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BLACK SWAN: A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON

Written by Sid Finn
Published by Newton in 1989
ISBN: 1872308007

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BLACK SWAN: A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON
Written by Sid Finn.
Stock no. 1829848
1st. 1989. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, white title to spine. 348 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872308007. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards are lightly scuffed. Previous owner's embossed stamp to title page else contents clean.

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BLACK SWAN: A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON
Written by Sid Finn.
Stock no. 1601731
1st. 1989. Hardback. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, white title to spine. 348 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872308007. Top of spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. SIGNED by author with dedication on front endpaper. Contents fine.

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Front cover

Cover of BLACK SWAN: A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON by Sid Finn

Contents

  • About the Author
  • Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine KBE, CB, DSO, LL.D.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Formation of 103 Squadron in 1917, WWI in France
  • Chapter 2 Squadron re-formed at Andover, August 1936
  • Chapter 3 Return to France with AASF September 1939
  • Chapter 4 Squadron at Newton, converts to Wellingtons July 1940
  • Chapter 5 Squadron moves from Newton-Daylight on Brest
  • Chapter 6 Squadron moves to Elsham Wolds July 1941
  • Chapter 7 Squadron operational from Elsham Wolds April 1942
  • Chapter 8 Preparations for first thousand bomber raid
  • Chapter 9 Conversions to heavy bombers, Halifax II then the Lancaster, November 1942
  • Chapter 10 Squadron life May 1943
  • Chapter 11 Squadron operations September 1943
  • Chapter 12 Squadron operations February 1944
  • Chapter 13 May/June 1944 daylight operations
  • Chapter 14 Operations against Flying Bomb Sites August 1944
  • Chapter 15 Winding down February 1945
  • Chapter 16 Squadron disbanded November 1945
  • Chapter 17 Squadron Re-formed August 1954. Operations until squadron disbanded August 1975
  • Roll of Honour
  • Appendix 1 List of Abbreviations etc
  • Appendix 2 Arthur John Henry MkI
  • Appendix 3 Sqn Ldr Van Rollegan
  • In Retrospect
  • Back of the Book: List of Squadron bases, CO's and aircraft operated
  • Bibliography