Operation Skua
Somerset: The Fleet Air Museum Royal Naval Air Station, 1983. Octavo, hardcover, 160 pp., illustrated. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, boards a little rubbed, otherwise a near-fine copy. "Sixteen Skuas flying at extreme range from the Orkneys and for the loss of only one aircraft, had demonstrated the coming power of aircraft in naval warfare by sinking the first major warship by attack from the air" (from the blurb). Item #1777
ISBN: 0902633864
Price (AUD): $75.00
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