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Round the clock : the experience of the allied bomber crews who flew by day and by night from England in the Second World War / Philip Kaplan, Jack Currie.

Title
Round the clock : the experience of the allied bomber crews who flew by day and by night from England in the Second World War / Philip Kaplan, Jack Currie.
Author
Kaplan, Philip
Publication
New York : Random House, c1993.

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Additional Authors
Currie, Jack.
Description
234 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Summary
A marvelously evocative portrait in words and unique pictures of the men and machines that flew against Germany.
Subject
  • 1939 - 1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Pictorial works
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
  • Germany > Pictorial works. > Bombardment, 1940-1945
  • Germany > History > Bombardment, 1940-1945
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives – American.
  • Personal narratives – British.
  • Pictorial works.
  • History
Note
  • "Concept, development, editing, primary research, color photography, and book design: Philip Kaplan. Text: Jack Currie"--P. 230.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 232) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Doing it in broad daylight -- Allies -- Getting up for a mission -- Key targets -- Takeoff and assembly -- Base routine -- War in the air -- Home sweet home -- On the nose -- An American raid -- Dingy, dingy, prepare to ditch -- Country folk -- The hardware -- Mud and muscle -- Aircrew -- Jackets -- A British raid -- Abandon! -- Patches -- To the big city -- Round the clock -- Weeds.
ISBN
0394589211 :
LCCN
^^^92041535^
OCLC
27034246
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library