By Frank Musgrove
This is often the tale of a tender man's access into the battle in 1941 and culminates in his flying at the bombing raid to Dresden in February 1945. this isn't a gung-ho account of flying with Bomber Command yet nor is it a breast-beating avowal of guilt. those memoirs take the shape of a uncomplicated narrative of the author's RAF occupation and pay specific recognition to worry, morale and, because the writer explains, the parable of management. numerous raids are defined intimately and illustrate the diversity of expertise, difficulties and risks thinking about such harmful battle. So, approximately 60 years after his dramatic stories, how does he view the bombing of factories and towns and the inevitable grave ethical concerns that experience slowly and insidiously crept up on him ? the reply will shock many more youthful and older readers.
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