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2 Group R. A. F.

2 Group R. A. F.

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{detailed description}No. 2 Group was formed in Bomber Command to support the Army. After equipping with Blenheims it specialized in daylight operations. It engaged in the first raid of the war. After taking part in the Norwegian campaign, it was thrown into the struggle to save France. Heavy losses ensued during operations demanding great courage. A hazardous anti-shipping campaign took the Group to Malta. Night intruder operations were made against airfields, and fighter-escorted attacks on Occupied Territory continued until the 1944 Allied landings in France, where support to the invasion was subsequently given and an effective night interdictor campaign carried out. The Group mounted many spectacular operations, particularly when using Mosquitoes.
This is indeed a story of immense courage. Based upon records maintained by Royal Air Force Commands, Groups and Squadrons together with personal accounts by those who flew with the Group, the book gives a detailed day-by-day picture of operations, their planning and execution, illustrated by detailed maps.
The author analysed every sortie flown by the Group before producing this full record of wartime activities. Appendices give plentiful details of the aircraft, the squadrons and the Group's wartime effort.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Michael J. F. Bowyer
Published by Crecy 1992 edn. (of Faber and Faber 1974 1st) 532pp illustrated, maps, index, appendices. 17x24
{condition}near fine, inc. d/j.
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