1 Group Bomber Command: An Operational Record: An Operatonal Record

Ward, Chris

ISBN 10: 1473821088 / ISBN 13: 9781473821088

Published by Pen & Sword, Barnsley, UK, 2014

About this Item

Includes 30*b/w photographs and various tables. viii, 331pp.

Seller Inventory # B50607

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1 Group Bomber Command: An Operational Record: An Operatonal Record
• Publisher: Pen & Sword, Barnsley, UK
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473821088
• ISBN 13: 9781473821088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 700 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • WW2: Unit Histories
  • RAF (Royal Air Force) & RFC (Royal Flying Corps)
  • WW2: Aircraft and Aerial Warfare

About this title

Synopsis

During the period immediately before the Second World War, the RAF modified its command structure to rationalize for rapid expansion. Bomber Command was divided into six operational groups, each flying the same type of aircraft, including Wellingtons, Sterlings, and Lancasters. Chris Ward presents us here with the history of 1 Group Bomber Command, having previously acquainted us with the histories of 3, 4, 5, and 6 Groups in four highly acclaimed volumes, published by Pen and Sword. He continues with characteristic ease, quality of research, and narrative pace, to present us with an operational record of the groups activities during a particularly dramatic period of aviation history.

The book contains individual squadron statistics, their commanding officers, stations and aircraft losses. It provides an exhaustive reference for one of the RAF’s most important operational groups.

About the Author

Chris Ward is a respected historian who has specialised in Bomber Command history, especially 5 Group, of which 617 was a member. He has had access to wartime records and ex-squadron personnel. He lives in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.