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| Latest News The Bomber Command Memorial book cover released. Click the link on the top menu for further details. |
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January 2012 |
January 2012 Excellent review of Christopher Yeoman's and David Pritchard's Battle of Britain - Portraits of the Few in current issue of Aeroplane Monthly. 'Many books have been written on the Battle of Britain, so when one comes along which has a new approach to the subject it catches the attention... The biographies of the airmen include brief historical details as well as gripping combat accounts, recounting some of the life-or-death encounters that they experienced in their determined resistance of the might of the Luftwaffe. ... an exceptional overall tribute to young pilots who served with the RAF and ensured that the summer of 1940 became one of the most crucial turning points of the Second World War. … 60 watercolour illustrations … capturing their faces and character in a rather touching way and making this book a quite personal tribute. ' |
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December 2011 'Tich' Palliser's They Gave Me a Hurricane cover released.
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December 2011 Terrific signing event at the British Military Tournament, Earl's Court. We raised a fantastic £1,669.20p for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund!  Bomber Command veterans Harry Irons DFC (left) and Desmond Pelly DFC (middle) signing copies of Bomber Command: Failed to Return at the RAFBF stand - British Military Tournament, Earls Court. (Photo courtesy of Laura McLellan - RAFBF) |
November 2011 On 8 November the prestigious Salute to Bomber Command Banquet was held at the National History Museum, London. Each of the guests received a special edition copy of Bomber Command: Failed to Return, sponsored by Rolls-Royce.  |
November 2011 Bomber Command: Failed to Return is the Britain at War magazine Book of the Month  |
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September 2011
Great day at Duxford for the signing of Bomber Command: Failed to Return. Veterans shown from right to left.
Flight Lieutenant
Desmond Pelly DFC (pilot and Prisoner of War – and features
in the book). Desmond flew Lancasters initially with No. 100
Squadron and then No. 156 Squadron. Desmond was shot down on the
night of 20/21 February 1945, his 41st operation. Desmond was
captured and sent to the POW camp at Nuremberg and then marched
with his fellow POWs to Moosburg. Flight Lieutenant John Malings (navigator and Prisoner of War). John flew with No. 10 Squadron on Halifaxes. John’s aircraft was shot down on the night of 23/24 September 1944, his 36th operation, and ended up at StalagLuft VII.
Flight Lieutenant George Cash DFC (navigator and Prisoner of War). George flew on Mosquitoes with No. 139 Squadron, No. 1409 Met Flight and No. 571 Squadron. George was shot down on 18 July 1944, his 58th operation, and ended up at StalagLuft I.
Warrant Officer Doug Fry (air gunner and Prisoner of War). Doug, serving as an air gunner in a No. 15 Squadron Stirling, was shot down on the night of 30/31 July 1943. Doug, who was injured, was captured and saw out the war as a POW at StalagLuft’s IV and VI.
Warrant Officer Jack Linaker (air gunner). Jack flew 18 bombing operations with No. 9 Squadron and survived the crash of his Lancaster bomber on return from a raid to Germany.
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