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B-24 Bridge Busters: RAF Liberators over Burma
Colin A. Pateman
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Description for B-24 Bridge Busters: RAF Liberators over Burma
Hardcover. RAF Liberators over Burma provides an insight of operational flying in the Far East, including an examination of the importance of bombing bridges and railway constructions to thwart the Japanese transit infrastructure. In many cases the efforts and sacrifice by dedicated Commonwealth aircrew are recounted from their own flying logbooks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Jan was a lawyer practicing in the Czechoslovak town of Brno. With the outbreak of hostilities on the European continent, he went to Canada and trained as an air observer on the first course of the fledgling British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Jan Gellner began his operational tour with No. 311 Czechoslovak (B) Squadron flying the venerable Vickers Wellington. It did not take long for Jan's abilities to shine, especially ... Read more
One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Jan was a lawyer practicing in the Czechoslovak town of Brno. With the outbreak of hostilities on the European continent, he went to Canada and trained as an air observer on the first course of the fledgling British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Jan Gellner began his operational tour with No. 311 Czechoslovak (B) Squadron flying the venerable Vickers Wellington. It did not take long for Jan's abilities to shine, especially ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
496g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781555194
SKU
V9781781555194
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Ref
99-50
About Colin A. Pateman
Colin Pateman lives in the South of England having spent his working life as a Police Officer, retiring after 32 years' service. His key roles were as a handler of specialist search dogs, a Home Office qualified instructor and later trained by the Royal Engineers to qualify as a Police Search Advisor. Colin is an avid collector of aviation memorabilia ... Read more
Reviews for B-24 Bridge Busters: RAF Liberators over Burma
Much of the material in the book derives from official records, personal logbooks and the accounts of the aircrews themselves. It will undoubtedly prove useful to those interested in military aviation and the history of WWII.
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