Hell on Earth

by Rolfe, Mel

• ISBN13: 9781902304953
• ISBN10: 1902304950
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-19
• Publisher: Grub Street

Summary

On a dark desperate night in June 1943 a stricken Halifax bomber limped low over Holland and crashed in a small meadow of cows. The aircraft was wrecked, but its crew, amazingly, stepped out alive and completely unhurt - just one of the twenty new and true stories of bravery, survival and luck, good and bad, contained in this book. 'A good, tense reporting job...the author allows these veterans to tell the key elements of their stories mainly in their own words yet still brings out the excitement and terror of their recollections.' - Journal of Aircrew Assocation 'A very good read going a long way to helping understand what those chaps went through to achieve victory.' - Bomber Command Historical Society Journal

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. iv
Acknowledgements	p. iv
Takeoff	p. vi
A Man Of Many Pilots	p. 7
Like Lambs To The Slaughter	p. 16
To Fight Another Day	p. 25
The Fickle Finger Of Fate	p. 34
The Great Escape	p. 43
Close Encounters	p. 52
Gunner's Luck	p. 61
A Flourish Of Miracles	p. 70
The Quest For Immortality	p. 79
Escape Or Die	p. 88
Against All The Odds	p. 97
Sorry About That, Boys	p. 106
The Pilot Rebel	p. 115
Hell Over Homberg	p. 124
The Curse Of The Chop Blonde	p. 133
Finishing The Job	p. 142
Trapped By Fire	p. 151
Attacked By Three Fighters	p. 160
A Bloody Good Show	p. 169
When Luck Runs Out	p. 178
Glossary	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 189
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