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The RAF pathfinders : bomber command's elite squadrons /
The formation of the Pathfinder Force in August 1942 produced a steady but certain change in the fortunes of Bomber Command. During the early years of the war, aerial photographs showed that less than one third of the aircraft were successfully placing their bombs with accuracy. There was a basic la...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newbury, Berkshire :
Countryside Books,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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 � Blind-Bombing success and FIDO (Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation)""""March � The Battle of the Ruhr begins""; ""April � More squadrons, more arfields""; ""May � Mounting Losses""; ""June � More Mosquitoes!""; ""July � The Battle of the Ruhr ends and the Battle of Hamburg begins""; ""August � Peenem�nde and the long road to Berlin begins""; ""September � Varying targets""; ""October � High price for a new target""; ""November � Battle of Berlin begins""; ""December � Nightmare over Berlin""; ""3 Operations 1944""; ""January � Berlin takes its toll""
- ""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 aids""; ""Appendix VI""; ""Pathfinder jargon buster""; ""Appendix VII""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Index""