Auf Lager:
8
Buch (Hardcover): Sachbuch
Avro Lancaster
Verlag:
Sona Books Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 6Y4VY3P
EAN: 9781912918799
Auf Lager:
8
Zustellung: Fr, 20.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 42.75
Beschreibung
The Avro Lancaster was one of the most important weapons of WW II. This legendary bomber first saw action in 1942. Powered by 4 Merlin engines, it could deliver a huge payload and was the only aircraft to carry the Tallboy and Grand Slam earthquake bombs as well as the Upkeep 'bouncing' bomb on Operation Chastise-the famous Dam Busters raid. At the height of production, over 1. 1 million men and women were employed making 'Lancs'; more service personnel were involved flying and maintaining them than any other British aircraft, ever. Mainly operational as a Night Bomber over Nazi Germany, the Lancaster was supremely adaptable and they were used on anti-submarine patrols, photo-reconnaissance missions, as aerial refuelling tankers and post-war, transatlantic passenger airliners. Lancaster's completed an average of 21 bombing missions before being lost and the average age of their 7 man crews was 22 years.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- MIKE LEPINE
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2022
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 144