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Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Patrick Bishop (Author), Terry Wale (Reader)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Soundings Audio Books (1 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1407900889
  • ISBN-13: 978-1407900889
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 18.6 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Praise for 'Bomber Boys': 'This is the best kind of military history -- the kind in which the author never loses sight of the impact of war on its victims, German as well as British, and those who were left behind. "Bomber Boys" will remind the survivors that they and their lost comrades are not forgotten. And it reminds the rest of us what their war was all about.' Daniel Johnson, Evening Standard 'Bishop narrates with the combination of cool curiosity and warm engagement common to the best foreign correspondents (a category to which, of course, he belongs).! Above all, he reveals how humanity stubbornly survives even within inhumanity.! May Patrick Bishop's moving, sensitively written book gain many readers.' Frederick Taylor, Literary Review Praise for 'Fighter Boys': 'As a vivid chronicle of who the Battle of Britain pilots were, what motivated them, and why they were ultimately successful, "Fighter Boys" is unsurpassed.' Daily Telegraph More Praise for 'Fighter Boys' 'I know of no more thoughtful nor yet more moving study of their achievement'. Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph 'A superb account of the spirit and character of Fighter Command.' Independent 'A living, breathing monument to the fighter boys.' Mail on Sunday 'No one reading this book can possibly doubt the heroism of those involved!there can't be a finer history.' New Statesman 'Powerful yet restrained, at times almost unbearably touching.' Evening Standard --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Old Lags of Bomber Command, 18 Oct 2007
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This review is from: Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 (Hardcover)
As an ex Bomber Boy this book is first class and shows the modern youth how we responded to the threat of Nazi domination and despite the denigration of our efforts by modern 'hindsight' historians, most young people I have met do not look upon us as 'terrorists'. I for one have faith in our 21st century young men that they would respond as we did in 1943/45.
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68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent, 10 April 2007
This review is from: Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 (Hardcover)
One word sums up this book: magnificent. It is history of the highest calibre. It is thoroughly researched and written with sensitivity and great style. It is a fitting memorial to the thousands of brave young men of Bomber Command who gave their lives in the cause of freedom. For too long have these men been forgotten and often reviled. Mr Bishop's brilliant book is a long overdue reminder that they deserve to be revered as much as the heroes of Fighter Command.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Patrick Bishop has allowed us to know them, 24 Dec 2009
By Stewart Murray McRorie "Willoughby" (La Bussiere Sur Ouche, Cote d'Or France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 (Hardcover)
Opposite my house (20km South of Dijon, Burgundy) past the war memorial in the village cemetery lie the crew of a Short Sterling shot down on the 13th August 1943 by a Messerschmitt 109.

· Pilot: Pilot Officer Frederick MATTHEWS Royal Australian Air Force, 25 years old
· Bombardier: Flight Officer Franck HOLLAND Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, 32 years old
· Navigator: Flight Sergeant Alistair ROSE Royal New Zealand Air Force, 20 years old
· Gunner: Flight Sergeant Albert HARRIS Royal New Zealand Air Force, 23 years old
· Radio officer: Sergeant Kennet CORK Royal Air Force, 21 years old
· Mechanic: Sergeant John KNIGHT Royal Air Force, 27 years old
· Gunner: Sergeant Henry OTT Royal Air Force, 19 years old

The book succinctly details the strategy and tactics of the bombing campaign. It is an explanation not a justification - none is needed - where the sheer terror of the aircrews experience is equalled by the horror of those beneath the bombs. Bishop presents the mass of data well. He gives a balanced account of Anglo American strategic goals/arguments and his comments on Dresden were reasoned. Before that he explains how aircrew found love, and what happened to the WRAF who fell for a married Wing Commander. What emerges are stories, how crews were recruited, trained, commanded and lived. This book is rich in detail.

Bishop allows us to understand the most controversial aspect of the bombing campaign in Europe. After the war there was little recognition for those engaged in the bomber offensive, ineffective and savage the politicians preferred to ignore those who had participated. This was despicable - Churchill in particular is culpable while some air marshals and planners have a case to answer. The crews believed they were attacking the military capability of the enemy, assisting the land war and supporting the Red Army (especially in the destruction of targets in Eastern Germany - Dresden et al). By default - not design - it was a war against women and children but that could only be appreciated after the Germans had been beaten.

As for "my" Stirling bomber that was shot down, I learned it was a poor aircraft giving its crews an excellent chance of death. For the seven it was a cruel end, fighting and failing inside a burning plane there was no escape. Each year our small village places a wreath at the war memorial then process to the cemetery to play both national anthems on a bugle. Having read this book I have an appreciation of what they went through. An excellent history, well-written Patrick Bishop has allowed me to know these people. He has made them human. It left me shocked, having read so many war histories as entertainment here on my doorstep is the reality buried under seven immaculate headstones.

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3.0 out of 5 stars good
interesting but in some ways a bit badly structured and at some points you get a bit bored, then not, then bored then not. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Pj Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Bomber Boy
I enjoyed reading this book for its accuracy of reporting the incidents but especuially because these were related to other influences which were present at the time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. G. Archer

5.0 out of 5 stars Do not forget them!
It is still deemed a controversial subject, but the area bombing and later precision bombing (and the differences in the Allied approaches) is given in great detail in this book... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Valonia

5.0 out of 5 stars A sobering story
I picked this book up in the local Oxfam shop and didn't read it for about a year. How silly - it was difficult to put down. Read more
Published 4 months ago by C. L. Grant

5.0 out of 5 stars Bomber Boys
Bought as a present for my husband, he says "most impressed by the writing, references and honesty of this book".
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Jenny Glen

3.0 out of 5 stars OK - certainly not a 5* book
In its favour this book does provide some valuable insight into the personalities of the Bomber Command aircrew. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Rogthedodge

4.0 out of 5 stars An essential, extremely thorough and entertaining read
I got this book with no preconceptions and I was so glad I did. It's an extremely thorough and scolarly work. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Art

4.0 out of 5 stars An incisive account of one of the most important sectors of the Allied offensive.
It is very easy to lament the work done by Bomber Command in the mid to end years of the Second World War in Europe. This book does just that. Read more
Published 18 months ago by C. Bowden

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be compulsory reading!
This book is the best book I have read so far this year.

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Published 20 months ago by Mr X

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving but balanced account.
Bomber Boys brought tears to my eyes. It is a movingly written record and assessment of the horrors that aircrew endured during World War II. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mark Davison

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