A Century of Air Warfare With Nine (IX) Squadron, RAF: Still Going Strong

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Автор: Gordon Thorburn

Название: A Century of Air Warfare With Nine (IX) Squadron, RAF: Still Going Strong

Издательство: Pen & Sword Aviation

ISBN: 1783036346

Год: 2014

Формат: EPUB

Размер: 13,7 МБ

Язык: Английский

Количество страниц: 256

Описание: In the earliest days of World War One, when IX Squadron was formed, we went to the fight in little 50mph machines that were barely capable of taking pilot and observer, a gun and a few small, hand-held bombs into the sky, especially on a windy day. When we took a wireless set, to spot for the artillery and report on troop movements, the extra load forced the defenseless pilot to leave his observer behind.

A century later, IX (B) Squadron flies jets that can exceed the speed of sound, place laser-guided missiles within a few centimeters of the target, and transmit the most complex data in real time across the globe.

In between, the tale is of ponderous beasts of biplanes, of Wellingtons and Lancasters in the bloody battles of World War Two, of Canberras and Vulcans in the nuclear age of the Cold War.

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