Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 12:23 AM UTC
Osprey Publishing are to release a book praising the exploits and the importance of the Typhoon wings in the Allied victory in Europe.
About this book
The Typhoon was the RAF’s heavyweight fighter-bomber of choice to support the British and Canadian armies during the invasion of northwest Europe. In this book Chris Thomas extols the great importance of the Typhoon wings in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe. He describes their destruction of German radar in the lead-up to D-Day, the use of large-scale rocket projectiles in land battles and pinpoint attacks on German command and control centres, which crippled the Wehrmacht’s ability to respond quickly to Allied troop movements. But not everything went smoothly for the Typhoon wings. Their epic battle with highly effective German flak installations prompted Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst to remark ‘I suppose that flying one of these aircraft was the most dangerous task the Air Force has ever asked anybody to do’.
Combat Aircraft 86
Illustrator: Chris Thomas
Paperback due September 2010
96 pages
ISBN: 9781846039737
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I'm very interested in this book- hopefully it will contain at least as much information on the Typhoon wings as his series of four books on the 2TAF- then I won't keep thinking about buying them all! (PS I think the table of contents has come from a book on Canberras in error!).
JUN 22, 2010 - 03:40 AM
Well spotted Ben. Osprey must have put the wrong info in. I did wonder why there was a section on Aussie Canberras (thought the Aussies had renamed them or something). I have deleted the contents part until I can get the correct info. Andy
JUN 25, 2010 - 02:39 AM
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