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Thunder bird in bomber command : the wartime letters and story of Lionel Anderson, the man who inspired a legend / Sean Feast ; foreword by Shane Rimmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feast, Sean, author.
- Rimmer, Shane, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command.
- Great Britain.
- Air pilots--Great Britain--20th century--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Havertown, Pennsylvania] : Fighting High Ltd, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Shot down and killed in April 1944, Lionel Anderson, a low flying Mosquito intruder pilot, was part way through his second tour of operations. He had survived his first tour stooging up and down the French coast in an outdated Boulton Paul Defiant to confound the German night fighter defenses and allow the Royal Air Force bombers a free run to the target. Lionel's journey to war had been one of enormous excitement, most of which had been spent training in the sunshine and mountains of Arizona, flying during the day and partying hard at the weekends. A prolific letter writer, Lionel continually
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780993212949
- 0993212948
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