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. Furt… Mehr

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Produktdetails

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

ISBN: 978-1-78096-462-1
EAN: 9781780964621
Produktnummer: 14009302
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 80 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 6'221 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 40 b/w; 6 col

Über den Autor

Doug Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel who spent nine years of his 26-year career in Western Europe and retired with approximately 3,200 hours of fast jet time, almost half of that as an F-15 Eagle pilot. As commander of the 32d Fighter Squadron, Soesterberg AB, NL, he enforced the No-Fly-Zone over Iraq acquiring over 100 hours of combat time in the F-15, making him an expert on F-15 employment, especially in operations over Iraq. He is also 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.