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Bombers Over Berlin – The RAF Offensive, November 1943-March 1944

SECOND-HAND BOOK CONDITION:  Good

AUTHOR – Alan W Cooper

PUBLISHER – Patrick Stephens Limited

FORMAT – Hardback

PAGES – 319

PUBLISHED – 1989

ISBN – 1 85260 248 1

1 in stock

Category: Product ID: 11796

Description

First published to acclaim in 1985. Berlin itself was ‘the Big City’. It was deep in the heart of Germany and heavily defended with flak and night fighters, not only because it was the administrative capital but also because it was vital for the German war production machine. Heavy losses could be expected on any raid to Berlin. So when the curtain was swept back on the briefing map to reveal the red ribbon stretching towards Berlin there was added tension for the bomber crews. Between November 1943 and March 1944, Berlin was the target no less than sixteen times. 9,112 sorties were flown and 495 aircraft were lost. The author has painstakingly researched all the details of the raids, telling the stories of individual crews who flew on them, of those who returned safely and those who were shot down, becoming POWs or evading capture, either returning to the UK or remaining at large in occupied Europe. He tells of the heroism of the pilots and crews grappling with heavily -loaded bombers against night fighters, often nursing stricken aircraft back to base, with many failing to return. What makes this book so remarkable and interesting is its anthology of short but graphic accounts of the trials and tribulations of the dozens of bomber crews involved. Illustrated with b&w photographs.

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