Flying bombs over England
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780753154281
Subjects: Guided missiles; World War, 1939-1945; German Aerial operations; British Aerial operations; Large type books; Aerial Military operations; British; German
Description: A new object appeared in the sky above England on the night of 12th June 1944, its noisy, fiery passage above the fields and orchards of Kent watched in amazement by a war-hardened people. It was the first attack by Hitler's long trumpeted secret weapon: the pilotless flying bomb. For the following 18 months, southern England was subjected to a steady rain of missiles. One of the young bomber pilots whose mission was to seek out the launching sites was H.E. Bates. His remarkable account is a wonderful tale of people in adversity, and of the courage of the airmen who faced a new weapon.
Notes: Originally published: Westerham: Froglets, 1994.