Dimensions
130 x 198 x 15mm
Experiences of the Bomber Command War
Flying with Bomber Command in World War Two was no easy task. The risks were enormous, the chances of survival slim. So what was it like, to fly through enemy skies, flak bursting all around, searchlight beams criss-crossing your route, enemy fighters likely to appear from nowhere to blow you apart? How did it feel, watching your bombs explode below, seeing destruction spread across the sleeping city like a cancer?
Those who did it, and lived, tell their stories in this book, a collection of twenty accounts of Bomber Command at work. These are stories of real war; the crippled Lancaster hurling to the ground, the rear-gunner trapped in his turret; the mid-air explosion; the bomb-aimer flying the aircraft after his pilot had been injured; the crashed crew adrift in the North Sea for nine days; and many more. Bomber aircrew were brave men, routinely facing appalling danger. These amazing accounts put you into the heat of the action, to share that danger at first hand.
