Pursuit Through Darkened Skies

An Ace Night-fighter Crew in WWII

Michael Allen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2002 | New edition
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84037-355-4 (ISBN)

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This book gives an account of the strong bonds that wartime comradeship creates, the technicalities of pioneering airborne radar, and most of all, the bravery and resolution of Britain's World War II night-fighter pilots.

When Michael Allen "crewed up" with Harry White in August 1941, it was the start of a four-year partnership as navigator and pilot respectively; together they formed one of the RAF's top-scoring night-fighter crews of World War II. Known in the night-fighter world as "Mike Allen", his job was to operate the primitive airborne interception equipment (AI) and guide Harry through darkened skies until his pilot could see the enemy aircraft ahead of them. This book shows how the art of flying combined with the science of radar (Serrate) made a powerful weapon in the hands of aircrew against enemy night-fighters threatening British bomber streams over Germany. Allen also clearly explains how Serrate and other radar devices work.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.2.2002
Reihe/Serie	Airlife's Classics S.
Zusatzinfo	30 b&w halftones, line illustrations
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	573 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
ISBN-10	1-84037-355-5 / 1840373555
ISBN-13	978-1-84037-355-4 / 9781840373554
Zustand	Neuware