Bidspirit auction | Torpedo Airman: Missions with Bristol

Torpedo Airman: Missions with Bristol Beauforts 1940-42 by Roy Conyers Nesbit. William Kimber & Co LTD 1983, Hardback. Details the operations of the RAF Bristol Beaufort squadrons. The book recounts the perilous early-war missions where crews braved heavy anti-aircraft fire and temperamental engines to deliver torpedoes against enemy ships. Crews of the twin-engine Bristol Beaufort faced some of the most hazardous missions of the wartime RAF. Because dropping a torpedo required the aircraft to fly straight, low, and steady just above the waves, crews were left highly vulnerable to defensive fire from enemy warships and coastal flak. Prices on Abebooks range from £11 to £40.