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Chorlton Martyn |
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The RAF pathfinders : bomber command's elite squadrons / / Martyn Chorlton ; foreword by Michael Wadsworth |
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Newbury, Berkshire, : Countryside Books, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Leading the way""; ""The Butt and Cherwell reports""; ""The Pathfinder Concept""; ""Group Captain S. O. Bufton (1908�1993)""; ""Early Beginnings and Formation""; ""1 Operations 1942""; ""August � A tentative start""; ""September � Illuminating, marking/route-marking and backing up""; ""October � Italian targets""; ""November � Boozer""; ""December � OBOE trials & Wanganui into service""; ""2 Operations 1943""; ""January � 8 Group is born, new TIs, ground-markers & H2S Operational"" |
""February � Battle of Berlin comes to an end""""March � Tactical Targets increase""; ""April � 8 Group lose, 5 Group gain!""; ""May � D-Day build-Up""; ""June � Overlord and the Flying-bomb""; ""July � �Heavy Oboe� attack method""; ""August � 8 Group�s first Victoria Cross""; ""September � Operation Market Garden""; ""October � The Second Battle of the Ruhr begins""; ""November � LNSF attacks grow in strength""; ""December � 8 Group�s only Oboe VC""; ""4 Operations 1945""; ""January � the Mosquito takes charge"" |
""February � Bomber Command�s last VC of the war""""March � The Allies push into Germany""; ""April/May � �Eagle�s Nest�, Exodus, Manna and Victory!""; ""8 Group�s Swan Song""; ""Appendix I""; ""8 (Pathfinder Force) Group Statistics August 1942 to May 1945""; ""Appendix II""; ""Aircraft types""; ""Appendix III""; ""The Pathfinder crews� eight duties""; ""Appendix IV""; ""8 Group Squadrons August 1942 to August 1945""; ""Appendix V""; ""Early Radar and navigational |
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aids""; ""Appendix VI""; ""Pathfinder jargon buster""; ""Appendix VII""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Index"" |
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