Ops: Victory at All Costs: Operations over Hitler's Reich with the Crews of Bomber Command 1939-1945, Their War: Their Words PDF
Preview Ops: Victory at All Costs: Operations over Hitler's Reich with the Crews of Bomber Command 1939-1945, Their War: Their Words
Published in Great Britain in 2012 by Tattered Flag Press PO Box 2240 Pulborough West Sussex RH20 9AL England [email protected] www.thetatteredflag.com Tattered Flag Press is an imprint of Chevron Publishing Ltd. Ops © Andrew R.B. Simpson 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical including by photocopying or scanning, or be held on the internet or elsewhere, or recorded or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. Jacket Design: Tim Brown and Mark Nelson Cartography © Tim Brown 2012 Tattered Flag Press wishes to acknowledge the kind contributions of Murray R. Barber, Tim Brown, Eddie J. Creek, Ken Merrick and ww2images during the preparation of this book British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A Catalogue Record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9555977-6-3 EISBN 978-0-9555977-9-4 Design by Mark Nelson, Sydney, NSW Printed and bound in the UK by the MPG Books Group, Bodmin and King's Lynn Copyright Illegal copying and selling of publications deprives authors, publishers and booksellers of income, without which there would be no investment in new books. Unauthorised versions of publications are also likely to be inferior in quality and contain incorrect information. You can help by reporting copyright infringements and acts of piracy to the Publisher or the UK Copyright Service. For more information on books published by Tattered Flag Press visit: www.thetatteredflag.com Also by Andrew R.B. Simpson: Another Life: Lawrence after Arabia, 2007 ISBN 978-1-86227-464-8 ‘Never a day passes that you don't remember those days. You shake your head in disbelief that you managed to come through. Years afterwards I found it easy to delude myself, to think that, after all, it had been no more than an exhilarating adventure. In truth, those who survived were the tip of the iceberg of the dead. Only a few of us were real warriors, but we saw some very ordinary men do some extraordinary things.’ DON CHARLWOOD, NAVIGATOR, 103 SQUADRON from Journeys into Night, 1991 ‘It was the wartime RAF that gave a direction and a discipline to my life, and taught me that professionalism and teamwork are the prerequisites of all human achievement. There I was shown what men and women can achieve when they are united in pursuit of a common goal clearly defined as just and good, and which they know they must attain at all costs.’ LEONARD CHESHIRE, CO, 617 SQUADRON from The Hidden World, 1981 CONTENTS Preface Foreword by John Nichol Author's Introduction Exposition Acknowledgements Glossary Maps: The Operational Squadrons of Bomber Command – 30 March 1944 ‘Night of the Strong Winds’: 24/25 March 1944 PART ONE FIRST STEPS Chapter One ‘… OTHERWISE I MAY END UP IN THE ARMY’ First Steps Chapter Two ‘THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU WILL EVER BE AT THE CONTROLS!’ Training Chapter Three ‘IT SEEMED TO TAKE QUITE A LOT OF PUNISHMENT WITHOUT FALLING OUT OF THE SKY’ The Aircraft Chapter Four ‘A GRAND MOB OF FELLOWS’ The Crew Chapter Five ‘A JUGGLE WITH JESUS’ OTU: Part One PART TWO ON SQUADRON Chapter Six ‘ENOUGH TO FRIGHTEN THE DEVIL OUT OF US!’ First Operation Chapter Seven ‘THERE'S A BLOODY DUCK IN MY BED!’ Squadron life
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