Bomber Command The Victoria Cross Raids (Second World War Aviation History)

Chorlton, Mr Martyn

ISBN 10: 1846743222 / ISBN 13: 9781846743221

Published by Countryside Books, 2014

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Signed by author on title page, covers good and internally appears generally clean and good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bomber Command The Victoria Cross Raids (Second World War Aviation History)
• Publisher: Countryside Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846743222
• ISBN 13: 9781846743221
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

RAF Bomber Command lost 55,000 men during WWII. Their motto was Press on Regardless and the majority of their operational missions involved flying into the fiery, smoke-filled skies of occupied Europe. No less than 23 of their members were awarded Britain’s highest decoration for valor – The Victoria Cross – most of them posthumously.
Martyn Chorlton’s book tells the stories of each of them – detailing how and why they won their medal. It recalls feats of unparalleled heroism and self sacrifice; memorable and terrifying.

About the Author

Martyn Chorlton was born in the north Cambridgeshire fens during the late 1960s. He joined the RAF as an Air Photographer in 1984. After tours in Germany and Northern Ireland, his service came to an end in 1997 and, a few years later he wrote his first aviation book. He is a regular magazine contributor to Aeroplane Monthly, Jets, Airfix and Aviation Classics and is the author of Bomber Command The Victoria Cross Raids and The RAF Pathfinders.