On the wings of the morning
Subtitle: RAF Bottesford, 1941-1945
By: Vincent Holyoak.
Publisher: Vincent Holyoak; BOOKS FOR DILLONS ONLY
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Royal Air Force Bottesford.; World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Bottesford Airfield -- Personal narratives, British.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
Description: In 1995, after over five years of research, Vincent Holyoak published the history of Bottesford Airfield. 'On the Wings of the Morning' tells the story of the bomber crews who flew from Bottesford Airfield (UK)  during the Second World War. Using the personal testimony of those who served there, and their families, Vincent Holyoak has, in his own words, 'tried through the extracts to convey something of the individual suffering, sacrifices, but above all, of the pride and the self deprecating humour of the veterans interviewed ..... this is very much their story, and I have been privileged to have been given the opportunity to tell it'.

The book is no longer in print and Vincent Holyoak has made it available as part of the archive of the Bottesford Living History Project at the following url: http://www.bottesfordhistory.org.uk/page_id__519_path__0p2p44p95p.aspx
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 5; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 6; label: 1
title: Don't you know there's a war on?
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: 'Leicester's Own'
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: Target for tonight
pagenum: 20; label: 4
title: ' a Piece of Cake
pagenum: 28; label: 5
title: Return to Battle
pagenum: 35; label: 6
title: Operation Millennium
pagenum: 43; label: 7
title: 'Yours in memory'
pagenum: 48; label: 8
title: 'Advance Australia!'
pagenum: 57; label: 9
title: The Big City
pagenum: 62; label: 10
title: Happy Valley
pagenum: 71; label: 11
title: Shuttle to Friedrichshaven
pagenum: 78; label: 12
title: On the other side of the hill
pagenum: 82; label: 13
title: 'He will be missed and greatly mourned'
pagenum: 89; label: 14
title: On a Wing and a Prayer
pagenum: 96; label: 15
title: A Friendly Invasion
pagenum: 104; label: 16
title: A Friendly Invasion
pagenum: 111; label: 17
title: A Friendly Invasion
pagenum: 117; label: 18
title: It's a lovely day tomorrow
pagenum: 124; label: Appendix 1
title: Bottesford Station and Unit Commanders
pagenum: 130; label: Appendix 2
title: Aircrew and Aircraft Losses
pagenum: 131