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Author: George William Robert Nicholl
Publisher: London : Foulis
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beskriver det engelske Vickers Supermarine Walrus amfibiefly, som under 2. verdenskrig blev anvendt til mange opgaver, herunder eftersøgnings- og redningsmissioner
Author: Roger Wallsgrove
Publisher: Yellow
Published: 2024-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788365281555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive pictorial and technical data on Walrus ever published. Walrus was designed by R J Mitchell, who also designed the Spitfire. A summary of the fascinating and peculiar career of the Walrus, air-sea rescue seaplane and maid of all work.
Author: Przemyslaw Frask
Publisher: Scale Plans
Published: 2017-03-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788365281562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 scale of Supermarine Walrus All subversions are shown.
Author: Stuart Lloyd
Publisher: Dalrymple and Verdun
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781905414086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beskriver britiske flådeflys bemaling og camouflage i Atlanterhavs- og Middelhavsområdet i perioden 1937-1941
Author: James Kightly
Publisher: MMP
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788391717899
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive pictorial and technical data on both types ever published. Both were designed by R J Mitchell, who also designed the Spitfire. A summary of the fascinating and peculiar career of the Walrus, air-sea rescue seaplane and maid of all work. The Stranraer had been completely neglected and the details of this maritime patrol bomber's history is illustrated by many previously unpublished photographs and drawings.
Author: Norman Franks
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2016-11-30
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1473861306
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across both the North Sea and the English Channel. This meant that aircrew in difficulties would be forced to come down in both of these bodies of water. Therefore it was essential that some form of rescue service be made available to fish these airman from the water. But there were no aircraft in existence at that time that were designed for such a task: initially all that could be done was to use land planes to help locate anyone in the water, drop a dinghy to them, and then guide a boat to their position. Obviously a quicker and more reliable means of rescue was needed, and this came in the shape of the Supermarine Walrus, an amphibian airplane that could land on both sea and land. Several Flights of these airplanes were set up around the coast of Britain, concentrated mainly around the south and southeast of England. The Air Sea Rescue airmen did a magnificent job from 1941-45, rescuing hundreds of downed RAF and USAAF aircrew. It took a special type of airman to undertake these rescues and another kind of courage. As the war in North Africa developed, Walrus aircraft were needed in the Mediterranean, and later on either side of the Italian coast. Walrus squadrons operated just as successfully in this theater as around Britain. Aircrew operating over any stretch of water could always count on the ASR boys coming to their aid. This is their story.
Author: Alexander Fitzgerald-Black
Publisher: Wolverhampton Military Studies
Published: 2018-02-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781912174942
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the summer of 1943, the United Nations began Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily. The Eagles over HUSKY - the airmen of the Allied air forces - played a crucial role in the assault. The Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica provided a significant part of the Axis force meant to defend the island and throw the Allies back into the sea. The Allied air forces foiled this effort and inflicted losses on a German Air Force badly needed on other fronts. Raids on mainland Italian railway transport crippled Axis resupply efforts. The same strikes brought pressure on the Italian state to denounce Fascism and join the Allied side. Army commanders relied heavily on tactical air power to destroy Axis forces in Sicily. The result was a strategic victory which forced Nazi Germany to stand alone in defense of southern Europe. Most histories of the campaign focus on the escape of German forces across the Strait of Messina. Eagles over Husky challenges the notion that the Allied militaries bungled total victory in Sicily. It assesses one of the greatest air battles of the Second World War. This is a topic that has been relatively unexamined by historians of the campaign, who tend to focus on army matters. Eagles over Husky tells the integrated story of the air war waged during the Battle of Sicily. The author draws upon experiences, perspectives, and sources from both Allied and Axis camps to inform the analysis and enhance the narrative.
Author: Alexander Clarke
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2020-10-30
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1526772914
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The conception and evolution—through inter-war tensions, global war, and years of Cold War hostility—of the Royal Navy’s large fleet destroyers. The Tribal class destroyers are heroes of the Altmark incident, of the battle of Narvik, and countless actions across all theatres of operation. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about these critical ships, still less about their wartime successors, the Battle class, or their postwar incarnations, the Daring class. This book seeks to rectify this by describing the three classes, each designed under different circumstances along destroyer lines but to general-purpose light cruiser form, from the interwar period through to the 1950s, and the author explains the procurement process for each class in the context of the needs and technology of the times. Taken together these classes represent the genesis of the modern general-purpose destroyer, breaking from the torpedo boat destroyer form into a self-reliant, multi-purpose combatant capable of stepping up to the cruiser’s traditional peacetime patrol missions whilst also fulfilling the picket and fighting duties of the wartime light cruiser or heavy destroyer. This is the first work to analyze these three classes side by side, to examine their conception, their creation and their operational stories, many heroic, and provide an insight into ship design, operation and culture. In doing so, the book aims to contribute a better understanding of one of the most significant periods in the Royal Navy’s history. In its clear description of the genesis of the modern destroyer, this book will give the reader a clearer picture of its future as well. Historians, professionals and enthusiasts will all enjoy this wide-ranging and detailed study.
Author: Christopher Smith
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-02-15
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1445651254
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores the fascinating history of Supermarine.
