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"The OR's Story - Bomber Command other ranks in World War 2"

 

by Eric Howell, Pub 1998

BJ & M Promotions (A Division of Newton Publishing Group)

PO Box 966, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 7TN

ISBN 1 901405 12 5

 

There have been many books about the aircrews of RAF Bomber Command during World War 2, but hardly any about the groundcrews. Eric's book is a vivid portrayal of daily life on the bomber airfields - servicing the Lancasters at dispersals in the depths of winter, the agony felt when "their" plane didn't come back, the horror of planes crashing on landing, the joys and pain of family life in wartime, the boys on the squadron, and the raids themselves. His book also contains a list of the Lancasters, with Pilots names, of all 146 aircraft of 44 Squadron that were lost, and details of the raids from Waddington, Spilsby and Dunholme Lodge in Lincolnshire.

It was my privilege to have known Eric during the last few years of his life as he worked to put his story on paper. I hope that this website will serve to make known to today's generations the sacrifice made by those who served and died so that we may live in freedom.

"Will we not fear"

 

- the story of HMS Seal and Lt. Commander Rupert Lonsdale

 

by C.E.T.Warren & James Benson

(authors of "Above us the waves")

Published 1961 by George Harrap & Co. Ltd

London, Toronto, Wellington, Sydney.

 

Read the HMS Seal page!