The Strike Wings: Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45 by Roy Conyers Nesbit PDF

By Roy Conyers Nesbit

In November 1942, the RAF shaped specified Strike Wings to assault the seriously defended and probably invulnerable convoys that introduced Germany’s very important provides of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its battle desktop. the end result was once a chain sea/air battles at shut quarters, fought with expanding ferocity until eventually the final days of the conflict. The Germans attempted every thing opposed to the Beaufighters and Mosquitos of the Strike Wings – opponents, severe flak, parachute mines or even flame-throwers – and the casualties have been appallingly heavy on each side.

In this vintage account of 1 of the ignored, but the most important theatres of the air battle Roy Nesbit, himself a survivor of strike plane of Coastal Command, describes those advanced battles from British and German files, assisted via first-hand bills from many of the courageous airmen who took half. He additionally analyzes the consequences of the strategies hired at the German struggle economic climate, with a few startling conclusions. the result's a desirable, basically written and bright heritage of occasions that have been little publicized through the struggle for purposes of safety.

His booklet comprises targeted diagrams of a few of the most important assaults and contours a few awesome images taken in action.

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