BOAC: An Illustrated History

by Charles Woodley

The British Overseas Airways Corporation came into being in 1939 as the successor to the pre-war British Airways adn the legendary Imperial Airways, and through the dark days of the Second World War it used flying-boats to maintain air links between Britain, Africa, Australia and the USA.Post-war, flying-boats and converted bombers soon gave way to Lockheed Constellations, Bristol Britannia's, de Havilland Comets, Boeing 707s and Vickers VC-10s, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752431617
• ISBN13: 9780752431611
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"