Memories of Bomber Command at War.
The story of the night war by the men who risked their lives nightly. A new oral history of the bomber offensive against Germany. With obsolete bombers, inadequate range, poor armament and a total lack of fighter protection, the first raids into Occupied Europe were a dangerous affair and the likelihood of returning, to put it bluntly, not great. However, on an almost nightly basis, weather permitting, the men of the RAF's Bomber Command risked their lives in the effort to rid the world of Nazism. Here, Martin Bowman brings together the voices of the men (and women) who helped make victory inevitable. With a dark humour and an understanding that death awaited the flight crews on every trip, they, and their sweethearts tell the story of their war in their words. At first, the attacks were ineffectual, with no real effects beyond morale-boosting at home, but by 1943, with new heavy bombers and the technology to defeat enemy radar and nightfighters, the men of Bomber Command were nightly taking the war to Germany and, slowly but surely, winning the war of attrition against the German soldier and civilian. More than just tales of daring over the Reich, but also giving the reader an insight into life on station, at rest and play, the voices of those who were there are poignant but memorable. While the Few may have won the Battle of Britain, it was the many of Bomber Command who ultimately won the war.
