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Winged Escort
Winged Escort
Author: Douglas Reeman
She was not beautiful. She was a bastard ship-the hull of a worn-out freighter with a wooden flight-deck tacked on, as if by afterthought. But the escort carrier Growler was all that stood between the Allied convoy and the swarming U-boats that fed on ships and men... — Rowan flew the lead Seafire off Growler's pitching deck. This was his first c...  more »
ISBN: 291236
Publication Date: 10/1978
Pages: 296
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Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Sons
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Previous readers of Douglas Reeman's naval fiction will find this a useful addition to his works. It brings alive the challenges of flying a Swordfish fabric covered biplane torpedo bomber off a tiny escort carrier in the terrifying weather of a North Atlantic winter. I liked it. A lot. Hope you do too.


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