The Bomber Aircrew Experience: Dealing Out Punishment from the Air

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Fully illustrated with hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, as well as dozens of interviews, Philip Kaplan'sThe Bomber Aircrew Experienceoffers an intimate glimpse into the life and times of these wartime airmen. The bomber boys recount their harrowing missions over Germany's industrial heartland, paving the way for Allied victory in the Second World War's European Theatre. Discover what it was like to man such planes as the great Flying Fortress and the Liberator, and what it was like for the British and Commonwealth boys flying night missions in the Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Stirlings. And then finally, learn about the development of the modern stealth bombers: the F-117 Nighthawk and the B-2 Spirit.

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Philip Kaplan, formerly a book designer with Harper & Row, and an art director with Playboy, Atlanta, and Architectural Digest magazines, has written, coauthored and designed thirty-eight books, including The Bird Farm, Silent Service, and Tank. He lives in Gloucestershire, England.