A Thunder Bird in Bomber Command: The Wartime Letters and Story of Lionel Anderson, the Man Who Inspired a Legend

by Sean Feast

Shot down and killed in April 1944, Lionel Anderson, a low flying Mosquito intruder pilot, was part way through his second tour of operations. He had survived his first tour stooging up and down the French coast in an outdated Boulton Paul Defiant to confound the German night fighter defenses and allow the Royal Air Force bombers a free run to the target. Lionel's journey to war had been one of enormous excitement, most of which had been spent training...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0992620775
• ISBN13: 9780992620776
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Fighting High
• Length: 208 Pages