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The amazing stories of five of the last WWII RAF Bomber Command POWs. Last of the Kriegies tells the extraordinary stories of five of the last remaining Second World War RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War. Each veteran shares the journey they went through joining up, their training and crewing up, and operational duties with Bomber Command. Eventually each airmen's next of kin receives a knock on the door and the dreaded telegram. Bomber Command historian Steve Darlow presents the extraordinary testimony of five veterans who endured being shot down, captivity, degradation, and suffering. Illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and with a foreword from former Gulf War POW Squadron Leader Bob Ankerson RAF (Ret'd) Last of the Kriegies reveals the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit struggling with incarceration. AUTHORS: Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Reg Barker served as a pilot with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE served as a bomb aimer with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war David Fraser served as an air gunner with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Albert Gunn served as an air gunner with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Henry Wagner served as a navigator with RAF Bomber Command. Steve Darlow is a Bomber Command historian, established military aviation author (with seventeen books to his name), and television documentary consultant and contributor. In 2009 Steve founded Fighting High Publishing, which seeks to publish books focusing on human endeavour in military situations. 30 illustrations

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There can be no substitute for the real thing. This magnificent book, in their own words, by five veterans of Bomber Command, is one of the finest voices from the past I have ever read. It has all the thrills of Reach For The Sky, all the tension of The Great Escape. A superb memorial to POWs everywhere... * Books Monthly * Last of the Kriegies reveals the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit struggling with incarceration and the loss of freedom. * Recollections of World War II * This is one of the best books that I have read for some time...I recommend the book as informative, very interesting and an excellent read. I award it five stars. * Army Rumour Service *

This is one of the best books that I have read for some time...I recommend the book as informative, very interesting and an excellent read. I award it five stars. * Army Rumour Service * Last of the Kriegies reveals the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit struggling with incarceration and the loss of freedom. * Recollections of World War II * There can be no substitute for the real thing. This magnificent book, in their own words, by five veterans of Bomber Command, is one of the finest voices from the past I have ever read. It has all the thrills of Reach For The Sky, all the tension of The Great Escape. A superb memorial to POWs everywhere… * Books Monthly *

This is one of the best books that I have read for some time...I recommend the book as informative, very interesting and an excellent read. I award it five stars. * Army Rumour Service * Last of the Kriegies reveals the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit struggling with incarceration and the loss of freedom. * Recollections of World War II * There can be no substitute for the real thing. This magnificent book, in their own words, by five veterans of Bomber Command, is one of the finest voices from the past I have ever read. It has all the thrills of Reach For The Sky, all the tension of The Great Escape. A superb memorial to POWs everywhere... * Books Monthly *

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Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Reg Barker served as a pilot with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE served as a bomb aimer with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war David Fraser served as an air gunner with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Albert Gunn served as an air gunner with RAF Bomber Command. Former Second World War prisoner-of-war Henry Wagner served as a navigator with RAF Bomber Command. Steve Darlow is an author, with over twenty books to his name, and documentary contributor and consultant, specialising in the Royal Air Force during the Second World.

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