Bloody Biscay [Paperback]

Chris Goss (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Crecy Publishing (October 31, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0947554629
• ISBN-13: 978-0947554620
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,718,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent History of the Bitter Battles over the Bay of Biscay!, January 12, 2006

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Michael OConnor "Wordsmith" (Wausau, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloody Biscay (Paperback)

Subtitled "The History of V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40," this interesting volume traces the battles fought by that unit's Junkers 88 long-range fighters over the Bay of Biscay from July 1942 to August 1944. Tasked to protect U-boats traveling through the Bay, V/KG40 engaged in numerous combats against a variety of opponents from the RAF, USN and USAAF.

Chris Goss' book is a gem, chock-a-block with German and Allied aircrews' accounts of bitterly-fought combats over the unforgiving waters of the Atlantic. The variety of aircraft involved is quite something: JU 88s, Mossies, Beaufighters, Sunderlands, FW 200s, Whitleys, Wellingtons, Spits, B-24s, Halifaxes, even Horsa gliders! The book is well illlustrated with over 200 photos, many of them rare in-action shots. The book features numerous appendices filled with interesting information on the combatants.

In short, a wonderfully researched and written chronicle of a segment of the ETO air war little known to most. Highly recommended.