Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend - John Nichol
I have a confession, as an 8 year, I was taken to Finningley Airshow by my Mum. The highlight of the whole day was seeing the Lancaster Bomber in flight. I had never seen something so mesmorising and utterly beautiful. The slow grace in which it flew with its bomb doors open, down the runway and away. The noise of those 4 Rolls Royce Merlin engines will live with me forever. Even now 45 years later seeing and hearing a Lanc takes me back to that moment with my Mum open mouthed in awe of that day. John Nichol has written a book that takes me back to being that 8 year old. The book tells the inspiring, passionate and profoundly moving story of the legendary Avro Lancaster, the heroic crews who flew her, the men and women who kept her flying and stories of taking the fight to the heart of Germany. The writing in the book is outstanding. The author not only tells you the story of the Lancaster but tells stories from those that were there, through their eyes. Ther