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Lancaster Squadrons 1944-45

By Jon Lake , Chris Davey

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2002
ISBN
9781841764337, 1-84176-433-7
Open Library ID
OL8922390M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
58 MB (60497246 bytes)
Series
Combat Aircraft 035
Pages
99\99
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The RAF's most successful heavy bomber of World War 2, the Avro Lancaster formed the backbone of Bomber Command during the large-scale night bombing campaign against occupied Europe. Produced in massive numbers (over 7300 up to VE-Day), the first examples entered squadron service on Christmas Eve 1941, and tasted combat the following March. The second of two volumes on the British bomber icon of World War 2, this book details Bomber Command's massive nocturnal bombing campaign, its support for the D-Day landings, Tallboy raids against the U-boat pens in France and the battleship Tirpitz in Norway, and the final daylight missions of 1945.

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