TARGET BERLIN: Mission 250: 6 March 1944.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, pictorial colour illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with red,b/w lettering,publisher's advert illustrated rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xiipp+2-212pp [paginated] includes an In Memoriam,an introduction,author's note,a prologue,10 chapters and postscript,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp52/3 and pp116/17 respectively,b/w maps+illus interspersed throughout the text and the book,a witnesses list,a bibliography,appendices (A-F) and an index.Plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,content list/table with illustrations list to it's recto,and a dedication. - The saga of a costly raid over Germany in WW2. - Written from the Allied and German point of view. - Based on official sources and interviews with survivors.
On 6 March 1944 the Americans launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin,the capital of Hitler's Reich.The price they paid for their audacity was high: sixty-nine heavy bombers and eleven escort fighters failed to return,the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force.
This account of the mission is a compellingly readable,skilfully researched,minute-by-minute description.It is also the first book on the subject to look at events from the perspective of both sides,drawing on material from over 160 USAAF personnel, Luftwaffe pilots,civilians in Berlin and around and German flak gunners.
'Target Berlin' captures all the excitement,anguish and horror of the operation,bringing to the fore the mounting terror of a mission plagued by misfortune,strong defences and bad luck. The gripping narrative also sheds light on what it was like to be in Berlin as the bombs began to fall.
Jeffrey Ethell was an avaition enthusiast,expert and author of note.In June 1997,he lost his life in a tragic flying accident.His last flight,from Tillamook airfield,Oregon,was to check out a P-38 before a display on the following day to be given during a reunion of veteran fighter pilots.
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