RAF LIBERATOR OVER THE EASTERN FRONT: A Bomb Aimer's Second World War and Cold War Story by Jim Auton ISBN 13: 9781844157297

Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008 large 8vo cloth pp216 bw plates index F-/VG Personal account of wartime RAF training and operations. The author dropped supplies to Polish Resistance and Yugoslav partisans, and post-war became a businessman trading with Communist China and Eastern Europe. [ Possible extra postage overseas. ]

Pen & Sword Aviation, 09/20/2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

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Pen & Sword Aviation, Barnsley, 2008. Hardcover. New. Nieuw boek

Pen and Sword Aviation. Used - Very Good. 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. (Subject: Books).

Barnsley, England: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2008. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. British First. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs..

Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 1844157296 . As new, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.29 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 224 pages; "Jim Auton was posted to 178 Squadron who were operating ex-U.S.A.A.F., war-weary Liberator heavy bombers. This squadron he was based in Foggia in Italy, living under canvas without the barest of military or personal necessities. The duration of a tour at that time was 40 front-line operations over such dangerous targets as Ploesti and the Danube – few in the squadron felt they could survive since the casualty rate was so high. Then came his part in the desperate attempts to supply the besieged city of Warsaw when the Liberators were ordered to fly in at 500 feet, at their lowest speed and with flaps and undercarriage down, to drop desperately needed ammunition and supplies. All this through a hail of both German and Russian gunfire. On his 37th sortie Jim, aged twenty, was severely… Read More

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