Beaufighter at War
Autore/i | Chaz Bowyer | ||
Editore | Ian Allan Publishing | Luogo | London |
Anno | 1976 | Pagine | 160 |
Dimensioni | 23x30 (cm) | Illustrazioni | ill. b/n n.t. - b/w ills. |
Legatura | cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori - Hardcover with dustjacket | Conservazione | Usato ottime condizioni - used very good |
Lingua | Inglese - English text | Peso | 1500 (gr) |
ISBN | 0711007047 | EAN-13 | 9780711007048 |
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The Beaufighter, despite the French connotation of its name, was strictly a brutish functional air weapon and looked every inch of it. Yet in its ugliness there was an air of pugnacity which emanated an aura of sheer rugged handsomeness; the same charisma which inexplicably attracts a beautiful woman to a boxer's battered features gave Beau crews an affinity with their steed. The pug-nosed, hunched -shoulders appearance of a Beau proclaimed accurately its deadly fighting abili-ty, a destroyer which packed the most lethal punch ever fitted to an RAF fighter at that time. A Beau's 'caress' was usually fatal - as a host of enemies came to know to their cost. Nor was this toughness limited to appearance only. The Beau was built 'like a proverbial brick out-house' (in the words of one Beau pilot), able to absorb a staggering amount of structural damage and still deliver a live crew from the debris.
The theme of this book is simple - to attempt to re-create something of the authentic 'feel' and general atmosphere of Beaufighter operations during the years 1940-45, as seen through the eyes and words of the men best qualified to do that, the Beau crews, air and ground.
Note alle condizioni del volume
Usato ottime condizioni, lievi segni di uso e del tempo. (T-CA)
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