Every day for nine months from September 1944, young British Commonwealth and Norwegian airmen flew from Banff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead in northern Scotland to target German U-Boats, merchantmen and freighters in the fjords and leads of southwest Norway, encountering the Luftwaffe and flakships every step of the way. Truly this was a war within a war, bitter and bloody, at low level and close quarters. By recording their crucial contribution to winning the world war, in a compelling, accurate and fascinating way, Andrew ...
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Every day for nine months from September 1944, young British Commonwealth and Norwegian airmen flew from Banff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead in northern Scotland to target German U-Boats, merchantmen and freighters in the fjords and leads of southwest Norway, encountering the Luftwaffe and flakships every step of the way. Truly this was a war within a war, bitter and bloody, at low level and close quarters. By recording their crucial contribution to winning the world war, in a compelling, accurate and fascinating way, Andrew Bird has ensured their memory will not be overlooked.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. A Separate Little War-The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945. Bird Andrew D.978904010432. Grub Street, London, 2003, 1st edition, H/B with dust jacket, NF/nf, 192pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Dust jacket wrapped in protective archive film, not price clipped. HISTORY WWII AIRMEN SCOTLAND NORWAY.47114 HISTORY/WWII/GERMANY £2150. 192 pp.
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