VC's Of The Air: RAF recipients of the Victoria Cross WW2

There were 32 VC's of the air during the Second World War, yet how many of their names are known today?

We have all heard of the exploits of Guy Gibson and Leonard Cheshire, but every one of the VC's of the air is associated with deeds equally daring and courageous.

In the pages of this book you will read of the forgotten VC recipients like Kenneth Campbell, who torpedoed the Gneisenau in the harbour of Brest from a height of 50 feet, racing between the flak ships at mast height. William Reid, whose citation reads "Wounded in two attacks, without oxygen, suffering severely from cold, his navigator dead, his wireless operator fatally injured, his aircraft crippled and defenceless, he showed superb courage and leadership in penetrating a further 200 miles into enemy territory to attack on of the most strongly defended targets in Germany"

VC's of the Air reflects the whole war more graphically than any impersonal history could do. The story starts in the days before Dunkirk and finishes a few days before Hiroshima.

John Frayn Turner
Hardcover 160pp with b&w photos 2001