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Hammers: Israel’s Long-Range Heavy Bomber Arm: The Story of 69 Squadron
Shlomo Aloni
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Description for Hammers: Israel’s Long-Range Heavy Bomber Arm: The Story of 69 Squadron
Hardcover. Num Pages: 225 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1442.
From the B-17 Flying Fortress and PBY Catalina, via the F-4 Phantom to the F-15I Thunder, Israeli Air Force 69 Squadron, the Hammers, have always been the long-range, heavy bombing element of Israeli air power. 69 Sqdn. fought in six wars and flew thousands of missions. The first Hammers mission was the bombardment of Cairo in July 1948. The final B-17 missions were flown during the 1956 Suez War, the last of the Flying Fortresses to bomb operationally anywhere. From 1969, the Hammers flew the legendary F-4 through participation in the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War and the ... Read more
From the B-17 Flying Fortress and PBY Catalina, via the F-4 Phantom to the F-15I Thunder, Israeli Air Force 69 Squadron, the Hammers, have always been the long-range, heavy bombing element of Israeli air power. 69 Sqdn. fought in six wars and flew thousands of missions. The first Hammers mission was the bombardment of Cairo in July 1948. The final B-17 missions were flown during the 1956 Suez War, the last of the Flying Fortresses to bomb operationally anywhere. From 1969, the Hammers flew the legendary F-4 through participation in the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
1442g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764336553
SKU
V9780764336553
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About Shlomo Aloni
Shlomo Aloni has written dozens of books and hundreds of articles covering Israel Air Force heritage and Middle East air warfare history.
Reviews for Hammers: Israel’s Long-Range Heavy Bomber Arm: The Story of 69 Squadron
Featured on The Aviation Geek Club, 19 April 2021. Article written by Dario Leone:https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-unknown-story-of-the-israeli-f-4s-that-dogfighted-with-north-korean-mig-21s-during-the-yom-kippur-war/