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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

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