{"product_id":"airborne-espionage-international-special-duties-operations-in-the-world-wars-by-david-oliver","title":"Airborne Espionage: International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars by David Oliver","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978075038709\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe History Press, January 2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOperating in all weathers, invariably at night, often at low level and usually without fighter escort, Allied ‘Special Duties’ (SD) squadrons and units played a vital role in the Second World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e By their very nature, these operations went unreported in wartime and for considerable time thereafter, but their importance in prosecuting the war of resistance in Occupied Europe was immense.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmerging from a time of rudimentary communications and transport, dedicated air units had been established by 1939 to fly agents into enemy territory, but their aircraft were hand-me-downs and the SD was considered a poor third to fighter and bomber operations. However, the tasks undertaken by these men and their aircraft were often more hazardous and demanding than any other type of wartime flying: for every SOS, SIS or OSS agent who lost their life in the field, at least one RAF or USAAF airman was killed while flying SD operations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, David Oliver examines the exploits of British, Commonwealth, American, Free European, Soviet, German, Italian and Japanese airmen and units, supported by first-hand accounts and archive photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47466098786466,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/61oGD6cM07L._SL1179.jpg?v=1784803425","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/airborne-espionage-international-special-duties-operations-in-the-world-wars-by-david-oliver","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}