Hit & Run

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Hit & Run

Daring Air Attacks in World War II

Air forces and warfare Second World War

Author: Robert Jackson

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Language: English

Published by: Pen & Sword Aviation

Published on: 19th July 2005

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 51 Mb

ISBN: 9781783460199


North Sea Battle

In the early weeks of World War II, Britain and Germany were determined to attack one another's warships in their respective naval bases. Both RAF and Luftwaffe learned the folly of sending unescort bombers into enemy territory.

Flames over France

In May 1940, the RAF and French Air Force launched a series of desperate hit-and-run attacks on the German armoured columns advancing into France and Belgium. The cost was appalling.

Precision Attack

In August 1940, a newly-formed Luftwaffe unit called Erprobungsgruppe 210 (Test Group 210), equipped with bomb-carrying Messerschmitts, was assigned a mission to wipe out British radar stations in a series of lightning low-level attacks.

Carrier Strike

In November 1940, a force of Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers crippled the Italian fleet in a daring night attack on the naval base at Taranto.

By Daylight to Germany

In the summer of 1941, Blenheim squadrons of No 2 Group RAF launched a series of daring low-level attacks on power stations and naval facilities in northern Germany. The principal target was Bremen, at the extreme limit of the bombers' range.

Plus...

Mission to Augsburg * Target Tokyo * Dead on Time * Extreme Danger Mission * The Raid That Failed * The Anniversary Raids * Mosquito Mission * The Luftwaffe's Last Fling

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