Lancaster Bomber Walk Around (Soft Cover)

Product Code: SS5563

Description
By Ron Mackay.
The Avro Lancaster was unquestionably the finest all-around
performer within RAF Bomber Command during the air war against
Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1945. The Lancaster flew no fewer
than 156,000 individual sorties and dropped more than 600,000
tons of explosives and incendiaries, playing a leading role in
bringing Hitler's Reich to its knees. Known for its greenhouse
cockpit, turret nose, twin tail, and 33-foot long bomb bay the
Lancaster took part in Air Marshall Harris?s 'Operation Gomorrah'
in July 1943, in which Germany?s industrial center of Hamburg
was devastated by round-the-clock bombing raids. In the thick of
the air war, the Lancasters also paid a high price - 3,249 were
lost in action. This volume is enhanced by the fact that the
author's uncle survived 36 operations as a bomb aimer aboard a
Lancaster of No 49 Squadron. Illustrated with 200 photographs,
plus color profiles and detailed line drawings; 80 pages.