TORPEDO AIRMEN: MISSIONS WITH BRISTOL BEAUFORTS 1940-42
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit
Published by William Kimber
in 1983
ISBN: 0718303695
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TORPEDO AIRMEN: MISSIONS WITH BRISTOL BEAUFORTS 1940-42
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1825975
1st.
1983.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The vivid stories of a suicidal attack on the Schamorst, a night-time torpedo attack on Cherbourg, the winning of a Victoria Cross, a dramatic episode in the 'Channel Dash', the strange events that followed the death of a Commanding Officer, the sinking of an Italian Cruiser, the sky-jacking of an enemy aircraft and a forced landing in the middle of a battle in North Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718303695. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to lower edge of front flap fold and is scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Extracts from the Operations Records Book, 217 Squadron
- Introduction
- I The Yellow Bombs
- II The Device of the Devil
- III The Face of Courage
- IV Darky-Darky
- V Missing on Operations
- VI Melita Superest
- VII The Flight of the Heron
- VIII The Late Arrival
- IX The Final Success
- Selected Bibliography and Sources
- Index