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Hurricane at War

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Autore/i	Chaz Bowyer
Editore	Ian Allan Publishing	Luogo	London
Anno	1975	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	1200 (gr)
ISBN	0711005648	EAN-13	9780711005648
Prezzo	35.00 €	Sconto	60%
Prezzo scontato	14.00 €

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The Hawker Hurricane has a permanent niche in the annals of military aviation history as the world's first operational eight-gun monoplane fighter and as the RAF's first front-line fighter to achieve more than 300mph in level flight. But it has received little credit for its subsequent lion's share of the defence of the United Kingdom during the 1940 Battle of Britain, and its later service in a score of fighting roles across every theatre of operations during the 1939-45 war. In this book the author sets out to redress this omission in due recognition of the Hurricane's magnificent record.
With a collation of authentic, first-hand impressions and experiences by the men who flew and serviced the Hurricane, backed by a unique collection of specially selected photographs, many from private sources, he has recreated the genuine atmosphere of Hurricane operations. This amalgam of text and photographs traces the story of the Hurricane and its crews from the first prototype and pre-1939 service to France 1940; through the Battle of Britain; in the frozen wastes of North Russia; over beleagured Malta; across Sicily and Greece and as far afield as the Burmese jungle. There are pilots accounts of low-level bombing sorties covering the disastrous Dieppe invasion, a personal story by the only fighter pilot of World War Il to be awarded the Victoria Cross, and pictorial sections illustrating the armament, markings and, especially, the men who knew the Hurricane best- -the crews.