'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage
of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two
Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human
drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the
Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and
profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews
and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's
greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon;
revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those
who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir
Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber
Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the
'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons
carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second
World War until the very last, more than five and a half years
later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a
million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over
10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters
built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action
or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the
125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed
and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot
down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms,
Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war
unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and
bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving
story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the
heart of Nazi Germany.
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