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The latest novel from the bestselling author Robert Radcliffe, a compelling page turner about one of the most famous episodes in WW2 - the Dambusters raid.
Lincolnshire May 1943. Twenty Lancaster bombers stand poised to fly one of World War 2's most daring and dangerous missions, 617 Squadron's legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams. Success could shorten the war, the crews are told, but will inevitably come at a cost. Many of them, hand-picked by their charismatic if volatile leader, Guy Gibson, will not be coming back.
After two tours of duty and fifty-nine missions, combat-seasoned pilot Peter Lightfoot and his loyal crew are already on borrowed time. Narrowly escaping death on a disastrous final operation over the Alps, a flight which ends by ditching their wrecked Lancaster into the Atlantic, the seven men are at last relieved from operational flying, job done. But haunted by a face from his past, Lightfoot cannot rest and unknown to his crew applies to join Gibson's 617 Squadron and fly the dams mission. A mission many see as certain suicide.
Tense, thrilling and meticulously researched as always, Robert Radcliffe's DAMBUSTER - like his bestselling UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN - is an old-fashioned adventure of the most gripping sort.
RRP: $22.99
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| ISBN 13: | 9780349123349 |
| ISBN 10: | 0349123349 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Dimensions: | 198 x 129mm |
| Released: | 01/03/2012 |
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