This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an
authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of
air-crew during the various bombing operations of the Second World
War. The storytellers are an eclectic mix of pilots, navigators, bomb
aimers, wireless operators and gunners who flew on operations in heavy
bombers. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights
over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, often
catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the
machine airborne on the return trip to base. It tells of the
comradeship between the crew and the humour between them, often borne
of fear. The gentle and unassuming narratives include 'Millennium';
'One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'; Bomber's Moon; 'Bombing Berlin' 'The
Ordeal Of Pilot Officer Romans DFC'; Last Man Out' operations on
Whitleys and Halifaxes; Flying Officer 'X'; Stirlings; 'Rescue At Sea'
'The Incendiary Load's Alight'; 'The Night Of The Bombs' and 'The
Kassel Raids of 1943' as well as BBC Broadcasts and stories by Allied
war correspondents. Each of these accounts conveys the sense of
purpose that these men felt in doing one of the most dangerous jobs of
the war. It is a fitting tribute to those that survived and the many
thousands who died in the struggle against Hitler's dreadful ambitions
in Europe.
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ISBN
9781473861138
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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