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Last week I was doing some shopping and paused to look at a stall of second hand books being sold for charity. There was a copy of Enemy Coast Ahead by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC (I know he had other decorations - DFC?) so I picked it up. I have to get round to reading it, but in the front there is a sobering list of Pilots (and their crews) who were missing from raids he had flown in. How did the crews cope with that?
At school I read Paul Bricknall's (spelling?) book about the Dambusters, and my late Uncle flew as a Flight Engineer in Lancasters before transferring to Coastal Command and Sunderland flying boats.
I have quickly scanned the book and it seems very matter of fact, despite the fact they were doing extraordinary deeds in extraordinary times.
At school I read Paul Bricknall's (spelling?) book about the Dambusters, and my late Uncle flew as a Flight Engineer in Lancasters before transferring to Coastal Command and Sunderland flying boats.
I have quickly scanned the book and it seems very matter of fact, despite the fact they were doing extraordinary deeds in extraordinary times.