Operation Big Ben: The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944-1945: The Dive-bombing Spitfire Missions - Rilegato

Cabell, Craig; Thomas, Graham A.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1862272514 ISBN 13: 9781862272514

Casa editrice: Spellmount Ltd Pub, 2003

Riassunto

Operation Big Ben was one of the best kept secrets of World War II. Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports, and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Spitfire to dive-bomb VI and VII rocket sights towards the end of the war, the story is at last fully told. The book includes detailed squadron histories as well as clear details of the strategies employed and missions executed by the Spitfire squadrons that flew. It has firsthand recollections of the men who completed the dive-bombing raids, and the cutting edge technology they used.

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L'autore:

Craig Cabell is the author of Ian Fleming's Secret War and the coauthor ofSnipers: Profiles of the World's Deadliest Killers.

Product Description:

Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Mark XVI Spitfires to dive-bomb V1 and V2 rocket sites at night in 1944; a story as fascinating as the Dam Busters raid or the Battle of Britain is at last fully told, the 60th anniversary of Operation Big Ben, having previously been cloaked in secrecy.

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• Editore: Spellmount Ltd Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1862272514
• ISBN 13: 9781862272514
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 206