RAAF Bombers: Over Germany 1941-42

This is the tale of three Australian bomber squadrons at war, flying with RAF Bomber Command in the early part of Britain’s bombing offensive upon Nazi Germany, fromAugust1941toSeptember1942. This campaign saw the only major and ongoing Australian contribution to the wara gainst Hitler’s Germany. It was proportionally the bloodiest in Australian and British military history, with the survival rate among the aircrews dropping by Autumn 1942 to about 25 percent.