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The Crew
The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew
By David Price
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The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crews sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the wars end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Tail Gunner "Jock" Bolland, Flight Engineer Ken Randle and Radio Operator Roy Woollford were seven ordinary young men risking their lives in the dark skies above Hitlers Reich. From their earliest beginnings through training in North America and the danger of the 45 bombing raids they flew with 97 Squadron, David Price describes the crews wartime experiences with human sympathy allied to a technical understanding of one of the RAFs most iconic aircraft. The drama and anxiety of individual missionsto Kassel, Munich and Augsburg as well as Berlinis evoked with thrilling immediacy; while the military events and strategic decisions are interwoven deftly with the narrative of the crews operational careers.
The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crews sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the wars end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Tail Gunner "Jock" Bolland, Flight Engineer Ken Randle and Radio Operator Roy Woollford were seven ordinary young men risking their lives in the dark skies above Hitlers Reich. From their earliest beginnings through training in North America and the danger of the 45 bombing raids they flew with 97 Squadron, David Price describes the crews wartime experiences with human sympathy allied to a technical understanding of one of the RAFs most iconic aircraft. The drama and anxiety of individual missionsto Kassel, Munich and Augsburg as well as Berlinis evoked with thrilling immediacy; while the military events and strategic decisions are interwoven deftly with the narrative of the crews operational careers.