The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942
by
Roy Conyers Nesbit, Ernest Schofield
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
In 1942 a Catalina crew of 219 Squadron, based in the Shetlands, was selected to carry out a series of top secret operations, including a flight to the North Pole. They were made at the same time as a Norwegian expedition to Spitzbergen to keep the Germans out of the area. The flights were over 24...