Group Captain John 'Joe' Collier Dso, Dfc and Bar: The Authorised Biography of the Bomber Commander, Air War and SOE Strategist & Dambuster Planner

by Simon Gooch

John Colliers war began on day one, flying Hampdens in 83 Squadron with his friend Guy Gibson, in a hunt for the battleship Admiral Scheer. By the summer of 1940 he was bombing the Dortmund-Ems Canal at low-level, then Bordeaux and the Scharnhorst at Brest, which led to his DFC and Bar.

Given command of 420 (RCAF) Squadron at 25, Collier was hand-picked to direct 97 Squadron, whose Lancasters made a spectacular debut with the 1942 Augsburg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399078836
• ISBN13: 9781399078832
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 272 Pages