During the Second World War aeronautical technology gathered rapid pace. By 1945, bombers had not only greatly increased in engine power and range, but the bombs which they carried rose from 250lbs to 10 tons; the navigator's pencil and rubber of 1939 had been supplemented by infinitely more sophisticated electronic aids. Yet the success or failure of each and every bomber still depended entirely on the efficiency of every member of the crew at his individual position, the interaction and co-operation of all crew members as a body. One member of 617 squadron graphically explained that 'every time we went out, it was seven men against the Reich'. Drawing on letters, journals and diaries, John Sweetman examines the lives the bomber crews lived, from the highs and lows of their missions to the complexities of their friendships and the impact their place in the war had on the families and loved ones they left behind. Part collective biography, part military history, part social history: this will remain the definitive account of the bomber crews of the Second World War for years to come.

Bomber Crew : Taking on the Reich

History

John Sweetman

Military

Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)

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Schweinfurt: disaster in the skies

Europe

Ballantine Books

Schweinfurt Raids (History of 2nd World War)

Ballantine Books, Inc.

Operation Chastise The Dams Raid: Epic or Myth

Operation Chastise

Jane's Information Group

J. E.(Johnnie') Johnson, Derek Robinson, Nigel Balchin, John Ray, John Sweetman, Raymond Lamont-Brown, Kenneth Macksey, Bryan Perrett, David Rooney, James Lucas

Derek Robinson

Kenneth Macksey

John Ray

BRYAN PERRETT

James Lucas

J. E.(Johnnie') Johnson

Nigel Balchin

Raymond Lamont-Brown

David Rooney

Cassell

Identity: Murder, Fraud and the Making of a Garda Forensic Expert

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Hachette Books Ireland

This text offers an account of a key operation of World War II. For much of the war, the powerful German battleship "Tirpitz" had dominated the Atlantic and was a deadly adversary of the Allied convoys. The Royal Navy had achieved notable successes in sinking the "Graf Spee" in 1939 and the "Bismarck" in 1941, but from its base in Norway, "Tirpitz" effectively blocked the convoy routes to North Russia and threatened the possibility of a destructive breakout into the Atlantic. British midget submarines and Soviet and Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm torpedo bombers all tried to destroy "Tirpitz" in port, but only succeeded in temporarily immobilizing her. Parallel to these efforts, were those of inventor Dr Barnes Willis (of the "bouncing bomb") who strove to perfect a similar bomb for use against "Tirpitz" by the specially formed No. 618 Squadron RAF. Protracted trials and technical problems dogged the programme and by late 1943, it was deemed to late for success. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy's midget submarine took place and torpedo bombers had some success although by mid-1944 "Tirpitz" remained a menace. Barnes Willis, however, continued to develop a bomb capable of piercing concrete and armour, resulting in the 12,000lb "Tallboy" ballistic bomb used by Lancaster bombers in a raid on "Tirpitz" in September 1944. Following two more attacks, the solitary dinosaur was finally destroyed.

Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast: Air Attacks on the German Battleship 1940-44

US Naval Institute Press

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