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	RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945 : Rob Davis
		RAF Bomber Command with HQ at High Wycombe was responsible for most light and medium, and all heavy, bomber units.
		RAF Bomber Command Lancaster veterans speak with great affection of their aircraft, and over the years it has acquired a status equal to that of its wartime comrade, the Supermarine Spitfire.
		The Squadron Commander was the senior airman responsible for the aircrews.
	www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /raf_bc (9257 words)

	Halifax Bomber Aviation Art
		Up until this point the means available to Bomber Command of accurately finding their targets were totally lacking and the task of the Pathfinders was to develop techniques to precisely define these targets ahead of the main force.
		In this portrait of one of Bomber Commands oft-forgotten workhorses, the original Friday the 13th is set against a stunning evening cloudscape.
		In 1942 whilst commanding 10 squadron he was shot down on one of the attacks on the Tirpitz, but evaded capture and returned to England.
	www.aviationartprints.com /halifax_bomber.htm (1991 words)

	Operations, RAF Bomber Command
		RAF Bomber Command with HQ at High Wycombe was responsible for most light and medium, and all heavy, bomber units.
		Bomber Command’s role was to attack the enemy's own military strength - by bombing their airbases, shipping, troops, communications and all industries used in the German war effort.
		Bomber Command was the only arm of the British forces to continually attack the German homeland throughout the war.
	natureonline.com /37/6-ops-rafbc.html (819 words)

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		RAF Bomber Command was formed in 1936 to be responsible for all bombing activities of the RAF.
		Bomber Command used not only British aircraft but also American-built machines such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator; in the case of the former they were the first to put into battle and gave useful information on improvements before the US entered the war.
		VIII Bomber Command was the UK-based strategic bomber arm of the Eighth Air Force and contributed a substantial part of Operation Pointblank, the day-night bombing campaign by the RAF and USAAF to eliminate the Luftwaffe in preparation for the invasion of Europe.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bomber_Command (1306 words)

	RAF Bomber Command Diary... Jan 1945...... - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
		Bomber Command, on the basis of photographic reconnaissance, states that the oil plant was 'reduced to a shambles'.
		Lieutenant-General BG Horrocks, the Corps Commander in charge of the attack, later claimed that he had requested that Kleve should only be subjected to an incendiary raid but Bomber Command dropped 1,384 tons of high explosive on the town and no incendiaries.
		There had been no offensive operations by Bomber Command since 26/27 April and most squadrons thought that their war in Europe was over, but it was feared that the Germans were assembling ships at Kiel to transport troops to Norway in order to carry on the war there.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/aviation/raf-bomber-command-diary-jan-1945-a-635.html (15526 words)

	Military History Online - Bomber Command
		The bomber force was streamed; they bombed at relatively low level; they bombed by the light of flares; they hit their target with almost the full weight of available bombers (223 of 235 aircraft found their target).
		To German high command, it demonstrated that the British were dedicated to destroying their cultural heritage: both towns held a high place in the architectural and cultural history of Germany.
		Bomber Command had learned, through the harsh experience of three years of combat, that daylight bombing was a suicidal endeavour.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/bombercommand/bomberharris.aspx (10648 words)

	Bomber Command (CDB100620)
		His plan for doing it was to strike Berlin, a disasterous plan of action that maximized his bombers' exposure to German countermeasures, that minimized the potential for evasion (it was obvious to the Germans where the bomber stream was heading), and that took place in the year's worst weather.
		By Jan. 1944, Bomber Command squadrons "had become short-stay, one-way houses for crews on the way to their deaths." Morale plummeted and many aircrew were cashiered for LMF (Lacking Moral Fiber).
		Another problem was that, unlike the USAAF day bombers which flew in tight formations in which everyone was aware of what everyone else was doing, once an RAF bomber took off and disappeared into the winter weather, no one besides its own crew knew what happened to it.
	www.yarchive.net /mil/bomber_command.html (1767 words)

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		Night after night tens of precious bombers and their irreplaceable crews failed to return from missions which only managed to damage a house or two and kill the odd cow, as bombs were almost randomly scattered within a huge area usually somewhere vaguely near the intended target.
		The USAAF was never as good at blind bombing as Bomber Command and soon began what was effectively an area bombing offensive, albeit using what were euphemistically termed as railway marshalling yards as aim points in what were often area attacks against whole cities.
		RAF Bomber Command dropped thousands of tons of food to Dutch civilians in what was termed Operation Manna.
	www.lycos.com /info/bomber--bomber-command.html (712 words)

