Bomber county
Swift, Daniel, 1977-2010
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In June 1943, James Eric Swift, a pilot with 83 Squadron of the RAF, boarded his Lancaster bomber for a night raid on Munster and disappeared. This is a narrative of the author's search for his lost grandfather through military and civilian archives and interviews. The book also examines the connections between air war and poetry.
Main title:
Bomber county / Daniel Swift.
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Imprint:
London : Hamish Hamilton, 2010.
Collation:
xxvi, 268 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780241144176 (hbk)0241144175 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'44941'092940.544940.5449
Local class:
940.544
Language:
English
Subject:
Swift, James EricGreat Britain. Royal Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945Bomber pilots -- Great Britain -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the warWarfare and DefenceWarfare and DefenceWorld War II (Two) : 1939 - 1945World War II -- Aerial warfare
BRN:
584868