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D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story: RAF Bomber Command and the US Eighth Air Force Support to the Normandy Invasion 1944

Hardback

Main Details

Title D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story: RAF Bomber Command and the US Eighth Air Force Support to the Normandy Invasion 1944
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephen Darlow
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreMemoirs
Second world war
ISBN/Barcode 9781911621874
ClassificationsDewey:940.5421421
Audience
General
Edition 75th Anniversary

Publishing Details

Publisher Grub Street Publishing
Imprint Grub Street Publishing
Publication Date 30 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

75th Anniversary Edition D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story is largely an eyewitness account of the vital heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe. It is told using considerable first-hand experience from the veterans of the campaign, something not really covered in any other books on the subject, together with background information from primary source documents on the tactics and strategy employed before, during and after the invasion. Eight different aircrews, five RAF and three USAAF, tell widely differing stories of their part in the operations. Their vivid and dramatic accounts are supplemented by numerous contributions from other aircrew and ground crew veterans, army personnel and French civilians, which have been carefully gathered by Stephen Darlow from interviews with the participants and their relatives, through correspondence and contemporary diaries. Certain raids have been selected and described in detail and there are numerous previously unpublished photographs. By meeting with the veterans themselves, Stephen Darlow has helped to record such deeds. Here is their story, seventy-five years on. AUTHOR: Steve Darlow is an author of twenty books, historian, documentary consultant and publisher. He actively supports fundraising for various military charities, most especially the RAF benevolent fund. He is one of the most knowledgeable and respected experts on the bombing campaigns of World War Two.

Author Biography

Stephen Darlow is an author of twenty books, historian, documentary consultant and publisher. He actively supports fundraising for various military charities, most especially the RAF Benevolent Fund. He is one of the most knowledgeable and respected experts on the bombing campaigns of World War Two.