I was given the above book for Christmas and I’m about half way through. I just Amazon’d it and realised I have the Kevin Wilson version, not Patrick Bishop’s as was the original intention.
Anyone else been caught out? How do they compare?
The Kevin Wilson book is good is a bit rambling and lacking in punctuation. It does though stick you in at the deep end and firmly place you over Axis firma. 🙂
By: lmisbtn - 15th April 2009 at 10:37
In my opinion, for what it is worth, the Wilson book is a far better read. His “Men of Air” is also great. As to the best BC book, probably Nuremburg Raid by Middlebrook?;)
I’ve read both ‘Bomber Boys’ too and the Wilson book gets my vote too…
just the front cover with the photo of the young aircrew and the subtitle ‘the doomed youth of bomber command’ is painfully poignant in itself.
It paints a broad picture at strategic level and then illustrates each phase of Bomber Command’s war with the stories of individual crews…
‘Bomber Boys’ the first isn’t bad at all but cherry picks individual stories and is thus less concerned with placing them in the overall context of the conflict….
just my two cents worth…
By: mike currill - 14th April 2009 at 22:07
“So Many” gives a very good overview of bomber operations during WWII and does an admrable job of putting the scale of losses in perspective. The most sobering thought is that on occasion Bomber Command ;ost more personnel in one night than Fighter command lost in the Battle of Britain.
By: Jimbo27 - 14th April 2009 at 21:56
In my opinion, for what it is worth, the Wilson book is a far better read. His “Men of Air” is also great. As to the best BC book, probably Nuremburg Raid by Middlebrook?;)
By: andy j - 14th April 2009 at 21:25
Bomber Boys
Patrick Bishop’s Bomber Boys is one of the best books on Bomber Command.
If you only read one book on the subject make it this one!
By: mlc - 14th April 2009 at 19:53
The Patrick Bishop book is superb (as is his Fighter Boys).
By: Rlangham - 14th April 2009 at 17:50
I’ve read one, but I don’t know which! Wish I knew as I want to read the other one. The cover art is very similar too on both so that doesn’t help
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