Author: [Dorling, Capt. H. Taprell ('Taffrail')] attributed to,
Title: ARK ROYAL.
Description: HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 64pp, half tone photo ills. and 2 maps in text, 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, lightly rubbed at tips, cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, very good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 navy aircraft carrier ark royal force h graf spee scharnhorst norway bismarck mediterranean skua fulmar swordfish hood renown valiant hmso vf45


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