Author: Gibson, Guy, VC, DSO, DFC,
Title: ENEMY COAST AHEAD.
Description: Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 4pp half tone photo ills. [i] ads., #GP28, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr, in 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, impressed marks to all four edges where the book must have been the top of a bale, light tanning to pages and edges, good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber night fighter hampden beaufighter manchester lancaster 83 29 106 617 squadrons


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