No Need to Die : American Flyers in RAF Bomber Command

by Thorburn, Gordon

• ISBN13: 9781844256525
• ISBN10: 1844256529
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

This is the first book to be written about a group of remarkable men who left the wealth and comfort of America before the Second World War to volunteer for the most dangerous trade in the world. Few people know there were any Americans flying with RAF Bomber Command. The book follows the life stories and flying careers of 21 Americans who fought in the air war over Europe with the RAFrs"s two premier Bomber Command squadrons 9 and 617. Of these men of free will, 15 were killed in action. No Need To Die is a revelation, an untold human story from the Second World War.

Author Biography

Gordon Thorburn has had thirty-five years’ commercial writing experience including advertising/PR and journalism, and is the author of fourteen books. His most recent books include Bombers, first and last (Robson Books, 2006), and Men and Sheds (New Holland, 2002).

Table of Contents

Foreword-No Turning Back	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Prologue	p. ix
This is What We Came For	p. 1
The Earliest Birds	p. 7
Flying in From Canada	p. 19
The Aristocrat and the Ordinary Joe	p. 37
Those About to Die Salute You	p. 57
Now All the Youth of England are on Fire	p. 79
Dam Busters	p. 93
What Shall We Do With a Dam Buster?	p. 119
To Be or Not to Be	p. 131
Special Jobs For Special Men	p. 151
Fate, Time, Occasion, Chance, and Change	p. 159
Secrets One, Two, and Three	p. 173
Time For the Kriegsmarine	p. 187
Flying Into the Sunset	p. 213
Epilogue	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 237
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