{"product_id":"the-hard-way-home-by-robert-taylor-ap","title":"The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. (AP)","description":"DHM1987AP. The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. \u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine - the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command.  And like the fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, the young men who flew with Bomber Command came not just from Britain, but from all over the Commonwealth, and from the countries of occupied mainland Europe.  Every man was a volunteer, prepared to endure the deadly flak and prowling night fighters, to say nothing of the savage and bitter cold, in order to wage their relentless attack on the military and industrial targets of the Third Reich.  The aircraft that carried these young men to war were numerous, but bearing the brunt of the RAFs incessant campaign were two heavy bombers, the stalwarts of Bomber Command - the Lancaster and the Halifax.  Between them they accounted for over three quarters of all the bombs dropped by the RAF, and Halifaxes alone accounted for a total of 73,312 operations, nearly a fifth of all missions carried out by Bomber Command. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Signed by :\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Harry Irons DFC,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Laurie Godfrey,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Eric Carter\u003cbr\u003e,Lt Stanislaw Nawarski DFC KM,\u003cbr\u003eFlying Officer Tom Sayer DFM,\u003cbr\u003eSqd Ldr Frank Williamson AFC,\u003cbr\u003eFlt Lt Bluey Mottershead DFC,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer John Morrison,\u003cbr\u003eFlying Officer Frank Walker,\u003cbr\u003eFlt Lt Len MacNamara DFC,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Fred Maltas,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Harry Gough,\u003cbr\u003eFlying Officer John Evans,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Sam Thompson,\u003cbr\u003eFlt Lt Matt Holiday DFC,\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer William Bell,\u003cbr\u003eFlying Officer Kurt Taussig,\u003cbr\u003eWing Commander John Elkington,\u003cbr\u003eWing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC,\u003cbr\u003ePilot Officer Stefan Ryll\u003cbr\u003eand\u003cbr\u003eWarrant Officer Reg Cleaver. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm)  Image size 29 inches x 16 inches (74cm x 41cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54135225352525,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWdhm1987.jpg?v=1781871767","url":"https:\/\/militaryaviationartprints.com\/products\/the-hard-way-home-by-robert-taylor-ap","provider":"Military Aviation Art Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}