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Bomber Boys:
Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. They came from every corner of Britain and its Empire. They were the best of their generationheading for one of the worst tasks of WWII.
Target Tirpitz:
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitlers most terrifying battleship the legendary Tirpitz and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazis fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitlers navy. To Churchill, she was the Beast, a menace to Britains supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalins armies. Tirpitz was said to be unsinkable, impregnable no other target attracted so much attention.
Air Force Blue:
Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAFs identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was innovative, flexible and comparatively meritocratic, advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background.
Fighter Boys:
In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story.The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic feat of arms.Read less
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Patrick Bishop Collection 4 Books Set (Bomber Boys, Target Tirpitz, Air Force Blue, Fighter Boys)
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