Spies in the sky : the secret battle for aerial intelligence during World War II / Taylor Downing
2011, 1st edition. London : Little, Brown. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420589
Physical description; ix, 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-390) and index. Contents; Machine generated contents note: 1.Secret Missions -- 2.Sid Cotton's Air Force -- 3.Crisis -- 4.Medmenham -- 5.The Mad Men of Ham -- 6.Boffins at War -- 7.A Rare Form of Bravery -- 8.The `Warby' Legend -- 9.Finding the Targets -- 10.Assessing the Damage -- 11.To the Mediterranean and India -- 12.Arguments with Allies -- 13.Planning for Overlord -- 14.Special Operations -- 15.Hunting the Vengeance Weapons -- 16.Towards Victory -- 17.`80 per cent of All Intelligence'? Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Aerial reconnaissance, British Europe History 20th century. Photographic interpretation (Military science) History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Reconnaissance operations, British. Aerial reconnaissance, British History 20th century. Aeronautics, Military Great Britain Observations History. Military intelligence Great Britain. Second World War, 1939-1945. Military intelligence. Air warfare.
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