Portrait of a Bomber Pilot

Name: Portrait of a Bomber Pilot
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ISBN: 9781781590577

ISBN-10: 1781590575

ISBN-13: 9781781590577

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Christopher Martin Jary

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During the Second World War RAF Bomber Command produced a handful of remarkable pilots who won fame and high honours: Gibson, Cheshire, Martin, Tait, and Searby. The majority of aircrew, however, were young sergeants, many of whom did not survive to complete a first tour of thirty operations. Between the two extremes there were, on every squadron, one or two senior captains who had survived one tour and whose experience, skill, courage, and example made a vital contribution to their squadron's life, training and operational success. This book is about one such captain, Flight-Lietenant Jack Wetherly, DFC. It traces his development from novice second pilot of a Wellington in the pioneering…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 11/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction to the 3rd Edition



Missing



Prelude: Flying Training 1936/40



Finding The Way: 214 Squadron 1940/41



Interlude: Flying Training 1941/42



The Way to Berlin: 76 Squadron 1943



Epilogue


29 March 1993: A Pilgrimage


Acknowledgements


Bibliography


Index