021701 - AIR WAR 1942: The Turning Point - Part One - Jan to April 1942

By John Foreman with Winfried Bock

Veteran aviation historian and author John Foreman continues his blow-by-blow history of the air war over Europe.

Joined by German historian Winfried Bock, John follows his mammoth 1,450 page, 4-volume, account of 1941 by detailing the actions of January to April 1942.

The hour-by-hour operations of every day and night are recorded with loss tables for RAF Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands, Fleet Air Arm, and the Luftwaffe in the west.

• Significant operations include:
  
• The Channel Dash – The escape of the German battleships through the Dover Straits.
  
• Operation Biting – The Bruneval Raid and the capture of the German Radar secrets.
  
• Circuses and Ramrods begin again.
  
• Operation Chariot – The attack on the St. Nazaire dry dock.
  
• The Lübeck fire raid.
  
• Operation Margin – The daylight raid by Lancasters on Augsburg.
  
• The Baedeker Raids begin
  
• Operation Bluebeard – The attacks on the Tirpitz at Trondheim
  

Please be aware that the content of these books is intended for historians and researchers who already have a good understanding of RAF and Luftwaffe operations and who wish to expand their knowledge of the subject. 

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