Bombers,First and Last
Bombers, First and Last by Gordon Thorburn is a detailed account of No. 9 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, published by Pavilion Books on April 30, 2006. This new edition spans 432 pages and is presented in English. The book chronicles the Squadron’s pivotal role in World War II, highlighting its formation in 1914 and its significant contributions from the onset of the war on September 4, 1939, through to the end.
Readers will find a comprehensive narrative that captures the experiences of the men and women involved with No. 9 Squadron, detailing their participation in major raids and battles across Europe. The book emphasizes the Squadron’s pioneering tactics and achievements, including their involvement in the first dogfights and precision attacks, as well as the notable bombing of the battleship Tirpitz. Through personal stories, it reflects on the sacrifices made by over a thousand men who served, many of whom did not return.
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No. 9 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, formed in 1914, went to the second great war on 4 September 1939. The Squadron’s Wellington aircraft and crews were the first to hit the enemy, the first to get into a dogfight, the first to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first to be shot down by one, and towards the end of the war, the first to hit the battleship Tirpitz with the Tallboy 12,000 pound bomb, an achievement by the crew of a Lancaster on her 102 Op with the Squadron.
No. 9 fought with Bomber Command in Europe all the way through World War II, took part in all the major raids and big battles, pioneered and proved new tactics and equipment, produced several of the leading figures in the Great Escape, became one of the two specialised squadrons attacking precision targets with the Tallboy, led the final mainforce raid on Berchtesgaden, 25 April 1945, and was the only squadron, from first to last, to do all of these things.
This is the story of the war seen through the eyes of the men who flew with No. 9 Squadron and the women who supported them, of the very few men who lived to tell that story and of the many men, more than a thousand of them flying with No. 9 Squadron, who did not.
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