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Mosquito Attack!: A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War
Finn Eriksrud
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Description for Mosquito Attack!: A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War
Hardcover. The gripping true story of Finn Eriksrud - a Mosquito pilot who fled Norway to take on the Luftwaffe over his occupied country. Num Pages: 176 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
In 1943, the Norwegian forces formed No. 333 Squadron-their third detachment to fly under RAF command. One of its Flights was equipped with de Havilland's modern wonder, the Mosquito, and among its pilots was twenty-one year- old Finn Eriksrud. Mosquito Attack! A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War charts his escape from occupied Norway, his travels across the world, his bomber training in Canada, and the reconnaissance and patrol missions he flew over his homeland. By December 1943, all of the original pilots of Finn's squadron had died, either in flying accidents or shot down around the Scandinavian Peninsula. That winter, ... Read more
In 1943, the Norwegian forces formed No. 333 Squadron-their third detachment to fly under RAF command. One of its Flights was equipped with de Havilland's modern wonder, the Mosquito, and among its pilots was twenty-one year- old Finn Eriksrud. Mosquito Attack! A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War charts his escape from occupied Norway, his travels across the world, his bomber training in Canada, and the reconnaissance and patrol missions he flew over his homeland. By December 1943, all of the original pilots of Finn's squadron had died, either in flying accidents or shot down around the Scandinavian Peninsula. That winter, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781553114
SKU
V9781781553114
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Finn Eriksrud
Tor Idar Larsen was born in 1980 and lives in Eina, Norway. His first book for Fonthill Media was Viking Spitfire: The Story of Finn Thosager. He also contributed to Into the Swarm: Stories of RAF Fighter Pilots in the Second World War that was co-written with Chris Yeoman.
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