MERCHANT AIRMEN
Published by HMSO
in 1946
MERCHANT AIRMEN
Stock no. 1610401
1946.
Softcover.
Almost very good condition.
Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- I THE SKIES OF EUROPE
- 1. Nineteen Million Miles a Year
- 2. Stand by for War
- 3 Hubbub at Bordeaux
- 4. Within the British Isles
- II THE EMPIRE AIR ROUTES
- 5. The Links in the Chain
- 6. Horsehoe to Australia
- 7. "Clyde" to the Congo
- III THE BATTLE FOR AFRICA
- 8. The Shadow Moves East
- 9. The Trans-African Lifelines
- 10. The Tedder Plan
- IV JAPAN CUTS THE ROUTE
- 11. Retreat from Malaya
- 12. The Break in the Horseshoe
- 13. Two Ways to India
- V AFRICAN VICTORY
- 14. The Night Run to Malta
- 15. The Haul Across Africa
- 16. Merchantmen at Alamein
- VI ATLANTIC STORY
- 17. High Hazard
- 18. The Twenty-nine-hour Day
- 19. Priority Passenger
- 20. Bombers to Britain
- 21. On Top of the Weather
- VII "THEY HAVE DESERVED WELL"
- 22. High Road to Sweden
- 23. Roundabout to Russia
- 24. The Chain Complete