Men of Power
The story begins in 1940 when Harvey Heyworth was leading No. 79 Squadron RAF defending north-eastern England from Luftwaffe raids made by bombers based in Norway and Denmark and then later in the Battle of Britain when the unit moved south. During late 1940 and up to June 1941 Heyworth led his squadron in defense of Bristol and Swansea operating by night and day. By 1942 he had amassed 4,000 flying hours. Harvey then joined Rolls-Royce test flying early British jet aircraft including the famous Gloster-Whittle and test-bed Wellington bombers powered by the new jet engines.In 1944 Harvey's brother Jim also joined Rolls, having flown with No.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78340-942-6
- EAN: 9781783409426
- Produktnummer: 22582013
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'005 KB
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