Bombs Away!: Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in WWII
Bombs Away!: Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in WWII
Pen & Sword | 2010 | 224 pages | ISBN: 1848841876 | ePub (e-book) | 3 MB
This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and cynicism, shows through in these stirring, daring, often irreverent, humorous and sometimes sardonic but memorable stories. All reflect the ethos, camaraderie, fear and bravery of the largely ordinary men, most of whom were plucked from ‘civvy street’ and thrust into a frightening, bitter conflict which was made even more dangerous by the lethal advance of technology. Death would normally come from an anonymous assassin, either in the black of night, or from behind a cloud or out of the sun, or simply from the Flak gunner on the ground. And, if all this was not enough, the often unmerciful weather was no respecter of mortality.