OPERATION BIG BEN - The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944-45 by Cabell, Craig & Graham Thomas

Spellmount 2004, first edition, VG/VG condition, ( very light scuffing to dj cover), , hard bound in dust jacket, 6x9, xviii, 206 pages, illus, appendices, index.--------------------------------Operation Big Ben was one of the best kept secrets of the Second World War. Until now, its 60th anniversary. Through Squadron histories, log books, official reports and interviews with the people who flew clipped winged Spitfire to dive-bomb VI and VII rocket sights towards the end of the war, a story as fascinating as the Dam Busters raid of the Battle of Britain is at last fully told. The book includes detailed squadron histories, clear details of the strategies employed and missions executed by the Spitfire squadrons that flew. It has first hand recollections of the men who completed the dive-bombing raids and the cutting edge technology they used.