And some fell on stony ground : a day in the life of an RAF bomber pilot
Mann, Leslie2014
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In June 1941, Flight Sergeant Leslie Mann, a tail gunner in a British bomber, was shot down over Germany and taken into captivity. After the war, wanting to record the experiences of the RAF's 'Bomber Boys', he wrote down his inner thoughts and feelings as a fictional narrative, recently brought to the attention of Imperial War Museums. Visceral, shocking and unglamorous, it transmits as rarely before the horrors of aerial warfare, the corrosive effects of fear, and the psychological torment of the young men involved. Although presented as fiction, the book's solid basis in lived experience makes it ring true - the sights, sounds, smells, and above all the emotional strain are intensely evoked with a novelist's skill.
Main title:
And some fell on stony ground : a day in the life of an RAF bomber pilot / Leslie Mann ; introduction by Richard Overy.
Author:
Mann, Leslie, authorImperial War Museum (Great Britain), associated with work
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2014.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
Published in association with the Imperial War Museum.
ISBN:
9781848317208 (hbk)9781848317543 (ebook)
Dewey class:
823.9'14
Language:
English
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BRN:
176777
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