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The Battle of Heligoland Bight 1939 - The Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe's Baptism of Fire

Written by Robin Holmes, the man who located and identified the World War II Wellington bomber N2980 or 'R' for Robert at the bottom of Loch Ness, this book tells tells the dramatic history of the plane, its crew, the German opposition they encountered and the battles they fought.

Told over the course of over 180 pages, is the story of the first British bombing raid of the Second World War and of why Bomber Command flew by night and of the Wellington Mk.1A are all closely linked together.  Out of a total 11,461 Wellington bombers produced, Paul Harris' old Wimpy is now the only one left that fought back against Nazi tyranny and survived to rest now in Brooklands Museum.

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