Bomber Barons by Bowyer, Chaz ISBN 085052802X
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Aviation historian Chaz Bowyer details the careers of some of the bomber pilots of WWII, relating episodes that reflect the qualities that made them outstanding.
At the end of the Second World War over 55,000 air crew of Bomber Command had lost their lives, amounting to 70% of the total RAF casualties. Yet in contrast to Fighter Command, few bomber pilots were household names to the general public. However, within the ranks of the RAF itself, certain men stood out, gaining high reputations for their courage and leadership, a respect achieved regardless often of the decorations they had won or the number of sorties flown. These were the Bomber Barons. In this authoritative book, aviation historian Chaz Bowyer selects a number of these men, some well known like Leonard Cheshire and Hughie Edwards, but many less well known such as Nick Knilans, Syd Clayton and Jo Lancaster, and details their careers, relating episodes that reflect the qualities that made them outstanding. Bomber Barons shows the development of Bomber Command from comparatively unorganised, non-cohesive raids of the early part of the war to the highly-trained and deadly offensive weapon it became under Sir Arthur Harris, from 1942 AOC-in-C of Bomber Command, the greatest baron of them all.
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[edit] Title
Bomber Barons
[edit] Author
Bowyer, Chaz
[edit] ISBN
085052802X
[edit] Published
30/05/2001
[edit] Publisher
Leo Cooper Ltd
[edit] Binding
HARDBACK
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19.95 (GBP)
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19.95 (GBP)
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