617 : going to war with today's Dambusters / by Tim Bouquet.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : Orion, 2012وصف:338 pages, [16] plates : illustrations ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781409144151
- 1409144151
- 1409144178
- 9781409144175
- 9781409144168
- 140914416X
- 9781409129882
- 1409129888
- DS371.412 .B67 2012
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS371.412 .B67 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000047830 |
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DS371.412 A44 2009 The Afghanistan challenge : hard realities and strategic choices / | DS371.412 .B53 2011 Afghanistan : how the West lost its way / | DS371.412 .B53 2011 Afghanistan : how the West lost its way / | DS371.412 .B67 2012 617 : going to war with today's Dambusters / | DS371.412 C48 2012 Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / | DS371.412 C48 2012 Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / | DS371.412 .C64 2018 Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan / |
Includes bibliographical references (page 323).
In May 1943, 617 Squadron RAF executed one of the most daring operations in military history. Flying barely 50 feet above black marble waters, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his bombers mounted a raid against hydro-electric dams in Germany. Bold, courageous and precise - 617 Squadron became a World War II legend. Nearly seventy years later in April 2011, a new generation of elite flyers followed their Dambuster heroes into the theatre of war. Now flying supersonic Tornado GR4 bombers, 617 Squadron was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan - their mission, to provide close air support to troops engaged in brutal conflict on the ground. Commanding 617 is new boss Keith Taylor. An operational veteran with seven tours over Iraq, he knew that even with the latest cutting-edge weapons and sensors, only rigorous flying standards and watertight tactics would keep his young pilots safe.