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PublisherMcbooks Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101590137310
ISBN-139781590137314
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038434148
Product Key Features
Book TitleWinged Escort
Number of Pages286 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Sea Stories, Action & Adventure
Publication Year2017
GenreFiction
AuthorDouglas Reeman
Book SeriesThe Modern Naval Fiction Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-056882
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Reeman, who served in the Royal Navy during World War II, not only writes a tale full of action, excitement, and some remarkable characters, he also presents a story filled with details only someone who has been there could relate." -- Library Journal
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
SynopsisAs the grim years of the Second World War go by, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Out of the terrible loss of men and ships, the escort carrier is born. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger fleet carriers. While they were slower, carried fewer planes, and were less well armed and armored, escort carriers were cheaper and could be built quickly, which was their principal advantage. At twenty-six, fighter pilot Tim Rowan, RNVR, is already a veteran of many campaigns. Now he joins the new, American-made escort (or "jeep") carrier HMS Growler , the flagship of a task force protecting Allied convoys sailing the Arctic route to supply Soviet Russia. The service in the Arctic is harrowing, and not all of Rowan's adversaries are German. In late 1944, Growler is transferred to the Indian Ocean and faces the Kamikaze, experiencing vicious onslaughts., As the grim years of the Second World War go by, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Out of the terrible loss of men and ships, the escort carrier is born. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger fleet carriers. While they were slower, carried fewer planes, and were less well armed and armored, escort carriers were cheaper and could be built quickly, which was their principal advantage. At twenty-six, fighter pilot Tim Rowan, RNVR, is already a veteran of many campaigns. Now he joins the new, American-made escort (or "jeep") carrier HMS Growler, the flagship of a task force protecting Allied convoys sailing the Arctic route to supply Soviet Russia. The service in the Arctic is harrowing, and not all of Rowan's adversaries are German. In late 1944, Growler is transferred to the Indian Ocean and faces the Kamikaze, experiencing vicious onslaughts.
LC Classification NumberPR6068.E35W56 2017
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