About The Book
Under a Bomber’s Moon is the true story of a New Zealand navigator-bomb aimer with the Royal Air Force and a German night fighter pilot as they fight for success and survival over night time Germany during the bitterest years of the Second World War. In early 1944, after completing one tour of operations and winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his exploits, the New Zealander, Colwyn Jones, was killed during a raid on Berlin.
About The Night War Over Europe
During the Second World War the night sky over Europe was one of the most lethal places to wage war. By 1945 almost half of the airmen who flew with Bomber Command and a third of the Luftwaffe night fighter crew pitted against them had been killed. Many German cities became moonscapes of rubble, their inhabitants the first to experience the reality of ‘total war’ – itself a glimpse of the destructive potential of the nuclear age about to explode in the Far East. Book Excerpts
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Commonwealth War Cemeteries Details of service personnel who died on active service and descriptions and locations of Commonwealth War Cemeteries around the world. |
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Lostbombers Gives the history of bombers lost on operations, including their previous operations and names of crew on board at the time they were destroyed. |
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Luftarchiv Useful information and bulletin board in German and English |
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Luftwaffe Profiles of prominent Luftwaffe fighters, including times and locations of shootings-down attributed to them. |
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Luftwaffe Experten Forum Message board in English on air war, particularly Luftwaffe. |
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Michael Reimer Useful for its extensive aircraft illustrations and information on Nachtjagd squadrons and their stations. Also information on USAAF and French and Russian air forces. |
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National Archives Contains original, scanned documents of combat reports filed by airmen on returning from operations. |
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RAF Commands Provides details of the activities and locations of individual squadrons. |