v/a - RAF BOMBER COMMAND AT WAR 1939-45 Volume 1

Largely unheard for more than 70 years, the astonishing actuality recordings preserved on RAF Bomber Command at War were made by plucky BBC engineers, who bravely joined the crews of Lancaster heavy bombers for night raids on German targets during the Second World War. The recordings were made on portable 'midget' disc cutting machines plugged directly into the aircraft intercom system, and capture the unfolding drama of anti-aircraft fire, night fighter attack, evasive action, 'bombs away' and the ever-present danger of mid-air collision.This 76 minute audio CD compiles rare archive recordings from the Second World War, including broadcast and actuality recordings made during Bomber Command raids on Essen, Stettin, Kleve and Berlin in 1943, together with crew debriefs and war correspondent reports. The correspondents featured include Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Edward R. Murrow and Richard Dimbleby. The CD also features recordings made by aircrew after returning safely to base, including