From the withdrawal from Dunkirk in 1940 to the Allied invasion of Germany four and a half years later, Royal Air Force
Bomber
Command was the only British force to strike directly at the enemy home land.
During the raids royal air force
bomber crews were confined in cramped conditions, buffeted by flak, at the mercy of storms, cloud, high winds, prowling
fighters and equipment malfunction.
This acclaimed account of the lives of the crews draws on the letters and diaries, later reflections and personal testimony, together with a wide range of interviews.
The result is a moving and highly readable narrative that vividly portrays the wartime experiences of these young men and the loved ones the so often left behind