Dambuster B

　　Lincolnshire May 1943. Twenty Lancaster bombers stand poisedto fly one of World War 2's most daring and dangerous missions, 617Squadron's legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams.Success could shorten the war, the crews are told, but willinevitably come at a cost. Many of them, hand-picked by theircharismatic if volatile leader, Guy Gibson, will not be comingback. After two tours of duty and fifty-nine missions,combat-seasoned pilot Peter Lightfoot and his loyal crew arealready on borrowed time. Narrowly escaping death on a disastrousfinal operation over the Alps, a flight which ends by ditchingtheir wrecked Lancaster into the Atlantic, the seven men are atlast relieved from operational flying, job done. But haunted by aface from his past, Lightfoot cannot rest, and unknown to his crewapplies to join Gibson's 617 Squadron, and fly the dams mission. Amission many see as certain suicide. Tense, thrilling, andmeticulously researched as always, Robert Radcliffe's DAMBUSTER -like his bestselling UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN - is an old-fashionedadventure of the most gripping sort.