Ship-Busters British Torpedo-Bombers in World War II

by Barker, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780811706445
• ISBN10: 0811706443
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-26
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Written by a participant, this is an epic story of low-level strikes on Axis navies during World War II, which was one of the most dangerous forms of air attack used during the war.

Author Biography

Ralph Barker served with the Royal Air Force in world War II and wrote for the London Sunday Express for more than thirty years. His other books include Down in the Drink and The RAF at War.

Table of Contents

Preamble: The Beauforts	p. 3
Prologue	p. 9
The Curtain Raiser	p. 13
The Rover	p. 33
The Million-to-one Chance	p. 57
Training and Psychology	p. 68
The Unique Opportunity	p. 78
The Beaufort Attacks on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau	p. 107
The Attack on the Prinz Eugen	p. 142
Torpedoes in the Med	p. 165
The June Malta Convoy	p. 176
Taranto to Benghazi	p. 193
Before the August Convoy	p. 203
Ten Days to Alam el Halfa	p. 210
Rommel's Last Tanker	p. 233
The Strike Wings in the U.K.	p. 249
Epilogue	p. 266
Index	p. 268
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