Product details
ISBN
9781846039348
Published
2010-11-10
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
310 gr
Height
248 mm
Width
184 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
80
Author
Biographical note
Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel who retired with approximately 3,200 hours of fast jet time. He is a USAF Academy graduate with a Masters Degree in Political Science and has authored numerous books, including To Defeat the Few for Osprey Publishing. He contributes regularly to the modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer.
In May 1943, a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history by flying a high-risk, low level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry in the Ruhr Valley. A comparatively tiny part of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' four-month-long Battle of the Ruhr, this one raid had an impact totally out of proportion to the small number of aircraft involved. It highlights the synergy of science and technology, weapons development and production, mission planning and practice, and the unflinching courage in the execution of a highly dangerous bombing raid. Furthermore, it established a legend that still resonates today.
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In May 1943, a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history by flying a high-risk, low level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry in the Ruhr Valley. This one raid had an impact totally out of proportion to the small number of aircraft involved.
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Introduction
Origins
The Plan
The Raid
Aftermath
Analysis
Further Reading
The legendary story of the Dambusters – how a small squadron of RAF bombers defied the odds to carry out a highly dangerous, low altitude bombing raid at night in the very heart of the Third Reich.
Product details
ISBN
9781846039348
Published
2010-11-10
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
310 gr
Height
248 mm
Width
184 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
80
Author