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BOMBER
A TRIBUTE TO THE
MEN AND MACHINES
OF THE RAF’S STRATEGIC FORCE
COMMEMORATING
COMMAND
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ALL BOMBER
COMMAND
SQUADRONS
VICTORIA CROSSES
‘BOMBER’ HARRIS
COMMONWEALTH UNITS
OPERATIONAL AIRFIELDS
AIRCREW EXPLOITS
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S PE C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N
Below
Bombing up a Short
Stirling, the first of
the RAF’s ‘Heavies’.
KEY COLLECTION
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were
going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. ...They
sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”
AM SIR ARTHUR HARRIS, 1942
COMMEMORATING
BOMBER COMMAND
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MBER COMMAND
CONTENTS
Edited by:
Ken Ellis
With many thanks to:
Chris Gilson, Lee Howson,
Al Mickeloff of Canadian Warplane Heritage,
Steve Beebee, Norman Wells
Group Editor:
Nigel Price
Art Editor:
Mike Carr
Chief Designer:
Steve Donovan
Production Editor:
Sue Blunt
Deputy Production Editor:
Carol Randall
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Advertisement Manager:
Alison Sanders
Advertising Production:
Debi McGowan
Group Advertisement Manager:
Brodie Baxter
Marketing Executive:
Shaun Binnington
Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Commercial Director:
Ann Saundry
Managing Director and Publisher:
Adrian Cox
Executive Chairman:
Richard Cox
Front Cover:
Canadian Warplane Heritage’s Lancaster X KB726,
wearing ‘Lady Orchid’ nose-art on a sortie out of Hamilton,
Ontario, in August 2016.
ERIC DUMIGAN - COURTESY CWH
This page:
East Kirkby, September 2016: Lancaster VII ‘Just
Jane’ of the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre greets the
sunrise.
DARREN HARBAR
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 1XQ
Tel 01780 755131
Email flypast@keypublishing.com
www.keypublishing.com
Distribution:
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Printed by: Warners (Midland) plc, The Maltings,
Bourne, Lincs, PE10 9PH
The entire contents of Bomber Command is copyright
© 2016. No part of it may be reproduced in any form
or stored on any form of retrieval system without the
prior permission of the publisher.
Published by:
Key Publishing Ltd – see above
Printed in England
CONTENTS
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Daniel Ford profiles Arthur Harris, the
fighter pilot who became part strategist,
part politician.
Andy Thomas presents a directory of
Bomber Command squadrons – from
biplanes to V-bombers.
Australia, Canada and New Zealand
created national units to serve within
Bomber Command.
Josh Lyman takes a look at Bomber
Command’s lesser-known types.
‘BOMBER’
52 WOP/AG
Lionel Coles followed his brothers into
the RAF, taking on the demanding role of
wireless operator/air gunner.
Born in humble circumstances, Wallace
McIntosh became one of Bomber
Command’s most highly decorated gunners.
8
STRIKE HARD, STRIKE SURE
54 TOP GUNNER
32 COMMONWEALTH WARRIORS
56 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN...
38 THEY ALSO SERVED
After flying Beaufighters during World
War Two, ‘Del’ Wright entered the jet age
and faced two more wars, in Malaya and
Suez. Graham Pitchfork explains.
Charting the major milestones of Bomber
Command’s history.
The name of the redoubtable MacRobert
family is revered by the RAF. Ken Ellis
explains why.
Of the 51 airmen who received the
Victoria Cross, Britain’s supreme award
for valour, no fewer than 19 were from
Bomber Command. Graham Pitchfork
profiles their heroism.
Jonathan Garraway chronicles Bomber
Command’s wartime airfields.
Bomber Command’s lineage continues
with the squadrons of the present-day RAF.
62 WAYPOINTS
44 PILOT FROM
BEGINNING TO END
Graham Pitchfork examines the roles of a
World War Two bomber crew by
profiling six airmen, starting with
pilot Peter Cribb.
Pat O’Hara sharpened his skills on
Stirlings and perfected them with
Pathfinder Mosquitos.
Stirling flight engineer Fred Fray.
Edward Hearn became a very
experienced bomb aimer who survived
his Lancaster being shot down and
evaded capture.
68 ONE BY ONE
46 OBOE NAVIGATOR PIONEER
72 FOR VALOUR
48 BACK ON THREE
82 LAUNCH PADS
50 BOMBING LEADER
92 LEGACY

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