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The epic story of the RAF’s legendary heavy bomber: the Avro Lancaster The Lancaster Story takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of an aviation icon. This is an informative and engaging account of the true workhorse of the RAF’s bomber corps and the emotional human stories of quiet courage, sacrifice, and hard work of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it. Between its introduction in 1942 and the end of the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster flew more than 150,000 sorties, dropped more than 600,000 tons of explosives and took the Allied fight to Nazi Germany. The ‘Lanc’ featured on some of the most daring and celebrated missions of the war, including the heroic Dambusters raid and the Operation Hydra bombing. These and many other successes came at a significant cost, however: almost half of the 7,377 Lancasters deployed into service were lost in action. Using archival documents, letters and first-hand accounts, The Lancaster Story delivers a dramatic and vividly renderedaccount of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War. Combining individual stories into a gripping, panoramic narrative, it paints a complete portrait of the battle over Europe, and the Lancaster’s unique and decisive role in it.

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A dramatic and vividly rendered account of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War – the Avro Lancaster – and the lives of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it.

‘Miller writes in a straightforward, conversational style and tone, neatly interweaving historical facts and statistics with very human tales of fear, courage, love, and loss that combine to make The Lancaster Story a compelling read.' * The War Years blog * ‘Sarah-Louise Miller has written a book that is an excellent tribute to an aircraft that was one of the major contributors to Britain's aims for the defeat of Germany during WW2 but also to those who built, maintained, and supported those aircrews who flew in her and in memoriam of those 58,438 aircrew, who were lost during training and operations.’ * Army Rumour Service blog * Dr Miller tells the story of the most successful RAF bomber of WWII …[The Lancaster Story] features rare archival photos, and many never-before-published accounts.' * RAF News * A most accessible book on one of the RAF’s most revered aircraft … obviously designed for a non-expert audience, and assuming this objective it excels. It is a very readable book, with many personal stories … What is commendable is the objectivity and clarity in description … A sound introduction to the life of a key wartime weapon and very good value at the price. * Aviation Historian *

Author Information

Dr Sarah-Louise Miller is an historian, author and media consultant, specializing in Second World War history. She is a lecturer at the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford. She is the author of The Women Behind the Few (Biteback) and has worked in both television and radio with the BBC, Channel Four, ITV, Channel 5 and Sky History. She has also appeared on BBC History Extra, Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast and the We Have Ways of Making You Talk podcast with Al Murray and James Holland, along with various other productions.

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