	Bombing of Dresden
		Air Marshall Arthur Harris agreed and when he became head of RAF Bomber Command in February 1942, he introduced a policy of area bombing (known in Germany as terror bombing) where entire cities and towns were targeted.
		At the same time the bombers could fly with comparative safety even to targets as distant as Dresden or Chemnitz, which I had not ventured to attack before, because the enemy had lost his early warning system and the whole fighter defence of Germany could therefore generally be out-manoeuvred.
		In February of 1945, with the Russian army threatening the heart of Saxony, I was called upon to attack Dresden; this was considered a target of the first importance for the offensive on the Eastern front.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWdresden.htm (2740 words)

	Bomber Command
		Ted recaptures the ambience of life on a heavy bomber station during WWII as seen from the perspective of its non-flying personnel, whose work may not have been as dangerous or glamorous as that of the aircrews, but was no less vital to the war effort.
		RAF Waddington has a history as long and illustrious as any in the Royal Air Force and is best known for its role as a bomber station -- in fact, when No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron disbanded on 31st December 1982, it was the longest serving bomber station in any air force in the world...
		Sylvia’s story takes place in the ‘bomber county’ of Lincolnshire, where so many of RAF Bomber Command’s wartime aerodromes were situated, and we follow her on active duty to the Armoury Sections at RAF Cottesmore and RAF Coningsby.
	www.woodfieldpublishing.com /contents/en-uk/d121.html (4412 words)

	Bomber Command (sound recordings) on audio CD on CD41
		Bomber Command personnel were awarded a total of 19 Victoria Crosses during the Second World War.
		Richard Dimbleby was the first BBC war correspondent to accompany an operational RAF bomber raid, flying to Berlin on 6 January 1943 in a Lancaster piloted by Guy Gibson.
		Bomber Command carried out a total of 387,416 sorties on which 8953 aircraft were lost.
	www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk /bombercommand1notes.html (1874 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The RAF were close to defeat but Adolf Hitler then changed his tactics and ordered the Luftwaffe to switch its attack from British airfields, factories and docks to civilian targets.
		Although RAF pilots were able to bring down a large number of German planes, critics claimed that they were not always available during emergencies and prime targets became more vulnerable to bombing attacks.
		Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal and the new head of Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, developed the policy of area bombing (known in Germany as terror bombing) where entire cities and towns were targeted.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7422 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1943 - Part 4
		RAF Regiment units are transported by air to Kos on the following day and further landings are subsequently made on the neighbouring islands of Leros and Samos.
		A total of 625 aircraft were lost during the offensive, 2,960 bomber crewmembers were lost en route to, over, or returning from the target and a further 987 were taken prisoner.
		This Group is formed in an effort to draw together Bomber Command's existing Radio Counter Measures (RCM) electronic warfare operations and during the course of the bomber offensive against Germany, No.100 Group and its forebears pioneered the use of offensive Electronic Warfare.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1943_4.html (869 words)

	Bomber Command Aircraft Collection
		Bomber Command in the Second World War was a formidable assembly of men and machines.
		Bombers ranging from early biplanes to the mighty Vulcan are displayed at Hendon, together with tributes to the men and women who served both in
		The Bomber Hall at RAF Museum London, presents a special opportunity for the nation to remember what was achieved in quest of peace.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /london/collections/aircraft/bomber_command_intro.cfm (203 words)

	RAF Cottesmore Information
		RAF Cottesmore is a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated beteen Cottesmore and Market Overton.
		Later RAF Bomber Command took over the airfield, again as a training station, flying Handley Page Hampdens.
		The station commander is dual-hatted as the commander of the wing.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/RAF_Cottesmore (312 words)

	AVIATION BOOKS AEROPLANE BOOKS - WW 2 AIRCRAFT WW II AIRPLANES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RAF BIGGIN HILL, Wallace, Graham, Putnam, 1959, vg/vg (lazer), see photo, experimental base in WW I, but a key base in the defense of London during WW II, photos, 288 pgs.
		RAF BOMBER COMMAND AND ITS AIRCRAFT 1936-1940, Goulding & Moyes, Ian Allan, 2002, new, see photo, aircraft Bomber Command went to war with Whitleys, Wellingtons, Harrows & many that were not successful, many photos, drawings & color plates, 144 pgs.
		RAF FIGHTER COMMAND VICTORY CLAIMS OF WORLD WAR TWO, 1939-1940, Foreman, John, Red Kite, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, a list of all the combat claims from September 1939 to December 1940, nearly 5,000 claims of enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged, photos, 311 pgs.
	www.aeroplanebooks.com /ww2_pg16.htm (1365 words)

