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Notes 156 pages. Book dimensions: 15.5 cms x 1.3 cms x 23.4 cms. First published in the UK in 2001 by Airlife Publishing, an imprint of The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2HR This edition 2002. This impression 2004. © Chan Chandler 1999. From the back cover: By the close of the Second World War, Flight Lieutenant Chan Chandler had flown a remarkable 98 missions, 65 of them with No. 49 Squadron and 28 with the famous Dambuster Squadron, No 617. In addition he flew five trips with No 1 Photo FU. His career started early in the war, flying the twin-engined Handley Page Hampden, an aircraft that did not boast and power-operated gun turrets and which was particularly vulnerable in the presence of night-fighters. Later, he moved into the lonely end of the venerable Avro Lancaster. In that aeroplane the tail turret was power driven and boasted four .303in (7.7mm) guns. Chan describes in vivid detail, the experience of the remote tai gunner's position, what it was like to be cramped into a Perspex cocoon for seven hours, your only link with the crew via RT. The majority of the targets raided were as renowned as they were heavily defended; the names are familiar - Peenemünde, Antheor, the Saumur Tunnel, the Dortmund - Ems Canal. Chan was involved in several crash-landings and one Channel ditching - an occasion on which he was adrift with the crew for eight perilous days. This is an extremely vivid recollection of life with Bomber Command, and more significantly, life with 617 Squadron under Leonard Cheshire, VC. Images
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