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    The Reich Intruders: RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II
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    The Reich Intruders: RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II

    By Martin W. Bowman

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    This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied Europe and Germany. These were not the famous thousand bomber raids that hit the wartime headlines, but low-level, fast-moving surprise raids flown by small formations of fleet-footed and skilfully piloted twin-engine light bombers. Their targets were usually difficult to locate and heavily defended because of their strategic importance to the Nazis. 2 Group also played a vital part in the invasion of Europe both before and after D-Day. Often they would fly at wave-top height across the English Channel or North Sea to avoid detection and then hedge-hop deep into enemy territory to deliver their precision attack. Enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire were a constant risk. This is a remarkable story of skill and bravery by a little known branch of the RAF.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateMar 19, 2006
    ISBN9781783409655
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    The Reich Intruders: RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II
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    Martin W. Bowman

    MARTIN W. BOWMAN is the author of over 80 books on military and commercial aviation and a frequent contributor of photographs and articles for Flight International, Rolls-Royce Magazine, and Aeroplane Monthly. In 1999 he was appointed an official researcher for DERA. He lives in Norwich.

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      I did think of giving up on this book!The first part to me seemed to drag on interminably and be a succession of content that to me was very repetitious. I am talking about the 1940 to 1941'ish years. I did get better but never really grabbed me as a book I was particularly interested in. Almost all the content is a list of sorties and most consist mainly of crew reports. There is little detail of the strategy of the campaigns and very little on the aircraft. And it just ends at V-E day. Really ends!