Battle Under the Moon: The Disastrous RAF Raid on Mailly-Le-Camp, 1944

by Jack Currie

Book Overview

This is a gripping account of the ill-fated RAF raid, on 3 May 1944, on the Panzer tank depot and military barracks at Mailly-le-Camp south of Rheims in northern France, part of the softening up process on German military targets, in preparation for the D-Day landings. Raids like this over occupied France were considered relatively low risk affairs and only counted for one third of a mission for the crews concerned.

In total, 362 RAF bombers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910809802
• ISBN13: 9781910809808
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Goodall Publications Ltd
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"