Douglas C. Dildy

Dambusters: Operation Chastise 1943

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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. 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. Fu… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Gerrard, Howard (Illustr.) / Kozik, Mariusz (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-84603-934-8
EAN: 9781846039348
Produktnummer: 7310276
Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 80 S.
Masse: H25.0 cm x B18.4 cm x D0.9 cm 259 g
Reihenbandnummer: 16
Gewicht: 259

Über den Autor

Doug Dildy is a USAF Academy graduate with a degree in history. He attended the US Armed Forces Staff College and USAF Air War College and holds a Masters Degree in Political Science. Doug has authored several campaign studies as well as several articles covering the Dutch, Danish and Norwegian air arms' defence against the German invasions of 1940 for notable US aviation history magazines. He is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer.