No.312 Czechoslovak Squadron, 1940-1945: Hurricane, Spitfire - Brossura

Polak, Tomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 2952638152 ISBN 13: 9782952638159

Casa editrice: Philedition, 2008

Riassunto

No. 312 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakian-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was first formed at Duxford in July 1940, equipped with Hurricane I fighters and crewed mostly by escaped Czechslovakian pilots. Its first victory was a Junkers Ju 88 above Liverpool by Alois Vasatko, Denys Gillam and Josef Stehlik on 8 October 1940. It transitioned to Hurricane IIs in May 1941, and to Spitfires in October. The squadron continued flying various marks of Spitfire from UK bases until it was transferred to the Czechoslovakian air force in September 1945. Among other major operations, it flew in cover of the Operation Jubilee raids on Dieppe in 1943, losing one aircraft. During its existence 145 pilots served with the squadron. This is an absolutely essential companion to the No.310 Squadron book.

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The books all follow a similar format and include not only the basic squadron history, but a mass of invaluable appendices, including operational diaries, lists of aircraft losses, monthly lists of sorties flown, aircrew biographies, claims and a wealth of other details. If you are trying to add a story to your model, then these well presented and illustrated books will certainly be of use. --Scale Aviation Modeller, January 2009

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Book by Tomas Polak

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• Editore: Philedition
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 2952638152
• ISBN 13: 9782952638159
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96