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Combat Over the Mediterranean - The RAF in Action Against the Germans and Italians Through Rare Archive Photographs (Paperback)
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Combat Over the Mediterranean - The RAF in Action Against the Germans and Italians Through Rare Archive Photographs (Paperback)
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Drawing on an extremely rare collection of photographs taken by the
camera guns of Bristol Beaufighters deployed on ground-attack and
anti-shipping operations, this book will form a rare indeed unique
view of what it was like to fly dangerous strike missions against
German and Italian forces over North Africa and the Mediterranean
between 1942 and 1945. Despite being reformed in the UK in November
1940 as Coastal Commands first Beaufighter squadron, 252 Squadron,
which also operated Bristol Blenheims until April 1941, was
destined to spend most of its service in North Africa and the
Mediterranean before being disbanded in Greece in December 1946.
One of the squadrons commanding officers, Wing Commander DOB
Butler, DFC, had the foresight to keep perfect examples of the many
thousands of gun camera stills taken by the Beaufighter pilots
under his command. As a result, he has preserved a remarkable
history of the air and sea war in the Mediterranean from October
1942 to May 1945. These dramatic stills show attacks against German
and Italian aircraft, Axis warships and merchantmen, harbours and
other targets on what are now popular holiday destinations such as
Rhodes, Naxos and Kos and across the Greek Islands, the Aegean and
Ionian Seas. This book will be based around these remarkable and
spectacular photographs and will include full details of key
missions and the crews who participated, with information drawn
from Squadron records and combat reports.
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