Lancaster Manual 1943

Publication timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Dam Buster raid of 16-17 May 1943 performed by Lancaster bombers. Original 1940s setting used. Wartime nostalgia books republished in facsimile are hugely popular see the sales of The Home Guard Manual (Tempus), Amberleys own bestselling Spitfire Manual and Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942 (Bodleian Library). An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots and crew flying the Lancaster bomber, here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian (and ex-military pilot) Gordon Wilson. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an Bomber Command officer, bailing out etc.