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WINGS ACROSS THE BORDER: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN NORTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN MARCHES VOL III

Written by Derrick Pratt, Mike Grant
Published by Bridge Books in 2005
ISBN: 1844940101

WINGS ACROSS THE BORDER: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN NORTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN MARCHES VOL III
Written by Derrick Pratt, Mike Grant.
Stock no. 1831165
1st. 2005. Softcover. Large format. Very good condition.

This third volumes of Wings Across the Border, complete in itself, covers the period 1940-1, a period of experimentation as the RAF and other armed services tried to tackle the problems of countering the Luftwaffe. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and maps. 256 pages. ISBN: 1844940101. Cover corners lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Minor mark to top edge of text block. First section pulled. Contents clean.

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Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Panic Stations
2. To fool the enemy....
3. Bombing and gunnery ranges
4. Accident Blackspot
5. Bay watch
Appendix: AMES No.65A (Prestatyn CHL)
6. Secret Starfish
Appendix: Decoy Sites, No.9 Group Fighting Area
7. Four into one will go
Appendix: Aircraft losses and accidents from No.7 OTU & No. 57 OTU, 1940
8. Catalina Diary
Appendix: Friar's Log 2 August 1940-24 July 1945
Appendix: Catalinas modified or tested at SARO, beaumaris, 1943-5
9. Wrecks and wreckage
10. Picking up the pieces
11. Trespassers
12. Empathy - the pilots
Appendix: The Lock Achievement
13. Empathy - the raids
14. Empathy - the aeroplanes
15. Forgotten airforce
Appendix: Some ferry mishaps, 1941-5
Further Reading

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WINGS ACROSS THE BORDER: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN NORTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN MARCHES VOL III

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