Torpedo Bomber Author:Ralph Barker Edgar Lee was 20 years old when he flew in the historic torpedo bomber attack on the German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen. Hit by flak and shot down in flames by German fighters, Lee saved his seriously wounded pilot, was rescued by a British torpedo boat, and returned to his squadron base that night. He was the only man t... more »o return. . . Laced with combat action, Torpedo Bomber! is the story of the daring R.A.F. squadrons that smashed at German shipping from the coast of Norway to the shores of Africa. Flying straight and low into the teeth of enemy flak, the torpedo bomber pilots attacked anything from a tanker to a battleship. This book, recounting the heroism and combat excitement of those missions, is an unvarnished picture of aircrew life and a fascinating account of a little-known side of the war.« less