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Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks
Ron Collier
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Description for Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks
Paperback. The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 368.
This revised edition contains 26 stories about World War II airmen who came to grief on the Pennine Hills of North Derbyshire. Wartime aviation history is recorded in the crash sites, for each pile of rusting metal represents a chapter in the air war waged against Germany, from an early bombing raid to Europe by Hampdens of 83 Squadron, to every aspect of aircrew training, twin-engined Oxfords of Advanced Flying Units, Wellingtons of Operational Training Units, a Stirling from a Heavy Conversion Unit. Later Bomber Command operations are represented by the Halifax returning with one engine shot up - damage ... Read more
This revised edition contains 26 stories about World War II airmen who came to grief on the Pennine Hills of North Derbyshire. Wartime aviation history is recorded in the crash sites, for each pile of rusting metal represents a chapter in the air war waged against Germany, from an early bombing raid to Europe by Hampdens of 83 Squadron, to every aspect of aircrew training, twin-engined Oxfords of Advanced Flying Units, Wellingtons of Operational Training Units, a Stirling from a Heavy Conversion Unit. Later Bomber Command operations are represented by the Halifax returning with one engine shot up - damage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wharncliffe Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780850523362
SKU
9780850523362
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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