Catalina Over Arctic Oceans : Anti-Submarine and Rescue Flying in World War I2

Catalina Over Arctic Oceans : Anti-Submarine and Rescue Flying in World War I2

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Author: </b> French, John

xii + 180pp., index, John French first took up flying in 1937 with the University of London Air Squadron, and this move was to signal the start of a long and varied career in flight that would see him involved in some of the most iconic wartime exploits of the Twentieth Century. Posted to Gibraltar in the midst of war, he flew sorties in support of the North African landings during Operation Torch, a particularly interesting episode in Second World War history. From here, he was to work on the iconic Catalinathe spectacular water plane, employed to such great effect in an array of military operations in the latter half of the Twentieth Century

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Author: French, John
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Place: Barnsley
Cover: dust jacket
Condition: New Book
Category: WW2 Aviation
Year: 2013
Edition: 1st edition
Size: octavo
Description: xii + 180pp., index, John French first took up flying in 1937 with the University of London Air Squadron, and this move was to signal the start of a long and varied career in flight that would see him involved in some of the most iconic wartime exploits of the Twentieth Century. Posted to Gibraltar in the midst of war, he flew sorties in support of the North African landings during Operation Torch, a particularly interesting episode in Second World War history. From here, he was to work on the iconic Catalinathe spectacular water plane, employed to such great effect in an array of military operations in the latter half of the Twentieth Century

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