The dam busters book paul brickhill biography

WWII book by Paul Brickhill

The Dam Busters is a non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force Squadron originally commanded by Wing CommanderGuy GibsonV.C.

From Rosetta Books: Though The Great Escape is a novel, its basic story is true, and the novel's author Paul Brickhill () was a participant in it.

A comprehensive account of the history of the Dambusters squadron.

The Dam Busters is a non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC during.

Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December – 23 April ) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape.

Book is crisp, clean, and unmarked, with slight spine slant, as is common with this title.

during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialised bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany.

The book also covers the subsequent history of Squadron, as an elite squadron specialising in attacking difficult targets with outsize weapons and precision techniques.

Among Gibson's successors as commander was Group CaptainLeonard CheshireVC, and the book describes Cheshire's unorthodox leadership style and innovative target-marking techniques.

Development

After the end of World War II John Nerney, head of the Air Historical Branch of the British Air Ministry identified the need for a history of Squadron.

He initially approached its former commanding officer Leonard Cheshire, who declined citing health issue