Halifax Squadrons of World War 2

Jon Lake (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

116 Seiten

1999
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-85532-892-1 (ISBN)

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Handley Page's Halifax was the first RAF "heavy" bomber to drop bombs on Germany in 1941. The detailed text explains tactics used by the crews for their raids over Europe, North Africa and maritime patrol and paratrooping work. There are scale drawings of all the major Halifax bomber variants.

The second of Britain's four-engined bombers to enter frontline service, Handley Page's Halifax has forever lived in the shadow of Avro's superb Lancaster.

However, it was a Halifax which became the first RAF 'heavy' to drop bombs on Germany when No 35 Sqn raided Hamburg on the night of 12/13 March 1941. Between 1941-45, the Halifax completed some 75,532 sorties with Bomber Command alone [compared with the Lancaster's 156,000], not to mention its sterling work as both a glider tug and paratroop carrier with the Airborne Forces, maritime patrol mount with Coastal Command and covert intruder with the SOE.

Jon Lake is one of Britains leading journalists and historians, and secretary of the Freelance Aviation Journalists Association. An airbrush artist with years of experience, Chris Davey has become Osprey's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. His most recent work includeds Aces 27 and 30, and Combat AIrcraft 14 and 19. He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.

Introduction
Origins of the Halifax
Halifax Goes to War
Breaking the Back of the Reich
Pathfinder Force
SOE Halifaxes
No 100 Group
Airborne Forces and Transport
Coastal Command
The End
Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.1999
Reihe/Serie	Combat Aircraft
Illustrationen	Chris Davey
Zusatzinfo	100 b/w; 40 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 248 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-85532-892-5 / 1855328925
ISBN-13	978-1-85532-892-1 / 9781855328921
Zustand	Neuware