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Ship Busters!: A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo-Bomber
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Slight shelf wear only. Otherwise very good.”
- Item Weight
- 560g
- ISBN
- 9781906502294
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Ship Busters! a Classic Account of Raf Torpedo-Bombers in Wwii
- Item Height
- 210 mm
- Publisher
- Grub Street Publishing
- Subject
- Government, History
- Item Width
- 150 mm
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions. This book tells the story of the RAF men involved, from the early attacks by single Beauforts off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts to the massed assaults of later years by the famous 'strike-wings'. The author, who joined the RAF in 1940 as a wireless operator/ air gunner, and served in the UK, Middle East and West Africa, and whose career on torpedo work ended in a crash in which his pilot and navigator were killed, is eminently qualified to write this book. He includes many historic actions; the lone moonlight attack by a 22-year-old flight sergeant on the pocket-battleship Lutzow; the torpedoing of the Gneisena in Brest harbour; the Channel Dash of the Scharnhorst, Gneisena and Prinz Eugen and the heroic Swordfish attacks; and, the vital strikes from Malta in 1942 against the Italian fleet and the supply shipping of the Afrika Korps. The result is a fascinating book, vivid in its true picture of aircrew life, stirring in its descriptions of heroic actions, intensely moving in its record of human endeavour. AUTHOR: Ralph Hammond Cecil Barker (born 21 October 1917 in Feltham, Middlesex; died 16 May 2011) was an English non-fiction author with over twenty-five books to his credit. He wrote mainly about the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) operations in the First and Second World Wars, and about cricket.
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Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
ISBN-13
9781906502294
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91268628
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Government, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Ship Busters! a Classic Account of Raf Torpedo-Bombers in Wwii
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
210 mm
Item Width
150 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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