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Combat Over the Mediterranean: The RAF in Action Against the Germans and Italians Through Rare Archive Photographs
Chris Goss
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Description for Combat Over the Mediterranean: The RAF in Action Against the Germans and Italians Through Rare Archive Photographs
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Drawing on an extremely rare collection of photographs taken by the camera guns of Bristol Beaufighters deployed on ground-attack and anti-shipping operations, this book will form a rare indeed unique view of what it was like to fly dangerous strike missions against German and Italian forces over North Africa and the Mediterranean between 1942 and 1945. Despite being reformed in the UK in November 1940 as Coastal Commands first Beaufighter squadron, 252 Squadron, which also operated Bristol Blenheims until April 1941, was destined to spend most of its service in North Africa and the Mediterranean before being ... Read more
Drawing on an extremely rare collection of photographs taken by the camera guns of Bristol Beaufighters deployed on ground-attack and anti-shipping operations, this book will form a rare indeed unique view of what it was like to fly dangerous strike missions against German and Italian forces over North Africa and the Mediterranean between 1942 and 1945. Despite being reformed in the UK in November 1940 as Coastal Commands first Beaufighter squadron, 252 Squadron, which also operated Bristol Blenheims until April 1941, was destined to spend most of its service in North Africa and the Mediterranean before being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473889439
SKU
V9781473889439
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Chris Goss
Having retired from the RAF with the rank of Wing Commander, Chris Goss is a regular and highly sought after contributor to major aviation publications in the UK, France and Germany, as well the author of fourteen critically acclaimed books covering the air war between 1939 and 1945\. Chris completed an MA with Merit in War Studies in 2001.
Reviews for Combat Over the Mediterranean: The RAF in Action Against the Germans and Italians Through Rare Archive Photographs
This is an slightly more unusual collection of archive photos to see from a single unit, and in this quantity. The operational records provide the detail for the individual stories to accompany the photos and I though a useful reminder that these are all very much records of real warfare. Nothing staged and of course real events that would have ... Read more