The seminal account of the heroism, daring and ingenuity of the men of Allied Bomber Command, who took the war to the enemys doorstep. The Second World War saw aerial bombing - of both civilian and military targets - become a new front line in warfare, as advances in aircraft and engine design allowed planes to fly further, faster and carrying heavier loads. The RAF pilots in their Lancasters, Wellingtons and Halifaxes, the USAAF pilots in their B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators, and the Luftwaffe pilots in their Junkers and Heinkels, flew thousands of sorties deep into enemy territory, into the teeth of flak and agile enemy fighters, with staggering losses. In Bomber!, Jackson uses thirteen famous raids to chronicle the bomber mission as it evolved over the course of the war, from the North Sea Battle in 1939 to the French crew who became the first Allied airmen to bomb Berlin.