Buy this book on-line MACBEAN,Wing Commander,JOHN A and HOGBEN,Major Arthur S: : BOMBS GONE: The development and use of British air-dropped weapons from 1912 to the present dayUK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHAMTONSHIRE.PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED,1990. ISBN 1852600608.
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indentations marks - any such - without affecting the boards/covers beneath.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-320pp [paginated] includes forewords
by Marshal of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham and Air Vice-Marshal W.F. MacTaggart,acknowledgements and an introduction,13 chapters and 8 appendices,profuse b/w contemporary,
historical b/w photographs and b/w line illustrations/charts/diagrams,
an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/
table.
'Bombs Gone' is a unique investigation of British aerial bombing and the weapons used - bombs,mines and torpedoes - from the
First World War to the present day (then 1990).The great diversity of air-dropped weapons ranges from crude,almost home-mage devices,such as the anti-Zeppelin bombs used in the First World War,to specialized weapons like the 'Tallboy' and
'Grand Slam' earthquake bombs used in the final stages of the Second World War,and the nuclear devices produced in the 1950s.
In the post-war years,considerable interest has focused on bombers - their development,technical capabilities and performance in operations against the enemy.To some
extent,however,their very raison d'etre - the dropping of bombs - has
escaped scrutiny.Looking at the bombs themselves,for instance,did they function as intended,destroying
their targets? How were they conceived and designed,and what was the rationale behind their use in the first place?
Of equal interest are the men who featured in the development,and frequently heroic use,of these air-dropped weapons.This book makes frequent reference to their exploits,and to some of the men, such as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur
Harris,who were responsible for shaping Britain's bombing strategy.
An extra dimension of this book is the development of target-finding and marking techniques.These progressed rapidly from pure dead-reckoning to the use,later in the Second World War,of remarkable electronic measures and sophisticated pyrotechnics.They finally progressed to today's technology which made possible a record long-range bombing mission,
when a single Vulcan set out to attack the Port Stanley runway during the Falklands War.
Wing Commander John MacBean has been closely associated with RAF bombs for more than 40 years,having dropped them,serviced them and loaded them.Arthur Hogben has wide experience as a bomb disposal expert
in the RAF Engineers.Together they have combined to provide what Sir Michael Beetham describes in his foreword as 'a fascinating story and
an invaluable contribution to the history of air warfare'.
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