	Royal Air Force - United Kingdom Nuclear Forces
		RAF Bomber Command with HQ at High Wycombe was responsible for all light, medium and heavy bomber units.
		Bomber Command and Fighter Command were merged into today's RAF Strike Command, headquartered at RAF High Wycombe with under its command based all over the world.
		It is planned that the RAF will share with the RN the operation of a single aircraft (the Future Carrier Borne Aircraft) to replace the Sea Harrier and Harrier GR7, for which the Joint Strike Fighter will be a strong contender.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/uk/agency/raf.htm (511 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - RAF Bomber Command campaign medal petition
		As a significant part of Bomber Command came from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, et al, (all part of the Empire and Commonwealth) plus from Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, Holland, Ireland and more, the Parliamentary requirement of British citizenship for the pollsters is another insult to those non-Britons who served in Bomber Command.
		Sadly the sacrifice and contribution of Bomber Command will always be a subject shrouded in controversy especially in these present times when the bomber offensive and particularly the role played by RAF Bomber Command is constantly scrutinised, judged and underestimate.
		I appreciate that given the role of Bomber Command and the stigma that seems to attach itself it would be hard to generate any interest by the vast majority of the general public especially in this country given the present climate.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?p=1053420 (2453 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - WWII Bomber Command
		I was stunned to learn of the heavy losses incurredy by Bomber Command, and the scant chance each man faced in surviving his tour of thirty (30) missions.
		Yet the RAF bomber crews unhesitatingly climbed back into their aircraft each time to fly again and again into the night to face imminent danger.
		The bomber crews flew missions that averaged 5 to 8 hours at a time, flew disciplined routes to avoid fighter or flak concentrations, and released bomb loads on targets outlined by flares dropped by accompanying Pathfinder airplanes.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/14/a4127014.shtml (2503 words)

	19 Operational Training Unit, RAF Forres, Bomber Command - The Unit History
		RAF Forres became fully operational when 19 OTU ‘D’ Flight moved in during the bad winter weather of January 1941.
		This was mainly due to the conditions at the parent unit of RAF Kinloss.
		January 1942 was testament to this, the airfield at Forres becoming waterlogged, the training continued at Kinloss, Dalcross and the relief landing grounds in the area.
	www.griffon.clara.net /19/19otu_history.htm (545 words)

	GB in WW2
		The coursework assignment within this subject is concerned with the extent to which RAF Bombing contributed towards the defeat of Germany.
		RAF aircrew pictured after the sinking of the battleship 'Tirpitz' in November 1944 at Tromso Fjord
		Selected quotes from Max Hastings' book; "Bomber Command" including his views on the decisiveness or otherwise of the RAF bombing during the war in Europe
	www.lrgs.org.uk /page?sp=801 (280 words)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		One of the most controversial figures of World War II, Harris turned Bomber Command into the offensive force that had for so long been the dream of RAF commanders.
		As a tribute to over 55,000 members of Bomber Command who paid the ultimate sacrifice, in-depth articles using many unpublished pictures and information from RAF archives, will, throughout 2002, build the website into the most comprehensive reference source on Bomber Command, so please check back regularly to read the new pages.
		In conjunction with the Bomber Command Association, and using sound and video clips, we will also bring personal tales of the tragedy and heroism of the individuals who flew with Bomber Command in the Second World War.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand (178 words)

	Bomber Command
		It maintains the fight to present a Bomber Command view of history, to respond to interpretations given by certain TV programmes, so that Canadians can form their own opinions.
		He has records of all the types that operated with the Command between the years 1939 and 1945, but by far the most extensive records relate to the two Avro planes, the Lancaster and the Manchester, and to the Handley Page Halifax.
		Bob says: "Whilst at Rochester Air Show in 1978, I watched as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight were performing their fly-past, and was rooted to the spot completely unable to move as the Lancaster PA474 flew overhead.
	www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk /links_bc.htm (250 words)

	Bomber Crew - Find out more
		The official book to accompany Bomber Crew, this has moving and gripping first person testimony from the veterans of RAF Bomber Command, following the history of the aircrews throughout the war.
		A documentary novel set in 1943 and covering 24 hours in the life of a bomber crew and the German town that is their target.
		A comprehensive overview of Bomber Command's wartime organisation and operations, fully illustrated with archive photographs.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/B/bombercrew/fom (608 words)

	Bomber Command 1939-1945 - Cranston Fine Arts Aviation, Military and Naval Art
		A condensed yet comprehensive look at the development and operations of RAF Bomber Command, from a fledgling force at the outbreak of hostilities to one of the most potent forces in the World on the final day.
		The DVD looks at the early years of 1939 - 1940 when the force suffered huge losses, through to 1941 when they began to possess the means of victory.
		In 1942 they developed new tactics and new aircraft and by 1943, with the use of the Pathfinder Force, they were making 1,000 bomber raids on Germany and for the next two years the Nazis reaped the Whirlwind that Bomber Harris had promised them.
	www.directart.co.uk /mall/more.php?ProdID=7362 (582 words)

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