By Bomber To Britain
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the thick of the Second World War, an Australian journalist boards a military bomber bound for Britain — and what follows is a gripping firsthand chronicle of wartime travel, danger, and discovery. By Bomber to Britain recounts W. R. McDonald's extraordinary journey across war-torn skies, capturing the visceral tension of flight in a combat aircraft, the landscapes of a world at war glimpsed from altitude, and the human stories encountered along the way. Published in Brisbane in 1944, the account belongs to a vital tradition of wartime reportage, offering an immediate and unfiltered perspective on the global conflict as experienced by those who witnessed it firsthand. McDonald writes with the sharp, economical clarity of a seasoned newspaper correspondent, his prose shaped by the urgency of the era and the constraints of wartime publication. The Telegraph Newspaper Company Limited's decision to publish this slim volume reflects the insatiable Australian public appetite for news from the front and from the wider world being reshaped by conflict. As a historical document, it stands as a rare and intimate window into the realities of wartime aviation and civilian experience — leaving the reader to wonder what awaited McDonald upon his arrival, and what Britain looked like through the eyes of a man who had risked everything simply to reach its shores.
Author: W. R. Mcdonald
Format: Hardback
Published: 1944, The Telegraph Newspaper Company Limited
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the thick of the Second World War, an Australian journalist boards a military bomber bound for Britain — and what follows is a gripping firsthand chronicle of wartime travel, danger, and discovery. By Bomber to Britain recounts W. R. McDonald's extraordinary journey across war-torn skies, capturing the visceral tension of flight in a combat aircraft, the landscapes of a world at war glimpsed from altitude, and the human stories encountered along the way. Published in Brisbane in 1944, the account belongs to a vital tradition of wartime reportage, offering an immediate and unfiltered perspective on the global conflict as experienced by those who witnessed it firsthand. McDonald writes with the sharp, economical clarity of a seasoned newspaper correspondent, his prose shaped by the urgency of the era and the constraints of wartime publication. The Telegraph Newspaper Company Limited's decision to publish this slim volume reflects the insatiable Australian public appetite for news from the front and from the wider world being reshaped by conflict. As a historical document, it stands as a rare and intimate window into the realities of wartime aviation and civilian experience — leaving the reader to wonder what awaited McDonald upon his arrival, and what Britain looked like through the eyes of a man who had risked everything simply to reach its shores.