Tail Gunner - Hardcover

Rivaz, Richard C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750913274 ISBN 13: 9780750913270

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Tail Gunner, first published in 1943, is one man's first-hand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Richard Rivaz modest but vivid narrative reveals what it was like to be part of a heavy bomber crew flying first Whitleys and then Halifaxes with No. 102 and No. 35 Squadrons.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Rivaz was born in India in 1908 and on his return to England studied painting at the Royal College of Art. He volunteered for the RAF in 1940, and trained as an air gunner. At the end of the war he was collecting material for a history of RAF Transport Command when, on 13 October 1945, the Liberator in which he was a passenger caught fire on take off from Brussels, killing all on board.

Synopsis:

A title first published some forty years ago, in which the author gives an impression of what it was like to be part of a bomber crew flying in Whitleys and Halifax's, including descriptions of daylight and night time bombing attacks and shoot-outs with German fighters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0750913274
• ISBN 13: 9780750913270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128