Only Birds and Fools: Flight Engineer, Avro Lancaster, World War II

Ashton, J. Norman

ISBN 10: 1840371234 / ISBN 13: 9781840371239

Published by Airlife, 2000

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very nice copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Only Birds and Fools: Flight Engineer, Avro Lancaster, World War II
• Publisher: Airlife
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840371234
• ISBN 13: 9781840371239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Second World War
  • Second World War::RAF

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Synopsis

This autobiography captures the day-to-day life of crew members of the Avro Lancaster bombers during World War II. The author of this work is one of the many unsung heroes of RAF Bomber Command, who played out his part of the war tending the engines and flight systems of the various aircraft in which he flew and survived through 54 operations. It describes missions to the Ruhr Valley, and see tactics employed by crews of an elite Pathfinder Squadron as they contribute to Germany's downfall in the last years of the war.