The Lancaster story : true tales of Britain's legendary bomber /
by Miller, Sarah-Louise.
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BookPublisher: London : Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2024Description: 256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781789296396 (hbk.) :; 1789296390 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 623.7463 MILSubject(s): Lancaster (Bomber) -- History | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and Defence | United Kingdom, Great Britain | General & world history | Second World War | Air forces & warfare | Military engineeringSummary: Between its introduction in 1942 and the end of the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster flew more than 150,000 sorties, dropped more than 600,000 tons of explosives and took the Allied fight to Nazi Germany. The true workhorse of the RAF's bomber corps, the 'Lanc' featured on some of the most daring and celebrated missions of the war, including the heroic Dambusters raid and the Operation Hydra bombing. These and many other successes came at a significant cost, however: almost half of the 7,377 Lancasters deployed into service were lost in action. Using archival documents, letters and first-hand accounts, this book delivers a dramatic and vividly rendered account of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War and the lives of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 623.7463 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 01/11/2024 | 003122050X |
Between its introduction in 1942 and the end of the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster flew more than 150,000 sorties, dropped more than 600,000 tons of explosives and took the Allied fight to Nazi Germany. The true workhorse of the RAF's bomber corps, the 'Lanc' featured on some of the most daring and celebrated missions of the war, including the heroic Dambusters raid and the Operation Hydra bombing. These and many other successes came at a significant cost, however: almost half of the 7,377 Lancasters deployed into service were lost in action. Using archival documents, letters and first-hand accounts, this book delivers a dramatic and vividly rendered account of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War and the lives of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it.
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