Author: MYERS, GERALD (SIGNED] Title: My Mother Worked at Avro: The Story of Avro (Yeadon) and Its Contribution the Britain's War Effort
Description: UK: Compaid Graphics, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0951796577. Signed and inscribed by author atop half-title page. [8], 142 pages. Black and white photographic plates, maps, and reproductions of documents. "An outstanding history of one factory during WWII. It was the one I worked in. I salute the author's painstaking research, his sense of humour and his enthusiastic reporting of ordinary people in an extraordinary place during a very dangerous and difficult time." - B. Hepton. Chapters include: Beginnings; Overture to War; Build Up; Conscription; Production Begins in Earnest; Flight Testing and the A.T.A.; The Advent of the Lancaster; Visits from the Luftwaffe - and Further Development at the Factory; "Lighter Moments"; Onto Victory; Peace; Legacy; plus five appendices and a bibliography. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear to glossy white covers. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this informative work.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; AVRO Yeadon, WWII - Aircraft Production - Great Britain, A.T.A, Lancaster Bomber; Signed by Author(s). Fair .
Keywords: 0951796577 .T. . Military Aviation
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