Aircrew: The Story Of The Men Who Flew The Bombers (1991) By Bruce Lewis
 
In a tribute to the Aircrew of Bomber Command, the author, who also wrote "Four Men Who Went to War", describes the responsibilities of the pilot, navigator, flight engineer, co-pilot, bomb aimer, and gunner, basing his study both on interviews and his own experience as a navigator in World War II.
 
The British and American bomber crews of the Second World War often had to endure the most terrifying conditions. Not for them the glorious, all-or-nothing exhilaration of the Battle of Britain pilots - rather, the slow dwindling of courage as mission followed mission, the long, freezing, ear-shattering journey to the target, the bursting flak, the prowling night fighters. Then, if they were lucky, they long-haul home, sometimes nursing a battered, barely flyable machine, often perilously short of fuel.
 
Bruce Lewis flew in thirty-six such raids. In this book, he records, in his own words and those of his fellow survivors, the events that made operational flying such a fearful experience.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
187 Pages
In Good Condition