Typhoons At Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian

Description: Number 171 of 600Certificate of Authenticity included. It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falaise, the battle was to be decisive. Flying throughout a continuous onslaught, rocket-firing Typhoons kept up their attacks on the trapped armoured divisions from dawn to dusk. The effect was devastating: at the end of the ten day battle the 100,000 strong German force was decimated. Nicolas Trudgian captures this historic air-to-ground battle in dramatic fashion worthy of the great victory scored by the Typhoon Pilots. An armored division seeking the protection of a high banked country lane and farm buildings is jammed nose-to-tail as Typhoons of 198 Squadron RAF, deliver their deadly rocket and cannon fire. The tank column has been brought to a standstill, their reign of terror now almost at its end.After an inauspicious start the Hawker Typhoon found its forte in the ground attack role, ultimately becoming the most deadly air-to-ground attack aircraft of the war Able to outrun the the Me109 and the Fw190 the Typhoon was highly manoeuvrable at low level and robust to take the considerable flak damage that this kind of aerial combat always attracted, and get its pilot home.Signed byFlight lieutenant Roy CraneFlight lieutenant John GolleyFlight lieutenant Ron GrantFlight lieutenant Werek LovellSquadron Leader. H.G. 'Pat" Pattison DFC Shipped in Original Cylinder Tube

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