Bombers Author:Philip Kaplan The crews of the Lancasters, Halifaxes, Mosquitoes, the Fortresses, Liberators and Marauders--and, for that matter, the Heinkel 111s, the Junkers 88s, the Mitsubishis and the Savoia-Marchettis--had some of the most thankless and most dangerous jobs of all those who fought in the Second World War. For the most part, they performed them with cour... more »age, skill and determination. Few had chosen their role, many disliked it, but most believed it was necessary for the cause they fought for. The majority were young, in their teens or early twenties--often too young to vote for their government, but never too young to die for their country.
This book is an account, largely in their own words, of what these men (and their successors who flew in Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf and elsewhere) experienced...« less