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Voices in Flight: The Dambuster´s Squadron
Colin Higgs
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Description for Voices in Flight: The Dambuster´s Squadron
Hardback. Features a series of first hand accounts, relayed from transcripts of original conversations between the authors and the various interviewed veterans. Memories preserved for posterity, these accounts illuminate our understanding of this most iconic raid Supplemented by a series of rare black and white illustrations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Borne of a well-established partnership between the authors Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar, this is an evocative and beautifully crafted piece of work that is sure to appeal to the Aviation fraternity as well as serving as a memorial to the veterans whose exploits characterise this most daring and iconic of raids. As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the 1943 Raid,, it seems fitting that we should have such an account to mark the occasion, consolidating the collective experiences of a selection of aircrew who contributed to the proceedings. The authors have set themselves the ambitious task of ... Read more
Borne of a well-established partnership between the authors Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar, this is an evocative and beautifully crafted piece of work that is sure to appeal to the Aviation fraternity as well as serving as a memorial to the veterans whose exploits characterise this most daring and iconic of raids. As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the 1943 Raid,, it seems fitting that we should have such an account to mark the occasion, consolidating the collective experiences of a selection of aircrew who contributed to the proceedings. The authors have set themselves the ambitious task of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781593714
SKU
V9781781593714
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About Colin Higgs
Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar are Aviation historians with extensive interview experience. Together they have access to a great archive of images, a selection of which have been used here to great effect.
Reviews for Voices in Flight: The Dambuster´s Squadron
The authors interviewed as wide a cross-section of veterans of 617 Squadron, the Dambusters, as they could. Their accounts woven together with the authors' supplementary narrative. Britain at War A unique book. one of the most vivid and unforgettable accounts of the RAF at war ever written. A remarkable collection of wartime images appear in print for the first ... Read more