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Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next - Softcover

Nichol, John

 
9780008100858: Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0008100853 ISBN 13: 9780008100858
Verlag: William Collins, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

(Previously published as ‘After the Flood’)

Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood.

RAF 617 Squadron’s destruction of the dams at the heart of the Ruhr made them heroes and celebrities of their time. But this elite squadron was also called upon for a hundred more of the most secret and dangerous specialist precision attacks. As bestselling author John Nichol discovers, 617 would drop the largest bombs ever built on battleships, railway bridges, secret weapon establishments, rockets sites and U-boat construction pens. They were involved in attempts on the lives of enemy leaders, both Hitler and Mussolini, created a ‘false fleet’ on D-day which fooled the Germans, and knocked out a German super gun which would have rained 600 shells an hour on London. Of the 77 men who made it home from dams raid, only 45 survived to see the victory for which they fought – as 617’s reputation called them into action again and again.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Nichol is a former RAF flight lieutenant whose Tornado bomber was shot down on a mission over Iraq during the first Gulf War in 1991. He was captured and made a prisoner of war. He is the bestselling co-author of Tornado Down and also The Last Escape, and Tail-end Charlies. He is also a journalist and widely quoted military commentator.

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Verlag
William Collins
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0008100853
ISBN 13 
9780008100858
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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