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Sixty Squadron, R.A.F. - A History of the Squadron from its Formation (Hardcover)
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Sixty Squadron, R.A.F. - A History of the Squadron from its Formation (Hardcover)
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Sixty Squadron RAF, which covers the period from the disastrous
maelstrom of the Somme offensive to final victory, 1916-1919, is
one of the classic histories of the Great War. It is the story of a
squadron whose members were awarded 1 Victoria Cross, 5
Distinguished Service Orders, 1 Bar to the DSO, 37 Military Crosses
and 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses. Pilots of No.60 Squadron
included Harold Balfour, Albert Ball, A.D. Bell-Irving, "Billy"
Bishop, K.L. Caldwell, and the young T.B. McCudden, who was killed
in action, but whose own accounts of the fighting have also become
legendary. Organized in April 1916, No.60 Squadron went to France
the next month. It participated in not only the Somme campaign but
Arras, Passchendaele and the March 1918 offensive. Group Captain
A.J.L. Scott has written in this book not only of the aces under
his command but of their German opponents. His account begins with
the early stages of scouting and closes with the final concepts of
offensive aerial combat during World War I. In the intervening
period No.60 Squadron achieved an impressive 274 victories over
enemy aircraft. Many of those mentioned in these pages, first
published in 1920, remained in aviation in the years after the war
and during World War II, with considerable success.
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