Patrick Bishop Collection 4 Books Set (Bomber Boys, Target Tirpitz, Air Force )

Name: Patrick Bishop Collection 4 Books Set (Bomber Boys, Target Tirpitz, Air Force )
Brand: Patrick Bishop

Patrick Bishop

Description. Bomber Boys:. Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. They came from every corner of Britain and its Empire. They were the best of their generation…heading for one of the worst tasks of WWII.. Target Tirpitz:. A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler’s most terrifying battleship – the legendary Tirpitz – and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi’s fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler’s navy. To Churchill, she was ‘the Beast’, a menace to Britain’s supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalin’s armies. Tirpitz was said to be unsinkable, impregnable –no other target attracted so much attention.. Air Force Blue:. Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring...