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Contributor(s): Matthews, Rupert (Author)

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ISBN: 1853069442     ISBN-13: 9781853069444
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2005
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Military - Aviation
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Dewey: 940.544
Series: Heroes of Bomber Command
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.93" W x 8.3" L (0.88 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 1930's
Features: Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, such was the build-up of men and materials in the RAF that Lincolnshire was already known as 'Bomber Country'. Its four main airfields - Hemswell, Scampton, Waddington and Cottesmore - were home to eight squadrons of Bomber Command under the legendary Arthur 'Bomber' Harris. Night after night the skies of Lincolnshire reverberated with the sound of aircraft taking off and landing. For the aircrews the missions were very dangerous and physically exhausting. The chances of surviving a full tour of 30 operations were only 50/50, less in the first five sorties while aircrews gained valuable experience. Their targets were roads, railways, bridges, harbours, dams, factories and oil installations. Many medals were won - some of them posthumously. On the Dambusters Raid alone, 36 were awarded; a VC for the leader Guy Gibson, five DSOs, 14 DFCs, 12 DFMs and three Conspicuous Gallantry Medals. In this well researched and excellently written book, Rupert Matthews - himself the son of a Bomber Command sergeant who fought in the Second World War - describes many of the operations in detail and tells the story of courageous individuals who, despite the odds, flew mission after mission - heroes every one of them.

Contributor Bio(s): Matthews, Rupert: - Rupert Matthews is an author and historian.
 
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