Unique Rare WW2 Target Leipzig Book A Cooper Signed 56 RAF Bomber Veterans. Target Leipzig - The RAF's Disastrous ...

Unique Rare WW2 Target Leipzig Book A Cooper Signed 56 RAF Bomber Veterans. Target Leipzig - The RAF's Disastrous Raid Of 19/20 February 1944 by Alan Cooper, hard back book with dust cover published 2009, both in very good condition. Seventy-nine heavy bombers failed to return from the catastrophic raid on the industrial city of Leipzig on the night of 19/29 February 1944. Some 420 aircrew were killed and a further 131 became prisoners of war. It was at that time by far the RAF's most costly raid of World War II. The author explains the concept of this third raid on Leipzig and describes the two previous ones in October and December 1943, both of which had been deemed successes. He looks at the third raid from every angle, including the defending forces and describes the daylight raid that followed on the 20th by the USAAF. The book includes appendices listing all RAF aircraft and crew on the raid, route maps and includes many photographs. This copy has been signed in the book across three title pages by the following 56 WW2 RAF Bomber Command Veterans. First title page W/O W G "Billy" Bell - 103 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Tom Bennett DFM - 49/617 Sqd, W/O Ken Calton - 635 Sqd, F/O John Evans - 158 Sqd, W/O John Harrison - 106 Sqd, W/O Jeff Hildreth - 170 Sqd, Flt Lt Matthew Holliday DFC - 10/77 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Stanislav Jozefiak - 304 Sqd, W/O Bob Kendall - 15 Sqd, W/O Fred Maltas - 35 Sqd, W/O Joe Musgrove - 214 Sqd, W/O Ken O'Brien DFM - 101 Sqd, W/O Eric Parker DFM - 12 Sqd, W/O Harry Parker DFM - 635 Sqd, F/O Phil Tetlow - 9 Sqd, W/O Frank Tolley - 625 Sqd, W/O Andrej Wesolowski - 304 Sqd, Flt Sgt Jeffrey Wheeler CGM (matted signature), F/O Ray Worrall - 44 Sqd, Second title page W/O Bill Bailey - 31 Sqd, W/O Reg Cleaver - 419 Sqd, Flt Lt Jack Collins DFC - 57 Sqd, W/O James Copus - 97 Sqd, W/O Peter Donaldson - 10 Sqd, Sqd Ldr John Gant DFC MBE - 12 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Harry Glendinning - 115 Sqd, W/O Laurie Godfrey - 408 Sqd, Flt Lt Mervyn Ingmire DFC - 115/83 Sqd, W/O Harry Irons DFC - 9/158 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Douglas Joss MBE - 626 Sqd, W/O Harold Kirby - 467/97 Sqd, Flt Lt Bolislaw Klecha - 300 Sqd, Flt Sgt Rudolf Leksinski - 300 Sqd, Flt Lt Jim Lord DFC - 550 Sqd, Flt Sgt Jim McGillivray - 115 Sqd, Flt Lt Len McNamara DFC Ld'H - 10/158/75 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Reg Manning DFC - 10/76 Sqd, Flt Lt Tommy Taylor DFC* - 9/467 Sqd, W/O Frank Tilley - 617 Sqd, W/O John Weston - 15 Sqd, Third title page Flt Lt Freddie Ball DFC - 44/49 Sqd, W/O John Banfield - 207 Sqd, W/O Dick Curnock - 425 Sqd, W/O Ken Dobbs - 158 Sqd, W/O Ken Duddell - 163 Sqd, Flt Lt James Hampton - 76 Sqd, Sqd Ldr Ian Hewitt DFC* - 35 Sqd, W/O Ken Johnson - 61/9 Sqd, Flt Lt Harry LeMarchant - 57/630/97 Sqd, W/O Harry Levy - 9 Sqd, W/O Fred Maltas - 35 Sqd, W/O Reg Payne - 50 Sqd, W/O Ron Scales - 138 Sqd, W/O Ron Smith DFC - 617 Sqd, Flt Lt Dick Starkey - 106 Sqd, W/O Ron Wade - 58 Sqd, W/O Ken Wheeler - 102 Sqd. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99