Author: Nichol, John,
Title: LANCASTER -THE FORGING OF A VERY BRITISH LEGEND.
Description: Simon and Schuster UK LTD., London, 2020, 1st edn., hardback, 448 pp. 8 pp. coloured photos, in text half tone photo ills., col'd photo pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by David Moore.an account of the Avro Lancaster, the main strike aircraft of the Royal Air Force in WW2, carrying a bomb load of up to 10,000kg, the heaviest of any bomber in WW2. It was developed in the late 1930s, designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls Royce Merlin engines, it came into war service in February 1942 and some 7350+ were produced, more than half being lost to enemy action or training accidents, edges lightly tanned, dustwrapper: lighly rubbed tips, short tear at tail of spine and head of lower flap fold, both repaired to reverse, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 air fforce avro lancaster merlin bomber command


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