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Stirlings in Action with the Airborne Forces: Air Support to Special Forces and the SAS During WW11: Air Support for SAS and Resistance Operations During WWII

Door Dennis Williams

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#322461-XB4
Titel
Stirlings in Action with the Airborne Forces: Air Support to Special Forces and the SAS During WW11: Air Support for SAS and Resistance Operations During WWII
Auteur
Williams, Dennis
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley : Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
1844156486
ISBN13
9781844156481
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with a lot of b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting

This is the history of two RAF squadrons which shared the task of dropping agents and supplies on behalf of the Special Operations Executive, took part in the D-Day landings, suffered heavy losses at Arnhem, dropped Special Air Service troops behind enemy lines and were involved with the Rhine crossing that sealed Germany's fate in 1945. Both squadrons flew the Short Stirling from Leicester East, then Fairford and finally Great Dunmow. Although there was a healthy rivalry between personnel serving on 190 and 620 Squadrons, there was a deep sense of camaraderie that forged bonds between them. Many of the operations involved a lone aircraft flying at night, using visual navigation to find the small pinpricks of light where resistance forces were waiting to receive agents and supplies. Ther... (Lees verder)e were also tasks of towing gliders and dropping paratroops that demanded skilled piloting and navigation. Apart from his research into operational records and archive material, the author has found many ex-squadron members who have captured many unique moments from sixty years ago and thus made it possible to tell their story.
Pagina's
342
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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