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Under a bomber's moon : the true story of two airmen at war over Germany / Stephen Harris.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Exisle Publishing, 2009Description: 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0908988230
  • 9780908988235
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.544941 22
Contents:
pt. I. Bearings. Journey among ghosts ; Ditching ; Landfall ; Home bases ; A lucky enemy -- pt. II. Combat. Flying blind ; Firestorm ; On a wing and a prayer ; Interceptor ; The hunter as target -- pt. III. Reckoning. Coping with loss ; Aboard the 'Flying Coffin' ; The last night ; Death across distance ; Ground zero, year zero ; Unsettled history ; Journeys ended -- Appendix 1. Frank Colwyn Jones : key dates in life and service -- Appendix 2. What became of them?.
Summary: They were the best of enemies - dedicated, skilled and deadly. In the night skies above wartime Germany, an RAF navigator-bomber from New Zealand and a Luftwaffe pilot seek out their targets, testing the gap between success and their own destruction as they cross each other's paths. The odds are heavily against either of them making it through the war, but as this sobering realisation displaces their initial exuberant adventurism, both come to see in their youthful sacrifice the survival of all they hold dear. Under a Bomber's Moon reaches across the divide of years, of geography, and of nationality to tell their story.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Bearings. Journey among ghosts ; Ditching ; Landfall ; Home bases ; A lucky enemy -- pt. II. Combat. Flying blind ; Firestorm ; On a wing and a prayer ; Interceptor ; The hunter as target -- pt. III. Reckoning. Coping with loss ; Aboard the 'Flying Coffin' ; The last night ; Death across distance ; Ground zero, year zero ; Unsettled history ; Journeys ended -- Appendix 1. Frank Colwyn Jones : key dates in life and service -- Appendix 2. What became of them?.

They were the best of enemies - dedicated, skilled and deadly. In the night skies above wartime Germany, an RAF navigator-bomber from New Zealand and a Luftwaffe pilot seek out their targets, testing the gap between success and their own destruction as they cross each other's paths. The odds are heavily against either of them making it through the war, but as this sobering realisation displaces their initial exuberant adventurism, both come to see in their youthful sacrifice the survival of all they hold dear. Under a Bomber's Moon reaches across the divide of years, of geography, and of nationality to tell their story.

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