Bomber - Len Deighton

Len Deighton - one of the masters of twentieth-century nespionage fiction -- combines his expertise as both historian and novelist in Bomber, nthe classic World War II novel that relates, in devastating detail, the ntwenty-four-hour story of an allied bombing raid. nn nSkilled Royal Air Force bomber pilot Sam Lambert is nexhausted, and his veteran crewmen have just been replaced by an inexperienced nnew team. Victor von Löouml;wenherz, a German night fighter pilot who intercepts RAF nbombers in his Junkers Ju 88, looks on with horror at the Nazi regime. And nHansl, a German boy in the small market town of Altgarten, sleeps at home. Lambert nand his crew prepare for a bombing raid on the Ruhr area. It's a night that nmany will never forget. n nBomber is a masterful, gripping, minute-by-minute naccount of what occurs over the next twenty-four hours. Told through the eyes nof protag-onists on all sides and astonishingly precise in its depictions of nplanes, weapons, and behind-the-scenes war strategy, this is Len Deighton at nhis best. An unforgettable portrait of war, both in the air and on the ground.n