Bloody dangerous : fifty missions over Germany : the last first-hand account from WW2
Bell, Colin2026
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Flight-Lieutenant Colin Bell's book is a powerful and inspiring portrait of bravery in action, full of touching admiration for his RAF comrades - one in four of whom were killed. He paints a vivid picture of what it was like to fly a Mosquito in 50 raids over Germany, 13 of them to Berlin itself. There, coned by searchlights, he experienced the terror of being tracked by 88 mm radar-controlled anti-aircraft guns when he wasn't being chased by night-fighting Messchersmitt 262s - the only aircraft in the German armoury capable of outrunning the Mosquito. Bell suffered engine failures, fuel starvation, near fatal ice, many hits to his plane and, on one occasion, an explosion so close there was shrapnel in his parachute and burn marks on his navigator's flying suit. As a member of the elite Pathfinder 608 squadron he was part of the force that, arguably, did more than any other bombing unit to bring about the Nazis' final surrender.
Main title:
Author:
Bell, Colin, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2026.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349148991 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.544941940.544941 BEL940.5449 BEL940.544 BELL940.5449940.544940.5449 BELL
Language:
English
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BRN:
9067270