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100 1 Mansfield, Angus,|eauthor.
245 10 'I Wish I Had Your Wings' :|bA Spitfire Pilot and
Operation Pedestal, Malta 1942 /|cAngus Mansfield.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
|c[2016]
264 4 |c©2016
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520 In August 1942, the British launched Operation Pedestal in
an attempt to deliver supplies to the stricken island of
Malta, an Allied base which had been under Axis blockade
for months. From August 9 to August 15, a convoy of some
50 ships ran the gauntlet of Axis bombers, submarines, E-
boats, and minefields. Of the original 14 merchant vessels,
only five reached Malta Grand Harbour. In 'I Wish I Had
Your Wings', Angus Mansfield relates the experiences of
two men involved in Pedestal, Captain David Macfarlane of
MV Melbourne Star and his nephew David Mejor, one of the
Spitfire pilots who fought to protect the convoy. Told
using their log books, letters, and papers, this is the
story of one family's contribution to a relief operation
that cost of over 400 Allied lives, but which has gone
down in history as one of the most important British
strategic victories of World War II.
538 System requirements: Adobe Digital editions.
588 0 Print version record.
650 0 Operation Pedestal, 1942.
650 0 World War, 1939-1945|zMalta|xAerial operations, British.
650 0 World War, 1939-1945|zMalta|xNaval operations, British.
650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh
655 0 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aMansfield, Angus.|t'I wish I had your
wings'.|dStroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press,
2016.|z9780752497822|w(OCoLC)940911819
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