G-For-George: A Memorial To Raaf Bomber Crews 1939-45
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: slight bend on front cover.
High above enemy territory, the roar of four Merlin engines cuts through the darkness as an Avro Lancaster of 460 Squadron RAAF pushes deeper into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe — this is the world chronicled in G-For-George: A Memorial to RAAF Bomber Crews 1939–45. Authors Michael V. Nelmes and Ian Jenkins present an intimate and unflinching tribute to the Australian airmen who flew some of the most dangerous bombing missions of the Second World War, documenting the courage, sacrifice, and camaraderie of the men who served with the Royal Australian Air Force's legendary 460 Squadron. Drawing on personal accounts, archival research, and meticulous historical detail, the work stands as both a scholarly record and a deeply human testament to a generation defined by duty. Nelmes and Jenkins illuminate the staggering losses endured by Bomber Command's RAAF crews — men who accepted overwhelming odds with quiet resolve — and in doing so, rescue their stories from the fog of history. For students of aviation history, Australian military heritage, or the wider story of the Allied air campaign, this memorial volume poses a haunting question: how do we honour those who gave everything in skies they never returned from?
Author: Michael V. Nelmes & Ian Jenkins
Format: Paperback
Published: 2002, Banner Books, Sydney
Genre: WW2
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: slight bend on front cover.
High above enemy territory, the roar of four Merlin engines cuts through the darkness as an Avro Lancaster of 460 Squadron RAAF pushes deeper into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe — this is the world chronicled in G-For-George: A Memorial to RAAF Bomber Crews 1939–45. Authors Michael V. Nelmes and Ian Jenkins present an intimate and unflinching tribute to the Australian airmen who flew some of the most dangerous bombing missions of the Second World War, documenting the courage, sacrifice, and camaraderie of the men who served with the Royal Australian Air Force's legendary 460 Squadron. Drawing on personal accounts, archival research, and meticulous historical detail, the work stands as both a scholarly record and a deeply human testament to a generation defined by duty. Nelmes and Jenkins illuminate the staggering losses endured by Bomber Command's RAAF crews — men who accepted overwhelming odds with quiet resolve — and in doing so, rescue their stories from the fog of history. For students of aviation history, Australian military heritage, or the wider story of the Allied air campaign, this memorial volume poses a haunting question: how do we honour those who gave everything in skies they never returned from?