Growling Over The Oceans: The Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton, the Men, the Missions 1951-1991 by Deborah Lake

London: Souvenir Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, jacket likewise. Clean internally, minor toning to the outer page edges, no inscriptions. 300 pages.

London: Souvenir, 2010. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg), black boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked, some foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The Avro Shackleton was a formidable machine with its Griffon engines producing the characteristic grumble that gave the aircraft one of its nicknames, the Growler. This book contains stories from the men for whom the aircraft became a way of life. Combining memories and anecdotes from crew members with archive material (including rare and previously unseen photographs) Growling over the Oceans is an intimate and vivid introduction to the world of the Shack. In the last days of World War Two, the makers of the Lancaster bomber began to consider designing a new aircraft for Coastal Command. It eventually became the Shackleton. The men who flew and serviced the production version became fiercely proud of their aeroplane and its lack of home comforts. The Shackleton s ten man crews became a… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.