Aircraft for the Many: A Detailed Survey of the Raf's Aircraft in June 1944

Bowyer, Michael J. F.

ISBN 10: 1852604271 / ISBN 13: 9781852604271

Published by Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1995

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First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£19.99 price intact). Published by Patrick Stephen Ltd, 1995. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 320 pages. ISBN: 9781852604271. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aircraft for the Many: A Detailed Survey of the Raf's Aircraft in June 1944
• Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852604271
• ISBN 13: 9781852604271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History

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Synopsis

'Don't worry about the aircraft overhead. They will be ours.' That confident prediction came from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Forces, on the eve of the D-Day landings in Normandy. He had every right to sound confident. If Operation Neptune was to succeed, air superiority was crucial, and a massive operation was under way. In the 24 hours of 6 June 1944 some 14,600 sorties were flown by Allied aircraft, involving around 40,000 aircrew, and the RAF were at the forefront of the action.
The result of years of meticulous research by the author, the book provides a squadron by squadron, aircraft by aircraft breakdown of the RAF's operational involvement during the liberation of northern Europe. Every aspect is covered, from the mighty aerial armadas of bombers attacking coastal gun batteries to the lone Air-Sea Rescue Walrus amphibian plucking ditched airmen from the English Channel. Aircraft types are presented in their respective categories, their development and activities recorded in immense detail.