PublishedAllen & Unwin, February 2018 |
ISBN9781742379111 |
FormatSoftcover, 336 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.5cm × 2.5cm |
On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men-five Australians, two Scots-whose mission was to bomb factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. But J for Jig never reached its target. It was shot down in the night skies over France.
This book is about the seven lives on that aircraft-who they were, what they did, whom they loved, and whom they left behind. Some were to die that night, and others were to survive, withstanding incredible hardships and adventures as prisoners and evaders in a war that was far from over.
Crew brilliantly recreates J for Jig's final mission but, more than that, in telling seven individuals' stories Mike Colman has captured the achievements, loss and the enduring legacy of the generation that fought in the Second World War.
Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
J for Jig was RAAF Lancaster bomber that set off from Lincolnshire to bomb factories in Germany in 1944 – but was shot down over France. This book is the story of the 7 young men on that aircraft – some of whom died on that night, and some of whom survived incredible adventures and hardships as prisoners for the remainder of the war. It’s a masterful story, in which we learn who these men were, whom they loved, and whom they left behind.
