Expendable Squadron Nesbit Roy Conyers
Roy Nesbit s highly illustrated history of Coastal Command s 217 Squadron the squadron in which he served gives a firsthand insight into the hazardous low-level missions the squadron flew against…
Specifikacia Expendable Squadron Nesbit Roy Conyers
Roy Nesbit s highly illustrated history of Coastal Command s 217 Squadron the squadron in which he served gives a firsthand insight into the hazardous low-level missions the squadron flew against enemy shipping and ports during the Second World War. He chronicles the squadron s operations from the outbreak of war when it patrolled in Avro Ansons over the Western Approaches to the English Channel. Then came the most intense period of its wartime career when, flying Beauforts, it concentrated on minelaying and attacks on shipping along the west coast of German-occupied France. It also mounted daring raids on huge U-boat bunkers and other enemy installations. The story of these dangerous operations, in which many aircraft were lost and airmen were killed, makes up the most memorable section of the narrative. But Roy Nesbit takes the squadron s story right through to the later years of the