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Short Stirling: RAF Heavy Bomber in World War II (Hardcover)
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Short Stirling: RAF Heavy Bomber in World War II (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R547
Discovery Miles 5 470
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Introduced in 1941, the Short Stirling was the Royal Air Force's
first four-engine heavy bomber of the Second World War. However,
early on, the Stirling's performance was compromised by several
issues: a reduced wingspan, which resulted in serious limitations
on maximum altitude capability; the two-stage landing gear proved
to be dangerously frail; and the bomb-bay design proved incapable
of carrying large-scale blockbuster bombs. Its altitude ceiling
limitations left the aircraft particularly vulnerable to isolation
and dispatch by enemy night fighters within the bomber stream, and
it was these factors that ultimately led to its withdrawal from
Britain's strategic bombing campaign over occupied Europe. By
November 1943, it was replaced by the more effective Handley Page
Halifax and Avro Lancaster. However, it did see important
second-line duty in the glider-towing, paratroop drop, minelaying,
and supply roles. The Stirling also saw post-WWII duties as a
passenger transport up to the late 1940s. This book is a concise,
visual history of this lesser-known RAF WWII bomber.
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