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RAF 14A RAF Bomber Command Losses by W R Chorley with D Gunby & P Temple

Reviews, Royal Air ForceKenneth WebbMidland Publishers Ltd, William R Chorley, David Gunby, Pelham Temple, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Bomber Command Losses European Theatre, RAF Losses Middle East and MediterraneanComment
RAF 14A RAF Bomber Command Losses by W R Chorley with D Gunby & P Temple

Royal Air Force

RAF 14A

W R Chorley Bomber Command Losses

The Second World War

1939 ~ 1947



RAF 14 W R Chorley Bomber Command Losses


My Personal Set

Volume 1    1939-1940 Aircraft and Crews Lost          Signed by WRC (also Dad)

Volume 1    1939-1942 Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean by David Gunby & Pelham Temple

Volume 2    1941               Aircraft and Crew Losses

Volume 3    1942               Aircraft and Crew Losses

Volume 4    1943               Aircraft and Crew Losses

Volume 5    1944               Aircraft and Crew Losses

Volume 6    1945               Aircraft and Crew Losses

Volume 7    1940-1947 Operational Training Units (currently unavailable)

Volume 8    1939-1947 Heavy Conversion Units & Miscellaneous Units

Volume 9    1939-1947 Roll of Honour

The complete set is ten volumes, Volumes 1-9 by William R Chorley

Volume 1 1939-1942 relating to RAF Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean by David Gunby & Pelham Temple 

Volume 7    1940-1947 Operational Training Units (currently unavailable)

Volume 8    1939-1947 Heavy Conversion Units & Miscellaneous Units

Volume 9    1939-1947 Roll of Honour

The complete set is therefore ten volumes, Volumes 1-9 by William R Chorley.

Volume 10 which is Volume 1 of 2 Volumes 1939-1942 relating to RAF Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean by David Gunby & Pelham Temple.

I have rightly placed this where it should be immediately following William Chorley’s Volume 1; because it concentrates the mind.

Yes, we were at war, we were fighting a defensive war in dealing with the Blitz on the British Isles including the neutral nation and Republic of Ireland (at that time Eire). The Battle of Britain in 1940 was indeed that. It was not just England. The United Kingdom’s four capitals ~ London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast demonstrated the framework within which the Nazi hierarchy worked. Bomb the civilian population into submission.

So far as I can tell, Volume 2 relating to the Middle East and Mediterranean Theatres by Messrs Gunby and Temple has not yet gone to print. I reflect upon the work required by the researchers. It is a collossal undertaking. A Set of this magnitude requires extraordinary fortitude, skill, daring and self-discipline.

 

8 May 2026
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