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Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop
Book Type: Hardcover
Published: 02 April 2007
Publisher: HarperPress
RRP:£20.00
Cheapest price: £20.00
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Review:
I got this book with no preconceptions and I was so glad I did. It's an extremely thorough and scolarly work. My only criticism would be that it is largely made up of quotations from other works, newspapers, articles and also interviews that Mr Bishop undertook personally. I was hoping for more from the author himself but the other side of that coin is that it allows the subject to speak for itself.
It's a fascinating insight into servicemen's life for Bomber Command crew. I also feel this book should be required reading for school children, as it gives the real life view of WWII. As an English school boy one is brought up learning about WWII and it becomes the source of playground games and imagination but the reality is somewhat different, grittier and far more interesting.
When I read this book, I was partly motivated by the memory of my late father who during WWII volunteered for the RAF hoping to become a Flight Engineer on Lancasters. Due to the start of USAAF daylight raids on Germany he finished his basic training to be told they didn't need more bomber crew and was thus returned to his reserved occupation.
I now realise that this might have been a narrow escape and also admire him for volunteering and I'm full of admiration for those that did get to fly.
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