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Bomber Command Reflections of War : Volume 4 : Battles with the Nachtjagd 30/31 March- September 1944: Battles with the Nachtjago 30/31 March–September 1944 Kindle Edition

by Martin W. Bowman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This, the fourth volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, begins in the spring of 1944 with a completely new insight on the catastrophic raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31 March and follows with the disastrous attack on Mailly-le-Camp in May. Gradually, the Allied Bomber Offensive began to bear fruit and in June 1944 the invasion of Normandy took place under an umbrella of almost total Allied air superiority. RAF Bomber Command was to play a huge part in what proved to be the final steps to ultimate victory, returning to the mass raids on German cities by night and even mounting raids on the Reich by day. The authors well-tried formula of using background information interspersed with the crews personal narrative takes you raid by raid through each tour of ops while carrying full bomb loads in sub-zero temperatures, blighted by atrocious weather conditions and dogged by fear of fire, death or serious injury or having to endure months if not years of miserable existence and near starvation behind the wire in notorious PoW camps. The path to peace was paved with the unmitigated slow ebbing of courage with an ever-present possibility of death unannounced from a prowling night fighter, nondescript and unseen, as night after incessant night, shattered and ailing bombers could run out of luck to crash in some foreign field while other crews, almost home almost empty - ran out of fuel and died horrible tortuous deaths in twisted and tangled wreckage. Not for them the glory that was accorded The Few but as Winston Churchill said: Fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.
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Martin Bowman is one of Britain’s foremost aviation historians and has written many books and articles. He lives in Norwich.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ISYMY72
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation (February 5, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 5, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 30.2 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 430 pages
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  • Jason Wisniewski
    5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed look at the RAF's bombing campaign in 1944
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014
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    In his "Bomber Command: Reflections of War, Vol. 4: Battles with the Nachtjagd (30/31 March - September 1944)" Martin W. Bowman paints a detailed picture of the air war raging over the Reich at night between the RAF's Bomber Command, on one hand, and the Luftwaffe on the other. The book's first two chapters are on the disastrous raid against Nürnburg on the night of March 30/31, 1944. During this battle no less than 95 RAF heavy bombers were shot down by German night fighters and flak. It then goes on to cover the operations in the Spring of 1944 in preparation for Operation Overlord, including the bombing of French rail and marshalling yards, besides targets in Germany itself. Chapter 4 covers operations in support of the D-Day invasion, and Chapter 5 covers daylight operations, when Allied air superiority enabled the RAF to switch back to daylight raids. Finally, the book concludes with an appendix detailing the RAF Bomber Command order of battle on June 5, 1944.

    The main strength of the book is the numerous first-hand accounts of the bombing raids by RAF and German aircrew. One fully appreciates the terror of the RAF aircrew being stalked by German night fighters over Nürnburg, for example, as scores of heavy bombers plummeted flaming out of the midnight skies. It is also a good source on the general conduct of the strategic air war.

    Overall "Bomber Command: Reflections of War" is a good resource to own on the RAF's strategic bombing campaign.
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  • Ian
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent series of books on Bomber Command
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2022
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    This series of books covers the operation of Bomber Command in WW2. They are written in a easy to read style and cover a complex topic in a way that is readable, rather than just lists of dates and events.
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    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2013
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    I am quoting my dad here as I do not read very often, but this I bought for him and he said it is great
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