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Bomber Boys - Fighting Back 1940 - 1945 by PATRICK (PATRICK JOSEPH) BISHOP is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In Fighter Boys Patrick Bishop Brought To Life The Pilots Who Flew Spitfires And Hurricanes In The Summer Of 1940. Their Skill And Bravery Decided The Battle Of Britain, Which Saved The Nation From Invasion And Created The Conditions For Hitler's Defeat. In Bomber Boys He Tells A Different But Equally Fascinating Story. The 125,000 Men From All Over The World Who Passed Through Bomber Command During The Second World War Were Engaged In A Form Of Warfare That Had Never Been Implemented Before And Never Would Be Again. Between 1940 And 1945 They Flew Continuously, Stopping Only When Weather Made Operations Impossible. For Much Of That Time They Were The Only Warriors Capable Of Hitting Germany In Its Own Territory. There Was Nothing Romantic About Their Struggle. Often Barely Out Of Boyhood, They Lived On Bleak Bases, Flying At Night On Long, Nerve-racking Missions That Often Ended In Death. The Odds Of Surviving Were Stacked Heavily Against Them. In All, 55,000 Were Killed, Nearly One In Ten Of All The British And Commonwealth War Dead. Despite These Sacrifices, The Bomber Boys Have Remained On The Edges Of Our Collective Memory. When The Fighting Stopped, They Became Something Of A
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- Author
- PATRICK (PATRICK JOSEPH) BISHOP
- Publisher
- HARPER PRESS; HarperPress
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007189861
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (167 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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