Название: Black Night for Bomber Command: The Tragedy of 16 December 1943
Автор: Richard Knott
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473822955
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
Germans, never forget that." So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost five hundred heavy bombers, almost entirely Lancasters, set out for Berlin from their bases in eastern England, from north Yorkshire to southern Cambridgeshire. They lifted off at around 4 pm to bomb the target four hours later and were expected to return at midnight. 328 aircrew lost their lives that night - they were the victims of the weather, not the Germans.