Book cover for A Drop in the Ocean: Ditchings in World War II by Jim Burtt-Smith and John French

A Drop in the Ocean

Ditchings in World War II

1996 Released
176 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Pen & Sword BooksISBN 9780850525076

A collection of accounts of ditchings during World War Two, in which RAF crews abandoned their damaged aircraft in the sea and spent hours - often days - afloat on hostile waters in a rubber dinghy or supported by an inflatable jacket. Includes reports from former ASR personnel.

Jim Burtt-Smith

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John French

John French is the author of several Horus Heresy stories including the novels The Solar War, Mortis, Praetorian of Dorn, Tallarn, Slaves to Darkness and Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader, the novella The Crimson Fist, and the audio dramas Dark Compliance, Templar and Warmaster. For Warhammer 40,000 he has written Resurrection, Incarnation and Divination for The Horusian Wars and three tie-in audio dramas - the Scribe Award-winning Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies, as well as Agent of the Throne: Truth and Dreams and Agent of the Throne: Ashes and Oaths. John has also written the Ahriman series, the Age of Sigmar novels The Hollow King and The Dead Kingdom and many short stories.

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