Book description
'We believed in ourselves so much, no one ever panicked, even when
the
situation looked so desperate. We all believed that our best chance
of staying
alive was to stick together.'
Flying Lancaster bombers was one of the most dangerous missions of
the war. Yet night after night Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey King and the
crew of C Charlie risked their lives in the skies over Germany.
Together they faced incredible dangers, flak damage, close encounters
with the fighter planes of the Luftwaffe, and crash landings.
Against this background a friendship was formed that bound the crew
of C Charlie together against all odds.
Geoffrey King and the crew of C Charlie are unique in having flown
together for fifty missions and living to tell the tale. Bomber
Flight Berlin is the story of a group of ordinary men, from
different walks of life, thrown together by the forces of war. It is
the story of those missions above Berlin, as they flew into what
seemed certain death, and aircraft all around them were blasted out of
the sky. It is also a testament to a remarkable friendship.
Mike Rossiter
is the author of a number of bestselling books on military history -
Ark Royal
,
Sink the Belgrano
,
Target Basra
and
I Sank the Bismarck
(which he co-authored with John Moffat).
