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COOPER, ALAN W.: : The Men Who Breached the Dams: 617 Squadron 'The Dambusters'

LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1982.

ISBN 0718303083.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial detail (from Robert Taylor's 'The Dambusters' - at RAF Museum,Hendon) illustrated dw/dj front+spine,with white and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. One small snick with reciprocal but miniscule loss at head of spine on rear, top edge - and some minimal laminate wrinkling/shrinkage at rear,lower bd's corner.Spine/backstrip inevitably sunned/ faded.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10- 223pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin,,XIII(13) chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs and a few b/w maps/diagrams - all interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices (I-III),sources, glossary and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,illustrations list/table with acknowledgements to recto of its last page. The author has carried out painstaking research into every aspect of an operation which at the time and ever since has captured the imagination of the world - the attack on the German dams in May 1943. This forms a deeply researched history of one of the most successful operations carried out by the famous 617 Squadron led by Guy Gibson. This account includes the whole lead up to the final mission; the development of the bouncing bomb,with detailed information only recently made available (then 1982),the forming of 617 Squadron and the intense course of training carried out to make the operation a success.The raid itself is viewed from both British and German camps; many of the aircrew who took part in 617 operations give their accounts,as do several Germans,including Albert Speer,the Armaments Minister.There is a remarkable eyewitness account of the raid from a man who was a gunner on the Mohne dam itself,telling of the damage after the raid and how he and his companions shot down one of the attacking aircraft.The investigation is completed by an in depth study into the effects of the operation,how far it proved successful and the extent of the destruction it caused. All in all,the book recreates the excitement and aura of danger and uncertainty which surrounded the dam buster's mission,giving the reader the full story of one of the greatest episodes of the war. This edition is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn
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