Bomber Barons

Bomber Barons

by Chaz Bowyer

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Bomber Barons Book Details

War:

World War II

Perspective:

Bombers

Military Unit:

Royal Air Force

True Story:

Yes

Biography:

Yes

Region:

Europe

Page Count:

217

Published Date:

2001

ISBN13:

9780850528022

Bomber Barons Book Description

At the end of the Second World War over 55,000 air crew of Bomber Command had lost their lives, in this authoritative book, the Author selects a number of men, some well known like Leonard Cheshire, Hughie Edwards, but many less 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 compartively 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.