633 Squadron: Operation Valkyrie by SMITH, FREDERICK E. (First Edition in jacket) - 1978

London: Cassell, 1978. 235 pp, 8vo (8" H). "It is now February 1944 and Air Commodore Davies and General Staines of the American 8th Air Force have just received one of Churchill's most feared ACTION THIS DAY directives. A young Norwegian officer, Paul Lindstrom, has arrived in England with the news that the Germans are shipping out a large consignment of heavy water in less than two weeks. Once in Germany it will be processed in a bomb-proof installation. The threat is overwhelming: the stocks must be destroyed in transit. Davies is visibly shaken. 633 Squadron's cruel sacrifice the previous spring to kill the heavy water threat has left its mark on him, and the thought of having to send his crews back into Norway subdues his characteristic elan. He and Staines learn that a group of Norwegian freedom fighters led by Captain Haukelid intend trying to sabotage the consignment when it is in transit on the ferryboat 'Hydro'. What Haukelid does not know, however, is that the… Read More

Cassell & Company, London. First edition, first printing. 1978 NF/NF 235 pages. Very lightly bumped top spine and top corners. Light dusting top edges of pages. Read once. Liquidating a private collection. Total of 6 Frederick Smith titles must go.