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Overview
The RAF's daylight bombing offensive was carried out in parallel to its night operations for most of the Second World War. These daylight ops were as deadly for their aircrews as for the enemy: the risks were great and the casualties high. This is the vivid eyewitness testimony of an RAF navigator who flew daylight ops in Bostons, Mitchells and Mosquitoes from 1942 to 1944. He saw many of his own squadron wiped out and survived a ditching in the North Sea which killed two fellow crew-members. Arthur Eyton-Jones' story is one of survival against the odds.Editorials
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Eyton-Jones tells his story of volunteering in the Royal Air Force in 1940 and being a navigator on medium-sized bombers that struck targets without cover of darkness in occupied Europe and Germany itself. He recounts the daily life and camaraderie of Number 226 Squadron, the missions flown at wave top across the North Sea, the shock of watching fellow crews getting blown out of the sky, and other experiences. No bibliography, brief index. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 25, 1998
Publisher
Sutton Publishing Ltd
Pages
151
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780750918503