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TO SHATTER THE SKY BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR

by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny

Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st. 1984

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A general description of a typical wartime bomber airfield, going on to relate personal stories of several crews and their missions. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

Top & tail of spine bumped. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is lightly edge-worn.

ISBN: 0850596785
Stock no. 1807284

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Contents

  • Foreword by Wing Commander K.H. Wallis
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Glossary
  • PART ONE
  • 1 Development of the bomber airfield
  • 2 The bombs
  • 3 Bomber Command war theme
  • PART TWO
  • 4 Ops in the Wimpy
  • 5 Bale out
  • 6 That special breed of men
  • 7 Learning the trade
  • 8 Devotion to duty
  • 9 Mission to Geissen
  • 10 Flying as a "spare"
  • 11 Four years in service
  • 12 The routine flight
  • 13 The last letter
  • 14 A Rhodesian's adventure over Stettin
  • 15 Unkindly light
  • 16 Nuremberg Raid, March 30/31 1944
  • 17 Failed to return
  • 18 The shuttle raids, 1943
  • 19 Target after D-Day
  • 20 Our last trip
  • 21 Tale of a tail gunner
  • 22 A Pole in bomber Command: Sergeant Drozdz
  • 23 Special duty operator's diary
  • 24 An erk in Bomber Command
  • 25 Destination Hannover
  • 26 Reflections
  • PART THREE
  • 27 Airmen of RAF Bomber Squadrons awarded the VC

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