Air Raid Islands: The Luftwaffe Over Shetland During World War Two

Throughout the Second World War, the German air force - the Luftwaffe - were constantly seen in the skies around Shetland.

By combining archival research from official wartime sources with newspaper reports and first-hand eyewitness accounts, this book provides a chronological record of these occurrences within 50 miles of the Shetland coastline and the efforts of the RAF, Army and Navy to protect the isles from these unwelcome visitors. Air Raid Islands includes:

• the real story behind the famous 'Run, Rabbit, Run' raid
• The sinking of fishing trawlers within sight of land
• The bombing of Lerwick in February 1941
• The German aircraft shot down over Sullom Voe, Lerwick and Fair Isle
• Th indiscriminate machine-gunning of civilians in June 1941
• The tragic lighthouse attacks on Fair Isle and the Outer Skerries
• The bombs dropped on Tingwall, Brae, Bigton, Sandwick and Sumburgh
• Plus many more long-forgotten incidents from WW2

Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Biddles Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781527276659
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 150