50 AIRFIELDS FOR A VICTORY – NORMANDY June to September 1944
50 AIRFIELDS FOR A VICTORY – NORMANDY June to...

50 AIRFIELDS FOR A VICTORY – NORMANDY June to September 1944

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From 6 June onwards, the Allies were establishing their first airfields in Normandy.

 

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Here we discover these fifty airfields that played an essential role in the Allied victory in Normandy — their layouts, period photographs and present-day images. Also covered are the squadrons assigned to them, with more than a hundred colour aircraft profiles, as well as the techniques used to construct the runways and many other fascinating details.
Author 1
François Robinard
Author 2
Philippe Trombetta
Author 3
Jacques Clémentine
Publication date
August 21, 2012
Pages
335
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
HEIMDAL

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