These three true stories of the RAF combine the quickfire action of fighter plane dogfights, the precision planning of bombing raids and the heroic struggle against disability and disfigurement experienced by the pilots of the” lost generation”

ENEMY COAST AHEAD is an unforgettable book. It is, indeed, unique, both for its vivid portrayal of the 'bomber boys' on and off duty, and for its unsurpassed descriptions of air operations by one who played an outstanding part in the air offensive against Germany. WingCommander Gibson "will go down to history as the leader of one of the most daring and spectacularly successful exploits of the War -the breaching of the Moehne and Eder dams, which flooded the Ruhr in 1943 and caused irreparable havoc in Germany's industrial war machine. The account of this amazing feat comes towards the end of the book, and From it Paul Brickhill drew material for his The Dam Busters.

LAST ENEMY is recognised as one of the really great books that came out of the War. Richard Hillary a young fighter pilot whose aircraft was shot down in flames off the Kent coast during the Battle of Britain. Trapped in the blazing cockpit, he managed to struggle and baled out. He was rescued from the sea by a boat, his face and hands horribly burned. Then began a long period of surgical operations, and a slow convalecence. He started to write this book, which with on and urgency tells of his experiences in the turmoil and of the companionship he had been privileged to share

REACH FOR THE SKY DOUGLAS BADER became a legend in his lifetime, not only as an air ace but for his triumph over a cruel adversity and the new hope he has given to the physically disabled by his personal example. This is the story of a man who refused to accept defeat, who was discharged from the R.A.F. after losing his legs in an air crash in 1931, and who fought his way back to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain.

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