Ton-up Lancs
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0753717956 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 485 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Author of Battle of the Airfields, The Greatest Air Battle, Buck McNair, Beyond Courage and Aircraft versus Aircraft, he has also been co-author of many titles with distinguished fighter pilots such as Neville Duke (War Diaries of Neville Duke), Jimmy Sheddan (Tempest Pilot) and Paul Richey (Fighter Pilot's Summer) . About the Author Norman Franks is a well-respected and world-renowned author and has over fifty books to his name
When Arms & Armour began a series under the heading of ‘Claims to Fame’ the first was ‘The Lancaster’, by well known aviation author and historian Norman Franks. As most authors of factual books discover, information continues to come in after their books have been published. In the event the series only embraced two books, but over the last decade Norman has continued to research and has received more information on the 34 Lancasters covered, and in fact, that total is now 35. The book covers in detail how the research was carried out, the pitfalls that were encountered as well as a well-balanced view from one of the Lancaster’s former Skippers on what it was like to fly a bomber tour of operations in Bomber Command. These controversies can also be explained by the detailed listing of each raid these 35 Lancasters flew during 1942-1945, together with the names of the pilot and crew that took them on bomber sorties all over Hitler’s Third Reich, Northern Italy, during support missions before and after D-Day in June 1944 as well at attacking V1 rocket launch sites situated in Northern France. Rewritten with all the additional information collected, and with more photographs of the aircraft and then men who flew in these very special Avro Lancasters, Grub Street has decided to reprint the book in a new-size format, to coincide with the 60th an
Lancs David G. Zentz Excellent book on some incredible aircraft and the crews who manned them.. Stories from a fascinating time By any measure the Avro Lancaster was one of the outstanding aircraft of World War II. The Lanc became the RAF's most famous four engined bomber. It was designed quite differently from the American B-17/B-2Stories from a fascinating time John Matlock By any measure the Avro Lancaster was one of the outstanding aircraft of World War II. The Lanc became the RAF's most famous four engined bomber. It was designed quite differently from the American B-17/B-24 bombers. While it was about the same size, it had more powerful engines (Rolls Royce or Packard built Merlin engines of 1640 horsepower vs. the. bombers. While it was about the same size, it had more powerful engines (Rolls Royce or Packard built Merlin engines of 16Stories from a fascinating time John Matlock By any measure the Avro Lancaster was one of the outstanding aircraft of World War II. The Lanc became the RAF's most famous four engined bomber. It was designed quite differently from the American B-17/B-24 bombers. While it was about the same size, it had more powerful engines (Rolls Royce or Packard built Merlin engines of 1640 horsepower vs. the. 0 horsepower vs. the. Ton-up Lancs michael perry The content was excellent and met all expectations particularly having reference to my fathers aircraft and the crew.However,the book itself contained many pages that were damaged during printing cropping and many non separated pages. Otherwise,It is an extremely informative and compiled book and a credit to it's author.
Author of Battle of the Airfields, The Greatest Air Battle, Buck McNair, Beyond Courage and Aircraft versus Aircraft, he has also been co-author of many titles with distinguished fighter pilots such as Neville Duke (War Diaries of Neville Duke), Jimmy Sheddan (Tempest Pilot) and Paul Richey (Fighter Pilot's Summer) . Norman Franks is a well-respected and world-renowned