Hastings, Max, — BOMBER COMMAND.

Pan Books, London, ND, 3rd imp. of 1999 edn., paperback, 400pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, a thorough examination of the role of RAF Bomber Command in WW2, the force that kept Germany (and pressure from Russia) in check until the Allies were ready to open the second front in Normandy and in which over 55,000 officers and NCO's were killed. This account traces the political pressures and the development of the strategy of area bombing (supported by the USAAF although publicly denied). More detailed accounts of operations are given through the experiences of the aircrew of 37, 82, 10, 50, 76 and 97 RAF Squadrons at various stages of the campaign, with appendices covering the monthly totals of Bomber Command sorties 1939-45, three view line drawings of aircraft with specifications, targets, arms productions, letters, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease to spine, edges tanned, very good plus,