Almost home
Earl, David W.2011
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This book tells the story behind the worst aviation accident in Orkney history, that of a B-24 Liberator bomber returning from a perilous mission over Norway, in which it was to drop a Special Operations Group over hostile territory, along with a store of arms and equipment, during 'Operation Rype'. However fate intervened and the crew had no choice but to abort the mission and return to their secondary base in Scotland, but were destined to crash in a field on Orkney with the loss of 13 men and only 1 survivor. What went wrong that fateful night? Who were the crew? Why did the identities of the passengers remain a mystery for so long?
Main title:
Almost home / by David W. Earl.
Author:
Publisher:
Stalybridge, Cheshire : David W. Earl., 2011.
Collation:
76 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Variant title:
Subtitle on cover : the story of the B-24 crash at Walliwall, Orkney - 31 March 1945
Notes:
Library's copy with barcode 2166916 is signed by the author. StKrOLA
Language:
English
Index terms:
B-24 LiberatorAir accidentsWorld War IIWorld War 2World War TwoWalliwall, OrkneyOperation Rype
BRN:
3980998