Gathering Moss
An atmospheric, mainly biographical story set in the 1930s-1950s, of a British Naval Officer's determination to foil the enemy's wartime dive bombing of our fleet. Hundreds of lives were saved by his suggested adaptation of the big, anti-aircraft barrage balloons which were flown above cities and other land based targets, to be specially tailored for the defence of shipping as well.Combined with this moving story is a colourful account of family life at that time, and it was not very long after the ending of the Second World War that Commander &quote;Basher&quote; Boorman began to find himself involved in certain minor skirmishes on h…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5289-7008-2
- EAN: 9781528970082
- Produktnummer: 34812522
- Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'477 KB
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