Arctic Airmen - The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942 (Paperback)

In 1942 a Catalina crew of 210 Squadron, based at Sullom Voe in the Shetlands, was selected to carry out a series of highly secret operations, including a flight to the North Pole. The sorties were associated with a Norwegian expedition from Britain to Spitsbergen, to deny the use of the territory to the enemy. The flights made by the crew were frequently over twenty-four hours in length and reached the limits of human endurance, in conditions of extreme cold. Later, the squadron was detached to North Russia, to provide cover for the convoys taking vital supplies to the Allies on the Eastern Front. The navigator of the crew, Ernest Schofield, retained logs of most of these sorties. Together with other survivors of the crew, accounts from German sources and research carried out by Roy Conyers Nesbit, he recreated these little-known events, in detailed and accurate narrative that ends in tragedy.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	Ernest Schofield • Roy Conyers Nesbit
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-5469-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-7509-5469-8
Barcode:	9780750954693

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