Background
Ian Hawkins became interested in the history of the Second World War as a boy growing up in East Anglia. His father, a Royal Navy destroyer commander, and an uncle, a Royal Air Force squadron leader, were both killed in action.
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This is true story of the European bomber war, as told by the combatants themselves--and by the sometimes bemuse English villagers who came to love "their Yanks." B-17s over Berlin focuses on the 95th Bomb Group (H), the first American unit to strike Berlin in a daylight raid and winner of the three Presidential Distinguished Unit citations. Its vivid personal stories chronicle furious air combat, fiery crashes, terrifying captures, heart-pounding escapes, and friendships forged for life. Caught up in a global war, the men of the legendary 95th found the courage to alter the course of history.
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Ian Hawkins became interested in the history of the Second World War as a boy growing up in East Anglia. His father, a Royal Navy destroyer commander, and an uncle, a Royal Air Force squadron leader, were both killed in action.
He has written five books A former civil engineer, he sustained very severe head injuries in an attack in Saudi Arabia in 1976 and was left paralysed down one side of his body. He now uses a wheelchair as a result of his paralysis.
Ian"s books follow an unusual style in that they are made up in part of quotes from people who actually took part in the action.
Obviously this is a very time consuming way of writing a book and "The Munster Raid" took over thirty years to compile. A fan of Ian"s books is Len Deighton who has written the foreword to several of them.
(This is true story of the European bomber war, as told by...)
