Men Of Air
The Doomed Youth Of Bomber Command
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2008
Summary
There were many ways for a combat crew to die during Bomber Command’s war of 1944. Over German territory, bursts of heavy flak could tear the wings from their planes in a split second. Flaming bullets from German fighter planes could explode their fuel tanks, cut their oxygen supplies, destroy their engines. In the spring of that year, thousands of young men were shot, blown up, or thrown from their planes five miles above the earth; and even those who returned faced the subtler dangers of ic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753823989 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753823985 |
| Author: | Kevin Wilson |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 132mm x 200mm |
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Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson has spent most of his working life as a staff journalist on British national newspapers, including the Daily Mail and latterly the Daily and Sunday Express. He is married with three grown-up sons and a daughter. He lives in Cheadle Hulme near Manchester.
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