Diary of a Bomb Aimer: Flying with 12 Squadron in World War II
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Glossary; Introduction; Part One: Training in North America; Notes; Part Two: Bomb Aimer, 12 Squadron, RAF Wickenby; Notes; Postscript; Tour of Duty; Index.;Campbell Muirhead kept a meticulous diary of his wartime RAF service from the day that he set forth to train as aircrew in Canada and the USA in 1942 to the end of his wartime service with 12 Squadron Bomber Command. The book is particularly emotive as he wrote in the common parlance of those wartime days and truly reflects the emotions, fears and feelings of those caught up in that mighty conflict. His diligent observations of life in the RAF from joining-up, crossing the Atlantic and training in the New World bring back wartime life as it really was. His descriptions of the perils of flying.
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