Night and Day Bomber Offensive: Allied Operations in Europe in World War II

Kaplan, Philip ; Currie, Jack

ISBN 10: 1844154513 / ISBN 13: 9781844154517

Published by Pen & Sword Aviation, UK, 2006

About this Item

1st printing. As new with near fine unclipped dust jacket with very small nick to top of jacket spine otherwise fine. Very clean throughout. 272pp 28cm x 24cm approx. This profusely illustrated book (both in colour and black and white) converys what it was like for British and american pilots, aircrew and groundcrew, during their wartime service based in Britain during World War II. It is a vivid and powerful human expression of the bomber airmen's wartime experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Night and Day Bomber Offensive: Allied Operations in Europe in World War II
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation, UK
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844154513
• ISBN 13: 9781844154517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself. The American Eighth and Ninth Air Forces struck enemy targets by day at great distances, often on raids of eight or nine hours duration, while the RAF flew most of its demanding missions at night. This highly illustrated book will convey what it was like for pilots, aircrew and ground crew during their wartime service. It not only takes the reader on typical USAAF and RAF raids, but it also depicts the work of the mechanics and fitters as they struggled to keep battered aircraft airworthy, how the medics coped with the countless wounded who returned from the raids and looks at where the airmen relaxed within the various bases or in the local villages and towns. It will include period and later images of the bases, the aircraft, memorials and relevant locations in Britain, France and Germany. It will be a vivid and powerful human expression of the bomber airmen's wartime experience.

About the Author

Author/historian/designer/photographer Philip Kaplan has written and co-authored forty-seven books on aviation, military and naval subjects. His previous books include: One Last Look, The Few, Little Friends, Round the Clock, Wolfpack, Convoy, Fighter Pilot, Bombers, Fly Navy, Run Silent, Chariots of Fire, Legend and, for Pen and Sword, Big Wings, Two-Man Air Force, Night and Day Bomber Offensive, Mustang The Inspiration, Rolling Thunder, Behind the Wire, Grey Wolves, Naval Air, and Sailor. He is married to the novelist Margaret Mayhew.