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'Gardening by Moonlight'
Paperback, 160 Pages
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205 Group RAF mining operations over the River Danube in 1944.
The product of research in British, Australian,South African, German, Hungarian and Slovak archives, ‘Gardening by Moonlight’ is about one of the least known and most effective of the Royal Air Force's bombing campaigns of the Second World War. Operating from a group of bases around Foggia, in Central Italy, the RAF's 205 Group mined the River Danube intensively between April and October 1944, radically curtailing the movement of Axis river shipping and at times halting it altogether.
The Wellington and Liberator crews had to sow their mines (hence the slang term 'gardening') at low level on moonlit nights, running the gauntlet of night fighters, flak and balloon barrages. Their courage, skill and sacrifice are celebrated in what is an important account of a virtually unknown aspect of the war in the air.
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Jan 24, 2017A very useful document recording, as the authors state, a little known theatre of the RAF's war. It has been meticulously researched, covering individual sorties and details Axis losses and countermeasures to the technology of the mines used. The book is profusely illustrated and the quality of production is good with a robust binding. Delivery was efficient and as promised on the Lulu site.
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Product Details
- ISBN
- 9788097189136
- Copyright
- Degart s.r.o. (Standard Copyright License)
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Degart s.r.o.
- Published
- December 20, 2016
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 160
- Binding
- Perfect-bound Paperback
- Interior Ink
- Black & white
- Weight
- 0.62 lbs.
- Dimensions (inches)
- 6.14 wide x 9.21 tall
- Product ID
- 22997160
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