Lancaster Down!
Lancaster Down!
The Extraordinary Tale of Seven Young Bomber Aircrew at War
Author(s):
Steve Darlow
Publication Date: 22 September, 2008
Available in all formats
Publisher: Grub Street
ISBN: 9781909166431
ISBN: 9781909166431
Price: INR 676.99
Description
Table of contents
The grandfather of the author was a pilot in a squadron made up of Britons and Canadians. The story of this crew, from 1942 onwards, is so special because, collectively, they experienced everything possible: dangerous flights, the crash, imprisonment and death.
Description
The grandfather of the author was a pilot in a squadron made up of Britons and Canadians. The story of this crew, from 1942 onwards, is so special because, collectively, they experienced everything possible: dangerous flights, the crash, imprisonment and death.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART 1 Chapter 1 Bomber Command and a New Recruit
- Chapter 2 New Crew, Training and Frustration
- Chapter 3 New Squadron, Joining the Air Battle
- Chapter 4 Operational Squadron
- Chapter 5 ‘Corkscrew Port - Now!’
- Chapter 6 The Big City
- Chapter 7 Deep into the Reich
- Chapter 8 Pathfinders and Leipzig
- Chapter 9 Schweinfurt and Winds over Berlin
- Chapter 10 Invasion Preparations
- Chapter 11 ‘Bale Out!’
- Chapter 12 ‘Regret to Inform You . . .’
- PART 2 Chapter 13 Lancaster Down!
- Chapter 14 Hiding
- Chapter 15 Evader
- Chapter 16 Capture
- Chapter 17 Prisoner of the Reich
- Chapter 18 Evacuation
- Chapter 19 Misery at Nuremberg
- Chapter 20 Freedom
- Chapter 21 Frustration at Luckenwalde
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index