Author: Lamb, Commander Charles DSO, DSC, RN,
Title: WAR IN A STRINGBAG.
Description: Arrow, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 344pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dec. chapter vignettes, maps in text, [vii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappes, the experiences of a Swordfish pilot during WW2, a survivor of the sinking of HMS Courageous, the attack on Taranto from HMS Illustrious, support for the Greeks from a mountain airfield behind enemy lines in Albania, flying in support of the campaign in North Africa out of Hal Fal airfield in Malta, capture and internment by the Vichy French in North Africa until their capitulation after Operation Torch and appointment as Lt. Cdr. (Flying) in HMS Implacable, light creasing to spine and wrappers, edges tanned, inscription and date opposite title, good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 navy fleet air arm swordfish courageous illustrious internment pow taranto north africa albania greece crete malta tunisia algeria mine-laying u-boats e-boats dunkirk pathfinder taranto vf44


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