Prior to World War Two, Wing Commander Guy Gibson joined the Royal
Air Force. In 1944, he wrote down his experience of serving in the
RAF. Aged just 25, Gibson had completed two full tours, each of 30
operations, with Bomber Command, and had led the now-famous Dam
Busters raid against the dams of the Ruhr Valley in May 1943. He
died aged 26 in 1944, when his Mosquito crashed near Steenbergen in
the Netherlands. Gibson's story is an incredible one. He struggled
daily to work the Handley Page Hampden, and then the Avro
Manchester, flying both into enemy airspace with great difficulty.
He goes into detail on this, describing the troubles facing him,
and how he managed to overcome them. He also addresses the rapid
professionalisation of the Bomber Command. At the start of the war,
they seemed ill-equipped and unprepared to confront Germany, but
they grew in confidence and stature, to represent one of the
defining units of the Second World War. Gibson recounts this
change.
General
| Imprint: |
Greenhill Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2019 |
| Authors: |
Guy Gibson
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78438-490-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-78438-490-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781784384906 |
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