It's a really interesting insight.moreĭavid Price takes the reader inside a Lancaster bomber high over the skies of occupied Europe during the Second World War. If you're considering reading this, just do it. That said, it did inspire me to do my own research. My only criticism is that some things are assumed knowledge that I would have liked explained, and I would have liked more information on the workings and parts of the aircraft. It explores the morality in a balanced way and seems very open in its tone. It's a really int This was a very powerful and important book, showing the struggles physically, scientifically and psychologically of the airmen. This was a very powerful and important book, showing the struggles physically, scientifically and psychologically of the airmen. 'A remarkable insight into the bravery, determination and skill of British Bomber Command crews during WWII' Waterstones.more 'A fascinating and fast-paced account of the exploits of an Avro Lancaster bomber crew from 97 Squadron RAF' The Herald. This book has a heart and soul' The Times. Price has given the bomber offensive a human face. 'A sensitive account of the bomber's life. The drama and anxiety of individual missions – to Kassel, Munich and Augsburg as well as Berlin – is evoked with thrilling immediacy while the military events and strategic decisions that drove the RAF's area bombing campaign against Nazi Germany are interwoven deftly with the narrative of the crew's operational careers. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, hard-bitten Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Tail Gunner 'Jock' Bolland, Flight Engineer Ken Randle and Radio Operator Roy Woollford were seven ordinary young men living in extraordinary times, risking their lives in freedom's cause in the dark skies above Hitler's Reich.įrom their earliest beginnings – in places as far apart as a Cotswold village and the suburbs of Sydney – through the adventure of training in North America and the dread and danger of the forty-five bombing raids they flew with 97 Squadron, David Price describes the crew's wartime experiences with human sympathy allied to a secure technical understanding of one of the RAF's most iconic aircraft. The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the war's end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, hard-bitten Australian pilot Jim Co A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command.
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