
We | 27-01 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Th | 28-01 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Fr | 29-01 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Sa | 30-01 | Open 10-14 hrs |
Su | 31-01 | Closed |
Mo | 01-02 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Tu | 02-02 | Open 10-17 hrs |
We | 03-02 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Th | 04-02 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Fr | 05-02 | Open 10-17 hrs |
Sa | 06-02 | Open 10-14 hrs |
Su | 07-02 | Closed |
Collect Megapoints for Megavouchers
Read the conditions...
Aviation Megastore offers unique Hold & Store service © for internet customers that wish to combine several individual orders to one single shipment, reducing the overall shipping cost significantly.
Read more...
Specifications | ||
---|---|---|
Category | : | Books on aviation |
Subcategory | : | WW2 UK |
ISBN/Box | : | 9781472836250 |
Publisher/Brand | : | Osprey |
Author | : | Angus Konstam |
Format | : | a5 |
No. Pages | : | 50 |
Version | : | Soft cover |
Language | : | English |
Availability | : | only 3 remaining |
This product was added to our database on Monday 31 August 2020.
Category Books on aviation, Subcategory WW2 UK, ISBN/Box 9781472836250, Publisher/Brand Osprey, Author Angus Konstam, Format a5, No. Pages 50, Version Soft cover, Language English
In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small 'escort carriers'. These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement. The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats. Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and gruelling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic. Illustrated throughout with detailed full-colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II's European Theatre.
Special note, The 1st Dutch Naval HMS Karel Doorman was originally the HMS Nairana, one of these escort carriers.