WINGLEADER MAGAZINE – SHORT STIRLING MK IV IN RAF SERVICE — WINGLEADER PHOTO ARCHIVE NUMBER I I
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908757-23-4 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Like NEW |
| Author(s) | Jonathan Falconer |
| Publisher | Wing Leader Ltd |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Published date |
First Edition ISBN 978-1-908757-23-4 First published 2021 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | WINGLEADER PHOTO ARCHIVE NUMBER 11 |
| Size | NOT_FOUND |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS |
Description
Welcome to Number Eleven
Jonathan Falconer completes the story with this volume covering the Mk IV and Mk V variants.
Although the Stirling did not reach its full potential as a frontline bomber, it proved remarkably adaptable. These modified and converted bombers were urgently required for transport duties. The Mk IV was produced in significant numbers, while the Mk V fulfilled another pressing requirement for transport aircraft towards the end of the war, performing modestly well in this role.
As with the other titles in this series, most of the space is devoted to high-resolution original wartime photographs. These images have been carefully optimised to allow close examination of details that have been hiding in plain sight for over seventy years. So if you have never heard of low-tow and high-tow systems, strop guards, or bridles, read on!
We hope you enjoy this book. Several new titles are already in the pipeline, so keep an eye on our Wing Leader website for news of forthcoming releases.
Leicester
Mark Postlethwaite
Series Editor
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Title page: This wonderfully frosty photograph of 295 Squadron's LK129, 8Z-B, with one of her air and ground crew (probably Flt Lt A.M. Scott, third left, standing) was taken at Rivenhall over the winter of 1944/45. Her full nose legend 'Glorious Beer' – is yet to be applied. Partial invasion stripes can be seen under the rear fuselage. Notice how the frost has coated the various aerial arrays on her nose and covered the entire airframe in a rime.
Below: A long line of Stirling Mk IVs belonging to 299 Squadron wait to board hundreds of Allied forces POWs at an airfield in Belgium during April/May 1945 as part of Operation Exodus, the repatriation of POWs to the United Kingdom. The Stirlings, which show no sign of ever having worn invasion stripes, are painted in standard Bomber Command camouflage with squadron and individual markings in Dull Yellow. 5G-M (the second aircraft from the camera) repeats its code 'M' on the tail beneath the rear turret. Passing through from behind 5G-A in the foreground is one of several RAF P-51 Mustangs sharing the airfield.