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.
Front cover
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