Dead men flying
Subtitle: travelling with the lost in Bomber Command
By: James R. Stevens
Contributors: Lake Superior Art Gallery
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Publisher: Lake Superior Art Gallery
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Thunder Bay, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780986548246
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: History; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; British Aerial operations; Canadian Aerial operations; Aerial Bombing; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command; Great Britain; Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Canada
Description: "The flyers in Bomber Command had the highest casualty rates of any fighting unit among the allies in World War Two. The splendid Bomber Command Memorial at Green Park across from Buckingham Palace was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on June 28, 2012. It sits under an aluminum roof rescued from a WW2 Wellington bomber. The site is an overdue tribute to125000 aircrew who served, and 55,573 who were lost in operations between 1940 and 1945. The celebratory opening comes sixty-seven years after the end of World War Two. The flyers of Bomber Command are the last to receive their honour after six plus decades of being shunned by political officialdom."-- from www.warplane.com/gift-shop/books/dead-men-flyingn-james-r-stevens.aspx.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 81) and index.
Table of contents: title: Every man has a mother; title: 1. Elisabeth "Bessie" Daniel-Abbeville, South Carolina, U.S.A.; title: 2. Mrs. Charles Manning-St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; title: 3. The McKays-Blanshard Township, Perth County, Canada; title: 4. Chuck Lesesne; title: journalist, Charlotte Observer, North Carolina, U.S.A.; title: 5. Nairns-Fullarton Township, Perth County, Canada; title: 6. McKay-The Herdsman joins the RCAF; title: 7. RAF-Bomber Command; title: Flying War Schools; title: 8. Peter Manning; title: The Cranleigh Lad; title: 9. Chuck Lesesne; title: RCAF Staff Pilot; title: 10. Ross Nairn; title: No. 5 Manning Depot, Lachine Quebec; title: 11. Chuck Lesesne; title: A Request to fly in Operations; title: Operations!; title: 12. Peter Manning's Crew-428 Ghost Squadron [Peter Manning]; title: 13. RCAF 405 Pathfinder Squadron; title: We lead; title: 14. Amsterdam 1943; title: Truth will come to light; title: 16. Crushing German War Industry; title: 17. Coventry, UK; title: 18. Sgt. Ross Nairn; title: 427 Lion Squadron; title: 19. Manning's Crew; title: 405 Pathfinder Squadron; title: 20. Ross Nairn; title: More than a shaky do; title: 21. RCAF Pilot Chuck Lesesne; title: arrives at PRC Bournemouth; title: 22. Ross Nairn; title: Crashing with Cozens; title: 23. Pilot Chuck Lesesne; title: His Court Martial; title: 24. F/L William J. Weiker DFC/Bar-Ross Nairns' new pilot; title: 25. Ross Nairn; title: Winging it with Weiker; title: 26. Izieu; title: 27. RCAF Pilot Chuck Lesesne; title: A Flying text; title: 28. The Weiker Brothers; title: Bill and Carl; title: 29. A Bail-Out Over Germany; title: 30. Weiker Wings On; title: 31. Glenn Miller; title: Only the music lives; title: 32. Carl Weiker; title: RCAF; title: RAF 100 Squadron : The last man to die; title: 33. RCAF Pilot Chuck Lesesne; title: 425 Alouette Squadron; title: 34. The Ross Nairn mystery; title: 35. Chuck Lesesne; title: Mama I love you; title: 36. The RCAF Tragedy, Estevan, SK, 1946; title: 37. The Memorial; title: Remembrance Day Ritual; title: Anywhere; title: 38. Runnymede, UK