Aircrew, Bruce Lewis
Aircrew, Bruce Lewis
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Aircrew
The Story of the Men Who Flew the Bombers

Author: Bruce Lewis

Narrator: Roger Davis

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/18/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A vivid, first-hand account of the tension and excitement of flying missions over Nazi Germany

The British and American bomber crews of the Second World War often had to endure the most terrifying conditions. Not for them the glorious, all-or-nothing exhilaration of the Battle of Britain pilots - rather, the slow dwindling of courage as mission followed mission, the long, freezing, ear-shattering journey to the target, the bursting flak, the prowling night fighters. Then, if they were lucky, the long haul home, sometimes nursing a battered, barely flyable machine, often perilously short of fuel.

Bruce Lewis flew in thirty-six such raids. In this book he records, in his own words and those of his fellow survivors, the events that made operational flying such a fearful experience.

This is a blisteringly honest account of life for the Second World War bombers.

About Bruce Lewis

Bruce Lewis served as a pilot in the RAF during World War Two. He is also the author of Four Men Went to War and The Technique of Television Announcing


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

As the grandson of a wellington navigator who was awarded the DFC, reading about the individual roles of British aircrew was wonderful. This book does a marvelous job of opening up those stories which weren't told - were underrepresented and positively abhorred by an establishment who ordered the ac......more

Picked this up at one of our free telephone box libraries and it will be going back so the next person can enjoy. The format of individual accounts relating to specific bomber crew role is an interesting way to set out the book and works for me. Those accounts only make me more grateful to those men......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

A book written by Lewis, a member of an RAF bomber crew who completed thirty six terrifying missions. We are introduced to each of the crew and travel with them as the crew grows into a unit that becomes closer than family as they share their ordeal. Brave men who deserve to be honoured and remember......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Brilliant account of the aircrew of World War Two. Of particular interest to me as my Dad was one of them!......more