Bomber boys
fighting back 1940-1945
Large print ed.
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Word Count
140,000 words, Guess
Page Count
560 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL37776406M
- Internet Archivebomberboysfighti0000bish_c1m4
- ISBN-10075315675X
- ISBN-100753156768
- ISBN-139780753156759
and 2 more
- ISBN-139780753156766
- OCLC Control Number148300782
Classifications
- DDC940.54213
Description
A remarkable and disturbing look inside the dark world of Bomber Command, and at some of the most daring - and overlooked - airmen of the Second World War. Often flying at night on long nerve-racking missions, the odds were stacked against them. Despite their sacrifies, they have remained on the edges of our collective memory.
Description
"The 125,000 men from all over the world who passed through Bomber Command were engaged in a form of warfare that had never been implemented before. Between 1940 and 1945 they flew continuously, stopping only when weather made operations impossible. There was nothing romantic about their struggle. Often barely out of boyhood, they lived on bleak bases, flying at night on long, nerve-wracking missions that often ended in death. In all, 55,000 were killed, counting for nearly one in ten of all the British and Commonwealth war dead."--Jacket.
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