Aircrew - The Story of the Men Who Flew the Bombers

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Lewis served as a pilot in the RAF during World War Two. He is also the author of Four Men Went to War and The Technique of Television Announcing Klappentext A vivid, first-hand account of the tension and excitement of flying missions over Nazi Germany The British and American bomber crews of the Second World War often had to endure the most terrifying conditions. Not for them the glorious, all-or-nothing exhilaration of the Battle of Britain pilots - rather, the slow dwindling of courage as mission followed mission, the long, freezing, ear-shattering journey to the target, the bursting flak, the prowling night fighters. Then, if they were lucky, the long haul home, sometimes nursing a battered, barely flyable machine, often perilously short of fuel. Bruce Lewis flew in thirty-six such raids. In this book he records, in his own words and those of his fellow survivors, the events that made operational flying such a fearful experience. This is a blisteringly honest account of life for the Second World War bombers. Zusammenfassung A vivid description of flying missions in the bomber air crews during World War Two. Dramatic, first-hand accounts from the bomber pilots and crew.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Lewis, Lewis Bruce
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.08.2022
• EAN: 9781474626286
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-2628-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography: historical, political & military, military history, Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Air forces and warfare, Military veterans, Aviation skills / piloting