The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. (B)

The 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.

Signed by :
Warrant Officer Harry Irons DFC,
Warrant Officer Laurie Godfrey,
Warrant Officer Eric Carter
,Lt Stanislaw Nawarski DFC KM,
Flying Officer Tom Sayer DFM,
Sqd Ldr Frank Williamson AFC,
Flt Lt Bluey Mottershead DFC,
Warrant Officer John Morrison,
Flying Officer Frank Walker,
Flt Lt Len MacNamara DFC,
Warrant Officer Fred Maltas,
Warrant Officer Harry Gough,
Flying Officer John Evans,
Warrant Officer Sam Thompson,
Flt Lt Matt Holiday DFC,
Warrant Officer William Bell,
Flying Officer Kurt Taussig,
Wing Commander John Elkington,
Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC,
Pilot Officer Stefan Ryll
and
Warrant Officer Reg Cleaver.

Collectors limited edition of 250 prints.

Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm) Image size 29 inches x 16 inches (74cm x 41cm)