The latest title in the long-running and respected "RAF Bomber Command
Losses" series. Most of the early titles, which dealt with the activities of
Bomber Command in the European theatre of operations, year by year, have had to
be reprinted to meet continuing demand. These were followed by two volumes
dealing with losses in Operational Training Units and Heavy Conversion Units.
The series now moves away from the ETO with this volume recording Bomber
Command's losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean during the war. This is
the first of two projected volumes covering this theatre. The book follows
exactly the tried and tested format of the earlier volumes, both as to content
and the way this is organised and presented. Each entry is set out in the same
way as is the sequence of entries for a single day. Losses are recorded by unit
and then within each unit by the serial number of the aircraft involved. The
entries are accompanied by commentaries which are provided at appropiate points.
The losses include aircraft from the RAF, the South African Air Force, the Free
French Air Force and the US Army Air Force during the periods when these air
arms were operating under direct RAF control.
