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ISBN
9781473818613
Genre
Algemeen
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17-08-2006
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Pen & Sword Books
Auteur(s)
Barnaby Blacker
The Adventures and Inventions of Stewart Blacker
Soldier, Aviator, Weapons Inventor
Barnaby Blacker
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€6,99
Stewart
Blacker
was
a
remarkable
figure.
His
inventions
were
used
with
significant
effect
both
in
WW1
and
WW2.
Most
notable
of
these
was
the
synchronised
machine
gun,
attached
to
fighter
planes
that
could
fire
through
the
propeller.
He
also
designed
the
PIAT
anti
tank
weapon
which
was
used
with
dramatic
effect
during
WW2,
from
Normandy
until
the
end
of
the
war.
The
book
argues
that
with
less
obstruction
from
officialdom,
the
PIAT
could
have
been
ready
at
the
start
of
the
war
to
stop
Blitzkreig
in
its
tracks.As
an
aviation
pioneer,
flying
(and
crashing)
planes
soon
after
the
Wright
Brothers,
he
found
himself
in
charge
his
Majestys
Air
Force
at
the
outset
of
WW1.
Later
after
having
seen
the
awful
slaughter
occurring
in
the
trenches
and
feeling
guilty
he
had
chosen
the
easy
option,
he
joined
up
with
his
old
regiment
and
fought
at
Neuve
Chapelle
until
he
was
injured
in
1917.
During
the
interwar
years
he
continued
to
fly
and
develop
weapons
and
was
the
first
man
to
fly
over
the
top
of Everest.
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