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1、EAFBOMBERUNITSJULY1942-7945A247-3OSPREY/AIRWARSERIESEDITOR:MARTINWINDROWRAFBOMBERUNITSJULY1942-1945BYBRYANPHlLPOlTCOLOURPLATESBYTERRYHADLERRICHARDHOOKOSPREYPUBLISH1NGLONDONPublishedin1978byOspreyPublishingLtdMembercompanyoftheGeorgePhilipGroup12-14LongAcre,LondonWC2E9LP0Copyri
2、ght1978OspreyPublishingLtdThisbookiscopyrightedundertheBerneConvention.Allrightsreserved.Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposeofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,1956,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmi
3、ttedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic.electrical,chemical,mechanical,optical,photocopying.recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofthecopyrightowner.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtothePublishers.ISBN0850452937Unlessotherwisecredited,allphotographsarecourtesyoftheImperialWarM
4、useum.FilmsetbyBASPrintersLimited,OverWallop,Hampshire,EnglandPrintedinHongKongRAFBomberUnits,July1942-1945NEWWEAPONSWhenAirMarshalA.T.HarristookoverthereinsatBomberCommandHeadquartersinFebruary1942,heinheritedaforceofsome400aircraft-100fewerthanhadbeenavailabletohispredecesso
5、rthepreviousDecember,whenhehadbeenorderedtolimitoperationsduringthewintermonths.ThefirsttaskfacingthenewCommanderinChiefwastosilencethegrowingcriticismwhichthreatenedthe:veryexistenceofhisforceinastrategicbombingrole.Harris,whohadbeenafirmadvocateoflprecisionbombing,soonapprec
6、iatedthatthiswasbeyondthecapabilityofthecrewsandaircraftthenavailabletohim,andquicklybecameachampionofareabombing.Thisdoesnotmeanthathewasinanywaya'yesman'orarmchairleaderreadytoabandonhisowntheoriesinfavourofthoseofhisseniors.Thetruthwas,infact,quitethereverse,forTheShortStir
7、lingwasthefirstBritishtour-enylnedhewasaleaderwho'readybombertoenterservicewhenNo.7Sqn.receiveddefendandstickresolutelytohisownviewsCX.,~I,Sin1941.ThesesixmachinesofNO.7Sqn.werethroughthickandthin,couldappreciateothers'photographedattheirbase,Oakington.Latethatyear.opinionsand
8、adoptthemif,inhisopinion,theyWorthyofnotearethesmallsizeunitc