun' site.

When the war came to a close Bomber Command could justifiably claim success against the V-Weapons. There was a cost though - a cost in aircrew lives. V-Weapons Bomber Command Failed to Return tells the story of some of those airmen who were prepared to risk their lives countering the German V-Weapon offensive in direct defense of the civilian population. They had responded to what British Prime Minister Winston Churchill described as the attempt to 'blast the viper in his nest'. Their story deserves to be told. 'We Will Remember Them'.

À propos des auteurs

Dr Steve Bond is a life-long aviation professional and historian. He served in the Royal Air Force for twenty-two years as an aircraft propulsion technician, with tours on many different aircraft, and was part of the Eurofighter Typhoon project team in the MoD. A fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he is also the author of many magazine articles and books including: Heroes All, Special Ops Liberators (with Richard Forder), Wimpy, Meteor Boys, and Javelin Boys for Grub Street.

Steve Darlow is a Bomber Command historian and established military aviation author, with fourteen books to his name. Steve has made numerous radio and television appearances, and recently acted as program consultant on the BBC's The Lancaster: Britain's Flying Past and Channel 5's War Hero in the Family (Robert Llewelyn). Steve is also an Ambassador of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.

Sean Feast is a Director and co-owner of Gravity London and the author of several books on World War II pilots.

Marc Hall developed an interest in aviation at an early age, and gained a commercial pilots licence. Marc's research in to RAF Bomber Command is ongoing and his first book Bomber Command Operation Hurricane met with critical acclaim.

Dr Robert Owen is an aviation historian and the Official Historian of the No. 617 Squadron Association. A Trustee of both this Association and the Barnes Wallis Memorial Foundation, he has contributed to numerous publications and television documentaries, including authorship of the book Henry Maudslay Dam Buster. Dr Owen was also lead author on Dam Busters Failed to Return.