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Arctic Airmen: The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942
Ernest Schofield
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JJH; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
In 1942 a Catalina crew of 210 Squadron, based at Sullom Voe in the Shetlands, was selected to carry out a series of highly secret operations, including a flight to the North Pole. The sorties were associated with a Norwegian expedition from Britain to Spitsbergen, to deny the use of the territory to the enemy. The flights made by the crew were frequently over twenty-four hours in length and reached the limits of human endurance, in conditions of extreme cold. Later, the squadron was detached to North Russia, to provide cover for the convoys taking vital supplies to the Allies ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750954693
SKU
V9780750954693
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ernest Schofield
The late Roy Conyers Nesbit, a Second World War veteran, was an acknowledged authority on aviation history and the author of more than twenty books on this subject.
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