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The Flatpack Bombers: The Royal Navy and the Zeppelin Menace (Hardcover)

by Ian Gardiner (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military (21 May 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1848840713
ISBN-13: 978-1848840713
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Flatpack Bombers - Direct Hit, 25 Jun 2009

By	Prof David W. Purdie (Edinburgh UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ian Gardiner has combined - or rather flatpacked - a fascinating piece of aviation ,naval and military history into a book which is also a thundering good read. If you enjoy escaping from weighty offical histories to the real world of innovation , personal courage and old-fashioned derring-do, then buy two copies of the Flatpack Bombers and give one to any teenager in the family.
Prof. David Purdie, Edinburgh.

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By	Capt Steven Bidmead (Galicia.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Flatback Bombers is an excellent book, and has obviously been meticulously researched. Some may consider the suject matter to be an obscure irrelevance, but Ian Gardiner has brought to light a most significant story of THE first strategic bombing missions in history. The tribe of Royal Marine Aviators is not a large one, and as a member, I am personally delighted that the author has put on record, in such a readable manner, the exploits of our founding members. And to learn how those aviators just happened to invent the tank along the way,- well, icing on the cake! ANYONE should enjoy this book. Written in Gardiner's jaunty, tongue-in-cheek-but-serious style,, one can almost sense the glint in his eye. He proves expert in getting across the message of how unbelievably basic and unreliable those early aeroplanes were. And of how courageous must have been those pioneering pilots to fly them at all, let alone take them to war! It is also refreshing to learn that not all the action in World War One was senseless slaughter. Excellent reading!

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