Masters of the Air: How the Bomber Boys Broke Down the Nazi War Machine
'Flying over the Rhine, Wheeler's Fortress was turned into a flaming torch by German fighters. Wheeler was trapped, upside down, in the burning plane as it went spinning to earth but somehow made it to the forward escape hatch, just as the plane's left wing was torn from the fuselage by an explosion'
Meet the Flying Fortresses of the American Eighth Air Force, Britain’s Lancaster comrades, who helped to bring down the Nazis
Historian and World War II expert Donald Miller brings us the story of the bomber boys who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. Unlike ground soldiers they slept on clean beds, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of the travelling Air Force bands. But they were also an elite group of fighters who put their lives on the line in the most dangerous role of all.
Miller takes readers from the adrenaline filled battles in the sky, to the airbases across England, the German prison camps, and onto the ground to understand the devastation faced by civilians.
Masters of the Air is the authoritative and deeply moving account of the world's first and only bomber war.
| Brand | Penguin Random House |
| ISBN/SKU | 9781529918571 |
| Imprint | Penguin |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 671 |
| Year of Pub. | 2024 |
