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Smith, Frederick E. 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION CRUCIBLE.
Cassell, London, 1977, first edition.
206 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 030429828X "It is Autumn 1943 and there is acrimony between the Air Staffs of Britain and America. With the 8th Air Force suffering crippling losses, accusations are coming from Washington that the RAF is not giving the B.17s adequate support. Although the RAF denies the allegation, Ernest Lambert, celebrated novelist turned war correspondent, is fanning the flames of discontent in influential American newspapers. Acutely aware that unle ss the campaign is discredited Congress might reduce its allocation of B.17s to the European theatre, Air Commodore Davies of the RAF and General Staines of the American 8th Air Force set up an ambitious but risky operation to restore public con f i d e nce. Because the Rhine Maiden affair has given 633 Squadron a distinguished reputation in the States, it is the RAF unit chosen for the mission. The mission is only partly successful, however. A number of Americans are accidentally killed a nd L am bert is not slow to capitalise on the tragedy. As a consequence Davies and Staines are forced to involve 633 Squadron even further; this time in an important Dieppe-type raid the Americans are about to launch. Because if it is to have its de sir ed effect, their protective role must be seen by ground observers, the Mosquitoes are given the most dangerous role of all - ground support. This operation, vividly described, is the tremendous climax to the story. Depicting wartime sq uadr on l ife wit h the authenticity for which the author is famous, (this book), as richly characterised as the two before it, also portrays the crippling effects of war on young and sensitive minds. The whole makes a superb war novel." Faint era sed p encil mar ks o n free front end paper, faint cigarette odor, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight fading at top/bottom edges. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, two tears archivally taped - one has old tape r esidue , mino r soi ling. Very Good/Very Good-
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15.00 USD
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Smith, Frederick E. 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION VALKYRIE
Cassell, London, 1978, first edition.
235 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0304300551 "It is now February 1944 and Air Commodore Davies and General Staines of the American 8th Air Force have just received one of Churchill's most feared ACTION THIS DAY directives. A you ng Norwegian officer, Paul Lindstrom, has arrived in England with the news that the Germans are shipping out a large consignment of heavy water in less than two weeks. Once in Germany it will be processed in a bomb-proof installation. The thre a t i s overwhelming: the stocks must be destroyed in transit. Davies is visibly shaken. 633 Squadron's cruel sacrifice the previous spring to kill the heavy water threat has left its mark on him, and the thought of having to send his crews back in to No rway subdues his characteristic elan. He and Staines learn that a group of Norwegian freedom fighters led by Captain Haukelid intend trying to sabotage the consignment when it is in transit on the ferryboat 'Hydro'. What Haukelid does no t k now , ho wever, is that the Germans intend to hedge their bets by sending half the consignment to a cruiser berthed at the head of the Hardanger Fjord. Because of elaborate security precautions, Lindstrom informs S.O.E. that these stocks canno t be sab ot aged in transit: the cruiser itself must be sunk when the stocks are aboard. It sounds simple, but for all kinds of cogent reasons it is in fact an insoluble problem for 633 Squadron - until Frank Adams, the squadron's Intelligence Of ficer , com es up wi th a bizarre suggestion that will involve Norwegian and American assistance. It will put the squadron in great peril, but with no other option open to Davies, the magnitude of the threat forces him to act. The extraordinary mi ssion that f oll ows, w hich graphically illustrates the scacrifices and tragedies of war, makes a climax as vivid and compelling as anything the author has yet written about this famous Special Service Unit of Mosquitoes." Light cigarette odor, fa int er ased pe ncil marks on free front end paper, book slightly cracked at title page - pages holding firmly, light browning to pages and edges of text block, slight wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, soft creases at top of rear panel , light rubbing, three tiny dints on hinges, light browning at top edge - very light on spine and flap-folds, two small areas of surface paper loss on front panel due to sticker removal. Good/Good
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20.00 USD
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Smith, Frederick E. WATERLOO.
Howard Baker, London, 1970, first edition.
157 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Fictionalized versions of the great battle, based on H.A.L. Craig's screenplay for Dino De Laurentiis' epic film. "....best-selling author Frederick E. Smith has presented with staggering authenti city and intense compassion all of the grandeur, the spectacle, the horror, the excitement and the terror of the battle itself, and of the whole of the preceding One Hundred Days which followed Napoleon's flight from exile on Elba. And in so d o i n g he has written not merely a 'book of the film' but a novel in its own right, and one which deserves - and is bound to receive - wide acclaim." Minor soiling to one rear blank page, light wrinking at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has lig h t ed ge w ri n kling, a few tiny chips, one tiny tear, moderate rubbing, tiny scuff and small scratch on front panel. Very Good/Good
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17.50 USD
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