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CANBERRA BOYS: FASCINATING ACCOUNTS FROM THE OPERATORS OF AN ENGLISH ELECTRIC CLASSIC

Written by Andrew Brookes
Published by Grub Street in 2017
ISBN: 9781910690338

CANBERRA BOYS: FASCINATING ACCOUNTS FROM THE OPERATORS OF AN ENGLISH ELECTRIC CLASSIC
Written by Andrew Brookes.
Stock no. 1825351
1st. 2017. Hardback. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781910690338. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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Cover of CANBERRA BOYS: FASCINATING ACCOUNTS FROM THE OPERATORS OF AN ENGLISH ELECTRIC CLASSIC by Andrew Brookes

Contents

  • Foreword
  • In the Beginning
  • Early Days
  • The Light Bomber Force
  • Gearing Up
  • Canberra Developments
  • Long-Distance Flights
  • Into Germany
  • Photographic Memories
  • The Suez Campaign
  • Nuclear Trials
  • In German Skies
  • A Trip to Belize
  • First Tour Recce - No Chance My Boy!
  • Sunny Cyprus
  • Akrotiri Strike Wing
  • RAF Germany Goes Nuclear
  • FEAF Offensive Support Wing
  • Confrontation
  • FEAF PR
  • From Laarbruch to Kuantan
  • Aussie Canberras
  • USAF B-57s
  • Life in the Old Dog
  • Indo-Pakistan Canberras
  • 'Argy-Bargy'
  • Canberra Tales
  • The Ultimate PR9
  • Afterword: Tsar Bomba
  • Acronyms
  • Bibliography
  • Index