Dambuster Crash Sites

Dambuster Crash Sites
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 9781783035250
ISBN-13 : 1783035250
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Book Synopsis Dambuster Crash Sites by : Chris Ward

Download or read book Dambuster Crash Sites written by Chris Ward and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return. This book takes the reader to many of the crash sites that resulted. They include the coast off Texel, Rees, Marbeck, Emmerich, Hamm, Ostonnen, just north of the Mohne Dam, the former airfield at Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Castricum-aan-Zee, also Holland. The Dortmund-Ems Canal sites are Noordhorn, Recke, Bergeshovede, Ladbergen and Den Ham in Holland. All these sites can be visited within a weeks tour by car or public transport. The book is illustrated with then-and-now photographs of the sites, the personnel involved and the aircraft originally flown. Local places of interest are listed to allow those aficionados of this famous squadron to broaden their knowledge and also enjoy a continental break.


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