A new book in my library.

[vikingBerserker]

'Gardening by Moonlight'- Peter Kassak, David Gunby. 205 Group RAF mining operations over the River Danube in 1944. The product of research in British, Australian,South African, German, Hungarian and Slovak archives, 'Gardening by Moonlight' is about one of the least known and most effective of the Royal Air Force's bombing campaigns of the Second World War. Operating from a group of bases around Foggia, in Central Italy, the RAF's 205 Group mined the River Danube intensively between April and October 1944, radically curtailing the movement of Axis river shipping and at times halting it altogether. The Wellington and Liberator crews had to sow their mines (hence the slang term 'gardening') at low level on moonlit nights, running the gauntlet of night fighters, flak and balloon barrages. Their courage, skill and sacrifice are celebrated in what is an important account of a virtually unknown aspect of the war in the air.View attachment 365597

The book "Out of the Italian Night" talks about that mission as well (flying Wellingtons), just probably not as much detail.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Got this one the other day. It is a small book, size wise, and some of the pages suffer from poor photo reproduction. I like it though and was looking for it for a while. Good info and can also be had on CD from the author with updated information. Might have to get that...

 

[Robert Porter]

Nice! My son recently married a girl from Turkey so it caught my eye when you posted it.

 

[fubar57]

Nice Jim! And what might one be looking at on the cover?

 

[Micdrow]

Nice one Jim!!

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

It's an excellent book.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Nice Jim! And what might one be looking at on the cover?

Looks to me to be a Northrop F-5 with an attached towed target vane...

 

[fubar57]

I can live with that, merci

 

[Wayne Little]

another profile book....

 

[Micdrow]

Looks sweet Wayne

 

[Robert Porter]

First of 3 I ordered arrived!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Sweet!

 

[Micdrow]

Great one Robert, this one just came today. Completes my set for this series.

 

[Robert Porter]

Oh! I like that! I know next to nothing about the Alaska and Canada battles during WW2 other than there were some!

 

[vikingBerserker]

It is a nice little series!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Robert Porter]

Last two arrived!

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!