Bloody Paralyser

The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War

Autor: Rob Langham
Strany: 208
ISBN: 9781781550809
Hardback

Obsah
A forgotten aspect of the First World War: the Handley Page ‘Bloody Paralyser’ that took the fight to Germany
Forerunners of the Second World War Bomber Command before the Lancasters, Halifaxes, Stirlings and Wellingtons
Beautifully told in the words of those that flew in them
Contains a wealth of unpublished material and photographs documenting these mighty bombers

Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War tells the story of the largest British bomber of the First World War and the men who flew them. In 1915, the biggest plane ever seen in Britain took flight for the first time, a twin-engine monster with a 100-foot wingspan, designed to be a ‘Bloody Paralyser’ to the Germans. Operating mainly at night, the Handley Page bombers attacked German and German-occupied towns and cities, disrupting the enemy’s industry and crippling its war effort. The men that flew in the ‘Bloody Paralysers’ were the forerunners of the crews of Bomber Command in the Second World War and now their story is told in their own words.