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The Avro Lancaster was one of the most important weapons of WW II. This legendary bomber first saw action in 1942. Powered by 4 Merlin engines, it could deliver a huge payload and was the only aircraft to carry the Tallboy and Grand Slam earthquake bombs as well as the Upkeep ‘bouncing’ bomb on Operation Chastise-the famous Dam Busters raid. At the height of production, over 1.1 million men and women were employed making ‘Lancs’; more service personnel were involved flying and maintaining them than any other British aircraft, ever. Mainly operational as a Night Bomber over Nazi Germany, the Lancaster was supremely adaptable and they were used on anti-submarine patrols, photo-reconnaissance missions, as aerial refuelling tankers and post-war, transatlantic passenger airliners. Lancaster’s completed an average of 21 bombing missions before being lost and the average age of their 7 man crews was 22 years.
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AVRO LANCASTER, Mike Lepine
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- Rok vydania
- 2022
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- Titul
- AVRO LANCASTER
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Mike Lepine
- Vydavateľ
- SONA BOOKS
- Rok vydania
- 2022
- Väzba
- pevná
- Počet strán
- 144
- ISBN10
- 191291879X
- ISBN13
- 9781912918799
- Série
- Hodnotenie
- 4 z 5
- Anotácia
- The Avro Lancaster was one of the most important weapons of WW II. This legendary bomber first saw action in 1942. Powered by 4 Merlin engines, it could deliver a huge payload and was the only aircraft to carry the Tallboy and Grand Slam earthquake bombs as well as the Upkeep ‘bouncing’ bomb on Operation Chastise-the famous Dam Busters raid. At the height of production, over 1.1 million men and women were employed making ‘Lancs’; more service personnel were involved flying and maintaining them than any other British aircraft, ever. Mainly operational as a Night Bomber over Nazi Germany, the Lancaster was supremely adaptable and they were used on anti-submarine patrols, photo-reconnaissance missions, as aerial refuelling tankers and post-war, transatlantic passenger airliners. Lancaster’s completed an average of 21 bombing missions before being lost and the average age of their 7 man crews was 22 years.