There would be reading, too – he enjoyed detective novels, Agatha Christie in particular, and The Times; he would often read even at mealtimes. In the afternoon, there would be a shared bottle of beer with their gardener – although only ...
An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams that supplied industries supporting the Third Reich's war machine documents the 10-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing ...
This book uses new research and perspectives to provide a fresh account of the 1943 bombing raid on three major dams in Germany.
Based on interviews, personal accounts, flight logs, maps, and photographs of the Canadians involved, Dam Busters recounts the dramatic story of these young Commonwealth bomber crews tasked with a high-risk mission against an enemy prepared ...
This is the story of the nineteen aircrews of No.617 Squadron who carried out the May 1943 attack on dams that were viewed as essential to Germany's war efforts.
An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams documents the ten-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing raid that nearly cost the lives of its pilots.