By Day and By Night

{detailed description}In the same way as the Napoleonic tactics of the opening years of World War 1 gave way to the demands of mechanised warfare, so too did the naive visions of the interwar bombing theorists as the role of the bomber became eroded by the harsh operational realities of World War 2.
Using 44 two-colour route and target maps culled from official sources as his main tool, Ken Merrick examines the development of tactical and strategic bombing during World War 2 through the bombsights of the Luftwaffe, RAF Bomber Command and the US 8th Air Force. Detailed commentaries on 44 significant raids are provided and reveal how the prewar ideas of planning and implementation by the three air arms changed radically with the operational realities and technological innovations of the period 1939-45.
Illustrated with over 50 black & white photographs, By Day and By Night provides a unique and detailed graphic treatment of the bomber air war from both the Allied and Axis viewpoints during World War 2.

Front cover photograph:
Munich-Pasing Marshalling Yards at midday on 19 April 1945. A No 149 Squadron Lancaster, bomb doors agape, is caught by the camera of a higher-flying Lanc at 19,500ft piloted by Flg Off Kerville. At this stage of the war, Allied air superiority was virtually absolute; there were no losses amongst this force of 49 Lancasters from No 3 Group which carried out the G-H assisted raid.
Sqn Ldr H. Lees
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Ken Merrick
Published by Ian Allan 1989 1st edition. 128pp profusely illustrated. 22x30
{condition}mint, including d/j.
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