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WINGS ACROSS THE BORDER: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN NORTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN MARCHES VOL III

by Derrick Pratt; Mike Grant

Published by Bridge Books. 1st. 2005

Very good condition. This third volumes of Wings Across the Border, complete in itself, covers the period 1940-1, a period of experimentation as the RAF and other armed services tried to tackle the problems of countering the Luftwaffe. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and maps. 256 pages.

Cover corners lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Minor mark to top edge of text block. First section pulled. Contents clean.

ISBN: 1844940101
Stock no. 1831165

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Contents

  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Panic Stations
  • 2. To fool the enemy....
  • 3. Bombing and gunnery ranges
  • 4. Accident Blackspot
  • 5. Bay watch
  • Appendix: AMES No.65A (Prestatyn CHL)
  • 6. Secret Starfish
  • Appendix: Decoy Sites, No.9 Group Fighting Area
  • 7. Four into one will go
  • Appendix: Aircraft losses and accidents from No.7 OTU & No. 57 OTU, 1940
  • 8. Catalina Diary
  • Appendix: Friar's Log 2 August 1940-24 July 1945
  • Appendix: Catalinas modified or tested at SARO, beaumaris, 1943-5
  • 9. Wrecks and wreckage
  • 10. Picking up the pieces
  • 11. Trespassers
  • 12. Empathy - the pilots
  • Appendix: The Lock Achievement
  • 13. Empathy - the raids
  • 14. Empathy - the aeroplanes
  • 15. Forgotten airforce
  • Appendix: Some ferry mishaps, 1941-5
  • Further Reading

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