Dimensions
129 x 198 x 20mm
17 - 18 August 1943.
On the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast. The site was Peenemunde, where Hitler's scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket. The raid was meticulously planned and hopes were high. But the night sky was so cloudless that the British bombers presented an easy target for German night-fighters.
This book draws on the memories of over 400 people involved in the dramatic events on that night: RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew, German personnel at the research site and foreign labourers who had been forced to work there.
