This is the story of the service of Wilfred Bickley CGM, with the Royal Air Force in the 10 years immediately preceding and during the Second World War, the climactic period of the twentieth century when the world began changing, a process which has not yet stopped.

This book tries to illustrate the courage and tenacity of a generation as seen in the experience of one young man.

It also reflects the way in which Bomber Command struggled to progress from being ill-prepared with obsolescent aircraft and equipment for the task with which it was confronted, into becoming a force of awesome power. That this change came about was as much to do with the valour of young men as that of technical change.

Whilst this story inevitablty concentrates upon the work of three particular squadrons, 613, 44 and 617, during five years of war the effort of all crews that flew must not be forgotten.

It is dedicated to a very courageous gentleman from Devon, Wilf, who died in June 2006 a month before his 89th birthday. 

After deducting the cost of production the balance of the cover price will be for the benefit of the Thorpe Camp Preservation Group and their aim to preserve part of the No1 Communal Site at RAF Woodhall Spa.  

122 pages with some b/w photographs.