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Enemy Coast Ahead

The Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson

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A definitive new edition of a classic memoir, published in association with the RAF Museum, complete with notes from leading historians.

Guy Gibson was the leader of the famous Dambusters raid and Enemy Coast Ahead is a vivid, honest account, widely regarded as one of the best books on World War II. It is also an insider's account that sets down in clear, honest detail the challenges that the RAF faced in the war against Germany's Luftwaffe.

Tragically, Gibson died in September 1944, when his Mosquito crashed near Steenbergen in the Netherlands. He was aged just 26. This new book has been published to mark the 75th anniversary of his death and includes an introduction by James Holland, a historian and broadcaster, and notes by Dr. Robert Owen, the Official Historian of the No. 617 Squadron Association.

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I echo the other reviews of this quite magnificent autobiography.

The significance of the author, together with the story he had to tell deserves so much better than the bland and soulless voice of the narrator. The mispronunciations are difficult to hear, particularly when he uses the American pronunciation of lieutenant, which is criminal considering it’s a book about a British war hero.

However, do not let this detract from the fact it really is a very well written and gripping book.

Great story, not so great storyteller.

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Gibson in his own words is not the marionette others have made him out to be NOR the firm jawed hero as portrayed by Richard Todd in the film but a far more complex and thoughtful character.. well worth hearing his own view of the war and his part in it ..

New perspective

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A really great story poorly told , difficult to listen to as voice level is inconsistent .

Not well read

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A truly magnificent work from a superb pilot and leader of men totally ruined by Nigel Gair.
This mans ruins the book, he sounds drunk at times and regularly runs out of breath at the end of a sentence.

Dire narration.

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This is a fantastic book! So well written. Just let down by poor audio quality, one minute the narrator is next to you talking, the next it sounds like he’s in a cupboard across the room, mid sentence. It also sounds like he has a sore throat through a lot of the book, combine this with the usual mispronunciations of things like Lieutenant (pronounced Leftenant in British armed forces) to name but one. Shame these things detract from an excellent book. Sort it out Audible, I expect better.

Poor quality audio.

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