{"product_id":"the-stringbags-hardcover","title":"The Stringbags - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGarth Ennis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eP. J. Holden\u003c\/b\u003e (Drawings by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you do the incredible often enough, they'll want you to do the impossible.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy began World War II with aircraft that could devastate enemy warships and merchantmen at will. Britain's Royal Navy squadrons went to war equipped with the Fairey Swordfish. A biplane torpedo bomber in an age of monoplanes, the Swordfish was underpowered and undergunned; an obsolete museum piece, an embarrassment. Its crews fully expected to be shot from the skies. Instead, they flew the ancient Stringbag into legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter Garth Ennis (\u003ci\u003ePreacher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar Stories\u003c\/i\u003e) and artist PJ Holden (\u003ci\u003eBattlefields\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld of Tanks: Citadel\u003c\/i\u003e) present the story of the men who crewed the Swordfish: from their triumphs against the Italian Fleet at Taranto and the mighty German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic, to the deadly challenge of the Channel Dash in the bleak winter waters of their homeland. They lived as they flew, without a second to lose--and the greatest tributes to their courage would come from the enemy who strove to kill them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the true story of the Royal Navy's Swordfish crews, \u003ci\u003eThe Stringbags\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic tale of young men facing death in an aircraft almost out of time.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 11.1 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700277612607,"sku":"9781682475034","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2650ed3e7b58ac0aec93818ae7f74c76.webp?v=1765016118","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-stringbags-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}