The Dresden Bombing Raids
Posted on Wednesday 13th February 2013










Further Reading
Dresden and the Heavy Bombers
(Hardback - 128 pages)
ISBN: 9781844151943
by Frank Musgrove
Only £16.99
This is the story of a young man's entry into the war in 1941 and culminates in his flying on the bombing raid to Dresden in February 1945. This is not a gung-ho account of flying with Bomber Command but neither is it a breast-beating avowal of guilt. These memoirs take the form of a basic narrative of the author's RAF career and pay particular attention to fear, morale and, as the author explains, the myth of leadership. Several raids are described in detail and illustrate the variety of experience,…
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