{"product_id":"green-balls-the-adventures-of-a-night-bomber","title":"GREEN BALLS — The Adventures of a Night Bomber","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1320\" data-start=\"929\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"978\" data-start=\"929\"\u003eGreen Balls: The Adventures of a Night Bomber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a First World War memoir originally published in 1919, recounting night bombing operations of the Royal Naval Air Service. Written shortly after the war, it offers an immediate and vivid account of early aerial warfare, describing primitive aircraft, hazardous night raids, anti-aircraft fire, and the pioneering era of strategic bombing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table table-striped\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eISBN-10: 0947898328\u003cbr data-end=\"213\" data-start=\"210\"\u003eISBN-13: 978-0947898328\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUsed - Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Bewsher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1919 ! \u003cbr\u003e1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• AVIATION MILITAIRE\u003cbr\u003e• PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE\u003cbr\u003e• BIOGRAPHIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul Bewsher arrived at the Handley-Page aerodrome he was, as he writes in this atmospheric book, \"to have the good fortune to be attached to a pioneering branch of the Air Service, and that, instead of going to a cut-and-dried task, I was to assist in operations which had been untried and were entirely experimental.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Now I was to be the first Observer on the huge night-bombers, which were to prove of such tremendous value. I found the squadron to be as a new-born babe, blinking at the light of day. In a couple of vast green hangars slept two gigantic machines. The skeleton of a third hangar reared its wooden lattice-work against the deep August sky, and everywhere lay heaps of material and stores.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGreen Balls\u003c\/i\u003e\" is a lyrical, evocative descriptive account of an Observer flying Handley-Page's with the RNAS. Among the memorable raids in which Bewsher participated was one on a bridge over the River Meuse, the longest night flight on a target at that time, some 150 miles behind enemy lines, and a dramatic raid in April 1918 on Zeebruge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"547\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"675\"\u003eNote pédagogique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"675\"\u003eLe livre concerne les opérations de bombardement de la Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) pendant la Première Guerre mondiale (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003epas la RAF Bomber Command (WWII)). La RAF a été créée en avril 1918, par fusion du RFC et du RNAS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"830\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Bewsher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53628324282714,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3015\/9446\/files\/image1_57e9f35c-2c0a-4d18-9f4f-ca8d0754f795.jpeg?v=1771420446","url":"https:\/\/aviation.brussels\/products\/green-balls-the-adventures-of-a-night-bomber","provider":"aviation.brussels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}