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A vivid firsthand 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 allornothing exhilaration of the Battle of Britain pilots rather the slow dwindling of courage as mission followed mission the long freezing earshattering 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 thirtysix 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