Fear in the Sky

Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two

By: Pat Cunningham

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Hardcover | 21 June 2012

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The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non commissioned men and some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots.

The outstanding fact was that each man relied on every other member of his crew to return from each mission safely.

This book contains ten intriguing reminiscences of bomber aircrew; some were pilots, others navigators, flight engineers, bomb-aimers or gunners. They flew as both commissioned or NCO airmen.

Understandably, a common problem was that of coping with fear. Many former aircrew hold that anyone who claims to have felt no fear on operations is either lying or has allowed the years to blank out that fear. But there are a few who do maintain that they never felt afraid. For the majority, though, handling fear was something to be worked out by the individual. Some hit the bottle, others womanized to excess; others tightened the gut and bit the lip; or drew the curtain and focused upon the plotting table or the wireless set.

The passing years may have silvered what hair remains, dulled the eye that formerly registered on the merest speck; lent a quiver to the hand that once controlled the stick, penciled in the track, manipulated the tuning dial, set the bombsight, tapped the gauge, or rotated the turret. And yet for all the attributes of age their irrepressible youthfulness shines through.

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Non-Fiction History Military History Second World War Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Warfare & Defence Air Forces & Warfare

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
The fear in the sky: Flight Lieutenant Keith Hall, MBE, Pilot	p. 11
A matter of getting on with it Warrant Officer George Ellis Parkinson (Parky), wireless operator/air gunner	p. 35
I'd have dropped even more bombs: Warrant Officer Charles (Bill) Dowman, flight engineer	p. 54
Seeding the storm: Squadron Leader John Ernest Francis Mitchell, DFC, wireless operator/air gunner, then Pilot	p. 78
A certain sense of satisfaction: Warrant Officer Bill Newhouse, navigator	p. 101
What the heck's a met flight?: Flight Sergent Ernest Winfield, wireless operator/air gunner	p. 120
I paid 'em back: Flight Sergeant John Marsden, wireless opearator/air gunner	p. 138
Aren't we lucky?: Flight Sergent Eric Cope, wireless operator/air gunner	p. 158
A glorified office lad: Flight Lieutenant Ron 'Bram' Bramley, AE, wirelesss operator/air gunner	p. 171
Unloved by the gods: Acting Warrant Officer Arthur Minnitt, flight engineer	p. 191
Aircraft types and enemy defences	p. 214
Glossary	p. 225
Selective references	p. 234
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