Watch For The Killing Skies!

[The Night Editor]

"The Killing Skies: RAF Bomber Command at War" will be published March 20, 2006, by Spellmount books in the UK. Author Simon Read, whose grandfather survived more than 40 missions as an RAF tailgunner, tells the story of those who braved the killing skies of Nazi Germany. Amid the carnage and destruction of the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command's efforts to blast Germany into submission would emerge as one of the bloodiest and most protracted campaigns of the war. The book is an account of Bomber Command's war of attrition against the urban and industrial centres of Hitler's third Reich. Facing the ravages of marauding night fighters, roving searchlights, flak and freezing temperatures, thousands of young British and Commonwealth airmen met violent ends above the cities they reduced to blazing ruins. Of the 125,000 airmen who flew with Bomber Command, more than 55,000 perished in the tortured skies over Nazi-dominated Europe. Personal journals and military citations provide both gruesome and awe-inspiring accounts of bravery under the most adverse conditions. Check out the author's web site at http://www.simon-read.com

[Gerry Chester]

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum and thank you for details of the new book for which I will be placing an order. Also, one must never forget the sacrifices made by so many flying with the US Army Airforce during daylight hours!

With best wishes to you and yours,

Gerry

[The Night Editor]

Thanks. I'm helping a friend get the word out on his book and came across your forum, which is excellent! A tribute to those who fought and others who should remember their sacrifices.

[Erich]

photos included ?

[spidge]

(Gerry Chester @ Feb 2 2006, 11:31 AM) [post=45168]Hi,

Welcome to the Forum and thank you for details of the new book for which I will be placing an order. Also, one must never forget the sacrifices made by so many flying with the US Army Airforce during daylight hours!

With best wishes to you and yours,

Gerry
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Welcome to the forum Night Editor. I look forward to the book's release. Considering the Australian participation, it will be a good seller here as well. Any details on an Australian release?

Definitely a great sacrifice all round. I posted these figures once before when the "Americans" were accused by a one sided Russian, of "not contributing much" to the air in Europe.

Over Hitler's Europe in World War 2. 26,000 American airmen of the 8th were killed (one-tenth of all Americans killed in WWII) and 18,000 were wounded. Over 28,000 became POWs after being shot down. British Bomber Command, the counterpart to the American 8th, lost 89,000 men killed, captured, or wounded.

[The Night Editor]

(Erich @ Feb 2 2006, 03:30 AM) [post=45171]photos included ?
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Yes. The book includes photos from the Imperial War Museum's photo archives in London.

(spidge @ Feb 2 2006, 12:20 PM) [post=45181]Welcome to the forum Night Editor. I look forward to the book's release. Considering the Australian participation, it will be a good seller here as well. Any etails on an Australian release?

Definitely a great sacrifice all round. I posted these figures once before when the "Americans" were accused by a one sided Russian, of "not cotributing much" to the air in Europe.

Over Hitler's Europe in World War 2. 26,000 American airmen of the 8th were killed (one-tenth of all Americans killed in WWII) and 18,000 were wounded. Over 28,000 became POWs after being shot down. British Bomber Command, the counterpart to the American 8th, lost 89,000 men killed, captured, or wounded.
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The book is only being released in the UK, but is available at amazon.co.uk for shipping worldwide. American publishers thought the story was "too British."