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Item Details
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THE LANCASTER MANUAL 1943
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| By: |
Gordon A. A. Wilson (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£8.02 |
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£2.97 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1445614421 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781445614427 |
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Currently 2 available |
| Publisher: |
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2013 |
| Pages: |
313 |
| Description: |
Publication timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Dam Buster raid of 16-17 May 1943 performed by Lancaster bombers. Wartime nostalgia books republished in facsimile are hugely popular,Amberley's own bestselling Spitfire Manual and Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942 (Bodleian Library). |
| Synopsis: |
How to fly, navigate, drop bombs and man the turrets of the legendary bomber using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots and crew flying the Lancaster bomber, and here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian (and ex-military pilot) Gordon Wilson. Other sections within include information on the engineering of the Lancaster, the bomber crews, navigation, bomb-aiming, night operations and the famous Dam Buster raids. |
| Illustrations: |
60 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Amberley Publishing |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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