Heroic Endeavour
The Remarkable Story of One Pathfinder Force Attack, a Victoria Cross and 206 Brave Men
This WWII combat history offers a detailed chronicle and analysis of an RAF Pathfinder Squadron's ill-fated operation over Cologne. On December 23rd, 1944, an elite squadron of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command engaged in a courageous yet tragic daylight raid on the Gremberg railway yards in Cologne, Germany. One of the war's most significant raids, it is scarcely mentioned in history books. Yet it was an operation in which its leader won the Victoria Cross, and a future VC fought a similarly heroic battle. It was also a harrowing ordeal in which ordinary men lost their lives doing extraordinary things. In Heroic Endeavour, aviation historia…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-909166-51-6
- EAN: 9781909166516
- Produktnummer: 35790734
- Verlag: Grub Street Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Sean Feast is a Director and co-owner of Gravity London and the author of several books on World War II pilots.
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