Torpedo Leader - Hardcover
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- PublisherWrens Park Publishing
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0905778723
- ISBN 13 9780905778723
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Book Description Condition: Very Good+, Very Good+. reprint, 2002. 8VO, 206 pgs., B/W Photos, Hardcover Hardcover: Teal blue cloth boards with title on spine in gold. Small sticker residue on corner of first free endpaper. Text is clean and crisp. Beautiful crisp color illustrated dust jacket in protective mylar. The manuscrpt for this book was written in 1943 when the events and actions were fresh in the mind of its author. Untouched since then it is published here for the first time, a remarkable and valuable account. Illustrated. Nice tight binding. Seller Inventory # 013606
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Map. Photographs on plates. 206 pages clean and tight. THE MANUSCRIPT for Torpedo Leader was written in 1943 when the events and actions it portrays were still fresh in the mind of its author. Intended as a successor to Not Peace But a Sword, it has lain untouched since then. Written during the war without the benefit of hindsight, official documentation or reference work, it is therefore a highly remarkable and valuable account, which is here published in full for the first time with only very minor modifications. A first-hand and very personal story, its lucid, exciting and readable narrative describes firstly the author's frustrations as a Staff Officer in Cairo, then more significantly his triumphs and disasters as a Beaufort Flight Commander on anti-shipping operations from Malta in that crucial summer of 1942. Fighting uphill battles against 'the powers that be', Gibbs remained utterly dedicated to the airborne torpedo as a weapon of war against shipping, and succeeded in changing not only tactical but also strategic policy - very rare indeed for a junior officer. But his book also gives new insight into the often haphazard way war was waged in the Mediterranean, the daily dangers, the inevitable losses. Gibbs' contribution was immense. As Laddie Lucas has written, "there were few operational efforts in World War II to compare with it. There is not the least doubt that the success of his strike operation had a material effect upon the fortunes of our 8th Army in the Desert and the outcome of Alamein". Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 143264
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 206pp, photographs. Clean and tight. THE MANUSCRIPT for Torpedo Leader was written in 1943 when the events and actions it portrays were still fresh in the mind of its author. Intended as a successor to Not Peace But a Sword, it has lain untouched since then. Written during the war without the benefit of hindsight, official documentation or reference work, it is therefore a highly remarkable and valuable account, which is here published in full for the first time with only very minor modifications. A first-hand and very personal story, its lucid, exciting and readable narrative describes firstly the author's frustrations as a Staff Officer in Cairo, then more significantly his triumphs and disasters as a Beaufort Flight Commander on anti-shipping operations from Malta in that crucial summer of 1942. Fighting uphill battles against 'the powers that be', Gibbs remained utterly dedicated to the airborne torpedo as a weapon of war against shipping, and succeeded in changing not only tactical but also strategic policy - very rare indeed for a junior officer. But his book also gives new insight into the often haphazard way war was waged in the Mediterranean, the daily dangers, the inevitable losses. Gibbs' contribution was immense. As Laddie Lucas has written, "there were few operational efforts in World War II to compare with it. There is not the least doubt that the success of his strike operation had a material effect upon the fortunes of our 8th Army in the Desert and the outcome of Alamein". Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 135077
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 2002. Wrens Park. Hardcover. Book-VG. DJ-VG, minor edgewear. 9.5x6.5. 206pp. B/w photos. Seller Inventory # 1539019
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Book Description Condition: Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo. Seller Inventory # 326221-XC22
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