Description
Title: Beaufighters in the Pacific
Author: Parnell, Neville
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition (1st Edition is titled “Whispering Death”)
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 058950181X
Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket – 343 pages
Comments: The updated history of the RAAF Beaufighter Squadrons (30, 31, 92 Squadrons, 77 Wing, 93 Training Squadron, 5 OTU) – An exceptionally rare book. This is a very limited edition updated version of “Whispering Death” and a must for anyone interested in the service of RAAF Beaufighters during World War 2.
1. Aircrew
2. Aircraft Serials & History
The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company’s earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design. The name Beaufighter is a portmanteau of “Beaufort” and “fighter”.
Unlike the Beaufort, the Beaufighter had a long career and served in almost all theatres of war in the Second World War, first as a night fighter, then as a fighter bomber and eventually replacing the Beaufort as a torpedo bomber. A variant was built in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) and was known in Australia as the DAP Beaufighter.
Ex library copy and has a BCC withdrawn stamp on the fep with a bar code on rear cover. Page block a little dirty from reading. Inside clean throughout.
Signed by Author
