Best WWII novels - bombers (ETO)
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Best WWII novels - bombers (ETO)
Here are my votes for the best novels regarding the Allies' bombing offensive against Germany:
RAF: Len Deighton, Bomber
RCAF: Raymond Souster (pen name: "John Holmes"), On Target
USAAF: John Hersey, The War Lover
Honourable Mention: Nevil Shute, Pastoral
Any other contenders? Can anyone recommend a good novel from the RAAF perspective?
RAF: Len Deighton, Bomber
RCAF: Raymond Souster (pen name: "John Holmes"), On Target
USAAF: John Hersey, The War Lover
Honourable Mention: Nevil Shute, Pastoral
Any other contenders? Can anyone recommend a good novel from the RAAF perspective?
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"Lancaster Target" - Jack Currie / Leonard Cheshire has a brief mention of RAAF crews.
At a school parade...
"You'll note my uniform is a deeper blue than Jacks, that is because I'm from Australia and we have a nicer sky"
Sorry probably not a lot of help
At a school parade...
"You'll note my uniform is a deeper blue than Jacks, that is because I'm from Australia and we have a nicer sky"
Sorry probably not a lot of help
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Non-fiction books are great too. Fortunately there are so many to choose from (an embarassment of riches). My top picks:
RAF: Guy Gibson, Enemy Coast Ahead
RCAF: Dave McIntosh, Terror in the Starboard Seat
USAAF: Bert Stiles, Serenade to the Big Bird
Honourable Mentions: Douglas Alcorn, From Hell to Breakfast; J. Douglas Harvey, Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts; Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall; Miles Tripp, The Eighth Passenger
RAF: Guy Gibson, Enemy Coast Ahead
RCAF: Dave McIntosh, Terror in the Starboard Seat
USAAF: Bert Stiles, Serenade to the Big Bird
Honourable Mentions: Douglas Alcorn, From Hell to Breakfast; J. Douglas Harvey, Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts; Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall; Miles Tripp, The Eighth Passenger
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Also worth a mention are:
Damned Good Show by Derek Robinson (Fiction - Story of Hampden/Wellington Squadron)
No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood (Non Fiction - RAAF Navigator on Wellingtons/Halifax/Lancasters)
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Damned Good Show by Derek Robinson (Fiction - Story of Hampden/Wellington Squadron)
No Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood (Non Fiction - RAAF Navigator on Wellingtons/Halifax/Lancasters)
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A couple I'd like to recommend:
Fiction - "Under an English Heaven", by Robert Radcliffe.
Non-fiction - "First of the Many", no idea who the author is, as I lent my copy out to a mate who now lives in Australia, but from what I remember, it's a book about the Eighth Air Force, written during 1943 1944, to the extent that many of the names and characters are blanked out or disguised by the censors. A fascinating read, with some stunning images. One that sticks in the mind is a blurred picture of a B17 with no tail, with the caption "If this was a movie, this picture of a tailless fort would be perfectly lit. But I guess the cameraman's mind is more on the fate of the ten men still in that plane, or of the Nazi fighters that might want to do the same to him..."
Fiction - "Under an English Heaven", by Robert Radcliffe.
Non-fiction - "First of the Many", no idea who the author is, as I lent my copy out to a mate who now lives in Australia, but from what I remember, it's a book about the Eighth Air Force, written during 1943 1944, to the extent that many of the names and characters are blanked out or disguised by the censors. A fascinating read, with some stunning images. One that sticks in the mind is a blurred picture of a B17 with no tail, with the caption "If this was a movie, this picture of a tailless fort would be perfectly lit. But I guess the cameraman's mind is more on the fate of the ten men still in that plane, or of the Nazi fighters that might want to do the same to him..."
