The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual - 1941-1945

The Avro Lancaster was the RAF''s most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, ''Lancs'' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring - notably the ''dambusters'' raid of 617 squadron on the Ruhr valley dams in May 1943. The success of such operations was testament both to the rugged, reliable qualities of this amazing aircraft and the bravery and skill of the pilots, navigators, bombardiers, flight engineers and gunners that crewed it. They relied on their training and experience, supplemented by various pamphlets and manuals that were produced throughout the war. Supplemented with illustrative plans and diagrams, this fascinating pocket manual provides a unique insight into the wartime operation of this famous aircraft.>

Product details

• Authors: Martin Robson, Martin (University of Exeter Robson, Robson Martin
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781472830449
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-3044-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 184 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; military history, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Military vehicles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Military aircraft, Aerospace and aviation technology