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The Crew
- Narrated by: Peter McGovern
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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The Crew recounts the intimate, personal testimonies of Wing Commander Ken Cook, who served as Bomb Aimer with the Comans crew. The audiobook specifically follows Flying Officer Jim Comans and his crewmen from their enlistment as volunteers, through training and into operational service. The Comans crew flew 45 hazardous bombing missions - mostly deep into Germany at night - through the winter of 1943 to the summer of 1944.
At 95, Ken Cook is the crew's last survivor. Enlisting in the RAF Bomber Command at 19, his extraordinary story brings a moving insight into the bombing campaign. His experiences, particularly during the Battle of Berlin, highlight the extreme danger each bomber crew faced. With Bomber Command's casualty rate of over 44 percent, the book describes how the airmen overcame immense physical and mental challenges to survive. There are now very few surviving RAF Bomber Command airmen from the Second World War. The Crew will be one of the final eyewitness testimonies to a momentous time in our history.
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- N. Bowdren
- 29-02-24
Fascinating listen
excellent listen. really informative. showed how brave all those young men were knowing that going on every mission there was a risk of dying.
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- John Perry
- 16-03-21
Most Interesting
Excellent attention to detail, recommend listening more than once to not miss anything. Early chapters didn't totally interest me greatly but good back ground to a complete overall story.
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- Mr A G T Holland
- 14-03-23
The Crew
Really enjoyed the book. A great narration and insight into the lives of a bomber crew.
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- Mr Lightyear
- 16-04-21
very good
excellent book and fascinating, the only criticism is the reader needed to get the pronunciation of place names correct. Otherwise very enjoyable!
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- Jade
- 21-01-21
Fantastic!
A brilliantly well written book that captures the imagination of what it must of been like flying at night on raid after raid. Incredibly brave men.
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- cj
- 01-04-24
Interesting account of life on Bomber crew
Mostly enjoyed the book apart from some very dodgy pronunciation of French towns (It is NOT “clearmont” Ferrand!).
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- styles66
- 06-05-20
Worth a read/listen
Very interesting book about Bomber Command. The Crew isn't solely about a single crew entirely but uses a specific crew as more of an example. More than half the book relates to the strategy,history and aircraft of Bomber Command.
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- Plum
- 08-06-21
Bomber Commands WWII Story interesting and factual
Well researched story about the crews and events very well explained and discussed. I enjoyed the work.
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- tails
- 18-03-21
enjoyed
enjoyable book but
the narrator was very flat not what I expect from a listening book
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- StephenM
- 30-06-21
Poignant
There were times that I found this book incredible, very moving of what happened to them & their fellow crews, many sadly who never came home, the impact on them mentally & physically and I wondered just how did I they carry on going. That side of the story I found quite fascinating and a fitting tribute to these very brave men. The technical developments introduced as they went on with their missions as well as some background on the aircraft being used and developed. There was also background about the air war and bombing campaign, which was Ok but I felt it distracted a bit from the human story and I am not sure that I would have ended the book with the usual moral debate about Bomber Command and its role in WW2. The end of the book left me disappointed.
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