The Fear in the Sky : Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two

336 Pages·2012·8.07 MB·English

by  Pat Cunningham

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Table of Contents
Other books by the author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 - The fear in the sky Flight Lieutenant Keith Hall, MBE, pilot
2 - A matter of getting on with it Warrant Officer George Ellis Parkinson
(Parky), wireless operator/air gunner
3 - I’d have dropped even more bombs Warrant Officer Charles (Bill)
Dowman, flight engineer
4 - Seeding the storm Squadron Leader John Ernest Francis Mitchell, DFC,
wireless operator/air gunner, then pilot
5 - A certain sense of satisfaction Warrant Officer Bill Newhouse, navigator
6 - What the heck’s a met flight? Flight Sergeant Ernest Winfield, wireless
operator/ air gunner
7 - I paid ’em back Flight Sergeant John Marsden, wireless operator/ air
gunner
8 - Aren’t we lucky? Warrant Officer Eric Cope, wireless operator/ air gunner
9 - A glorified office lad Flight Lieutenant Ron ‘Bram’ Bramley, AE, wireless
operator/air gunner
10 - Unloved by the gods Acting Warrant Officer Arthur Minnitt, flight
engineer
Aircraft types and enemy defences
Glossary
Selective references