Ex-library copy I bought from a charity shop.

From amazon.co.uk:

"Lincolnshire May 1943. Twenty Lancaster bombers stand poised to fly one of World War 2's most daring and dangerous missions, 617 Squadron's legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams. Success could shorten the war, the crews are told, but will inevitably come at a cost. Many of them, hand-picked by their charismatic if volatile leader, Guy Gibson, will not be coming back.

After two tours of duty and fifty-nine missions, combat-seasoned pilot Peter Lightfoot and his loyal crew are already on borrowed time. Narrowly escaping death on a disastrous final operation over the Alps, a flight which ends by ditching their wrecked Lancaster into the Atlantic, the seven men are at last relieved from operational flying, job done. But haunted by a face from his past, Lightfoot cannot rest, and unknown to his crew applies to join Gibson's 617 Squadron, and fly the dams mission. A mission many see as certain suicide.

Tense, thrilling, and meticulously researched as always, Robert Radcliffe's DAMBUSTER - like his bestselling UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN - is an old-fashioned adventure of the most gripping sort.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Radcliffe's real name is Robert Mawson. He was born and educated in London where he worked at various jobs until talking his way into an editorial job on a yachting magazine. From there he worked in journalism and advertising '. . . gradually learning the ropes while trying to write my own stuff at home'. In the 1980s he took up flying then spent ten years as a commercial pilot, working all over the world, while still working on writing projects in his own time.

In 1991 Robert returned home to form his own PR consultancy, and work on book-writing projects. His first novel, A SHIP CALLED HOPE, was published under the Mawson name in 1994. In 1997 he sold his house and business and moved to a borrowed cottage in France to try and write full time. The result was THE LAZARUS CHILD, a book that sold more than a million copies worldwide and was translated into over twenty languages. In 2004 it was made into a movie starring Andy Garcia and Angela Bassett.

Success enabled Robert to become a full-time writer. In 2002 he published UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, under the pen-name Robert Radcliffe, the story of an American bomber base in Suffolk during World War II. UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and has sold more than 160,000 copies to date. This was followed by UPON DARK WATERS in 2004, ACROSS THE BLOOD-RED SKIES in 2009, DAMBUSTER in 2011, and BENEATH ANOTHER SUN in 2012.

Robert and his wife Kate, a teacher, live in Suffolk.

PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown (3 Feb. 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1408702681
ISBN-13: 978-1408702680
Product Dimensions: 15 x 3 x 22.2 cm
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars (25 customer reviews)"

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