An Illustrated History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Bedford
Book No. : 022078
Author: Arthur Pearcy
ISBN: 1853103608
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: Fine
PublishingDate: 1999
Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd
Availability: In Stock
Price: £40.00
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp.
The RAE site at Bedford was set up around Hitler's secret advanced wind-tunnel testing plant which was a war-prize from WW2 and was moved there from Germany in 1946. Bedford RAE continued to be a centre for important aircraft development until its closure in 1993. Very well illustrated.