Gibson, Guy, VC, DSO, DFC, — ENEMY COAST AHEAD.
Pan Books, London, 1970, reset edn., paperback, 287pp, 4pp half tone photo ills. [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, with an introduction by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr. In 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, roll and slant to spine, nujmerous creases to slightly soiled wrappers, cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, reading copy,