Martin Barratt has produced a cracking book about his father, a bomber navigator in WW2. He has undertaken a vast amount of research into his father's missions and the fate & lives of the six other crew members.
I can honestly say that I was shocked to learn about the treatment by the Germans of the British POW's. I was brought up as a child watching a number of boys-own WW2 POW films, including The Colditz story, The Wooden Horse etc. The prison camps seemed quite innocuous with the German guards being reasonably civilised and generally guided by the Geneva convention. However, the real stories of the brutality of the camp guards, both within the camps and on the marches, were horrific. I am amazed that so many British prisoners were able to have survived.

I can especially relate to the book, due to my father being a Wireless Operator on a Lancaster. bomber. He survived his tour physically but had forms of PTSD until the day he died. Similar to the author's father, my dad rarely spoke about his missions, only his adventures when off-duty. Sadly I now have so many questions to ask my father, but it is now too late.

I would like to thank the author for writing such an incredible book about these extremely brave men.

The extensively researched true story of a WWII navigator in Bomber Command from his time of training through several missions to him somehow surviving the hell of capture and life as a P.O.W. Written by his son who has done a magnificent job in telling us a story that should never be forgotten of a brave man and others like him.
My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.