The Gorodomlya Island Project: The Inside Story of How the Soviets Developed Rocket Technology

by Amanda Vickers

When 20-year old RAF recruit Neville Cox, or 'Cocky', joins up in 1946, he is dismayed that the end of the war means he will never get to fly. Instead, he will be doing more of the technical drawing he is trained for. On a mission to a former Nazi-supported laboratory in Austria, he meets pilot and scientific intelligence expert Eric Ackermann, forming a friendship that lasts for years.

They encounter Russians who are, like them, combing out...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1036108821
• ISBN13: 9781036108823
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 264 Pages