2 GROUP R.A.F.: A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer
Published by Faber & Faber
in 1974
ISBN: 0571094910
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
2 GROUP R.A.F.: A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1829886
1st.
1974.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
No. 2 Group was formed in Bomber Command to support the Army. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 532 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571094910. Front hinge between half-title page and title page is pulled but binding tight and not broken. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps and Charts
- Abbreviations and Terms
- List of Appendices
- Origins and Acknowledgements
- Prologue - The Ways of War
- 1 Shadows of Conflict
- 2 The Call for Courage
- 3 Scandinavian Interlude
- 4 Assault on France
- 5 Hide and Seek
- 6 Our Fate in the Balance
- 7 By Night and Day
- 8 Sink Those Ships
- 9 Setting the Trend
- 10 Cloud, Cold and Contrails
- 11 Mediterranean Crusade
- 12 New Role, New Aircraft, New Year
- 13 Mosquito, Performer Supreme
- 14 Summer Escapade
- 15 Operation Oyster
- 16 Mosquitoes to Berlin, Venturas to the Continent
- 17 Mosquitoes to Liege by Sqn, Ldr. John Bergrren
- 18 Amsterdam Adversity
- 19 Offensive Crescendo
- 20 Crossbow and the Preparations for Overlord
- 21 Unlocking the Gates of Europe
- 22 Storming the Bastion
- 23 To the Rhine, the Elbe and Victory
- 24 Conclusions
- Appendices
- Index