{"product_id":"moonlight-crusaders-special-duties-pilots-over-occupied-europe","title":"Moonlight Crusaders: Special Duties Pilots over Occupied Europe","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=unicode\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style='BOX-SIZING: border-box; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 700 !important; COLOR: rgb(15,17,17); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial'\u003eThis \nengrossing history explores the creation, development and actions of the Special \nDuties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and \nout of Occupied Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='BOX-SIZING: border-box; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(15,17,17); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial'\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003eIn 1940, \nWinston Churchill famously set in motion the Special Operations Executive. \nHowever, the creation of secret agent networks required a clandestine transport \ninfrastructure to support nascent resistance movements in Occupied Europe. With \nonly the moon to guide their way, the daring pilots of 161 Squadron constantly \nfaced danger: their locations could be discovered, German night-fighters and \nflak had to be contended with and, of course, they dealt with the worst of \nEuropean weather. Despite these extra risks, these Special Duties pilots were \nremarkably successful.\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003ePacked with first-hand accounts and expert \nresearch, this book dives into the history of the men who flew these dangerous \nmissions and the main aircraft they used – unarmed Lysanders. Author Paul \nSmiddy, an RAF-trained pilot, explores the origins of the Lysander, the dangers \nit posed to its pilots and how operational techniques were developed. Facing \npolitical interference and limited resources from the RAF, these brave and \nunder-recognised pilots provided a critical role in the war – bringing back \nagents with important information to help Britain and the Allies defeat the \nGermans.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Shop EAA Merchandise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58145038729519,"sku":"2274207000000","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9272\/5551\/files\/MoonlightCrusaders.png?v=1788975787","url":"https:\/\/shop.eaa.org\/products\/moonlight-crusaders-special-duties-pilots-over-occupied-europe","provider":"Shop EAA Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}