Author: [Dorling, Capt. H. Taprell ('Taffrail')] attributed to,
Title: ARK ROYAL.
Description: HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback, 64pp, many half tone photos and 2 maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", relates the history of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, built 1937 and involved in the search for the Graf Spee, the campaign in Norway incl. an attack on the Scharnhorst, Oran, with Force H in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean including involvement with the hunting of the Bismarck before finally being sunk by a U-boat off Gibralter in November, 1941, rubbed and lightly creased at extrems., sl. rust staining from old staples (replaced), neat archival tape repair to spine, good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 navy aircraft carrier ark royal forceh graf spee scharnhorst norway bismarck mediterranean skua fulmar swordfish hood renown valiant hmso


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