A Gripping Narative
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This book (author Keven Wilson) should be read by all those interested in WWII events. Young men, pilots,airgunners or whoever were very brave people and many gave their lives flying night after night to Gemany to win the war. The author has done a lot of research to tell you and I the extreme difficult periods the aircrew faced passing through flack and German fighters. Bomber command were flying aircraft which often iced up yet the only warmth they had was their flying suits. So many failed to get back to the UK having been shot down or burned whilst crashing. A gripping and detailed narative -find out the courage and enthusiasm the aircrew portrayed. So few British are aware of the tragic events that took place - read it
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The debt we all owe
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With most of the UK's population born since 1945, the Second World War is becoming a distant, hazy conflict with seemingly limited relevance to the early 21st Century. Yet without the heroism of the RAF and the rest of our Armed Forces, Hitler might well have won the war and inflicted mass punishment on the peoples of these islands.
Fortunately this account of Bomber Command's campaign in 1943 shows what a massive debt we owe to aircrews whose chances of getting back to their bases were horrifyingly low. Through its graphic descriptions of the aerial battles and moving interviews with the dwindling band of survivors, this book brings home the vital role of strategic bombing in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Read it and give thanks for the sacrifices Britain's young men made for us.
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Bomber Boys: The Ruhr, the Dambusters and Bloody Berlin
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A well written account of Bomber Command's development from a rather amateur outfit to a giant killing machine. Was 'Bomber' Harris right to believe he could win the war by bombing alone, given that no-one had ever tried before? One thing is for sure - Bomber Command's thousands of young men who flew the operations in the dark skies over Germany paid a horrendous price, but certainly brought the war to the German people when no-one else could. In doing so, they sowed the first seeds of doubt in the minds of the German High Command about the future of the Thousand Year Reich. The book also charts the race of the scientific 'boffins' on both sides to counter each new development to regain the (always temporary) advantage. The fear and fascination of 'flying into hell' is graphically captured, and the isolation of the few who managed to escape from falling bombers over enemy territory. It remains a matter of shame that the courageous men of Bomber Command were not honoured with a campaign medal, regardless of the doubts cast over the campaign in the latter part of the war. Kevin Wilson's book leaves us in no doubt of the debt owed to these men.
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