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Aircrew: The Story of the Men Who Flew the Bombers
Aircrew The Story of the Men Who Flew the Bombers Author:Bruce Lewis During World War Two Bruce Lewis flew in thirty-six raids over Germany in Lancasters of a Special Duty squadron and in this book he tells the story of the air crews of RAF Bomber Command and the Eighth American Air Force, recording the very human feelings that made operational flying the way it was. Not for them the glorious all-or-nothing exhil... more »aration 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.« less