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Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber: The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin DFC & Bar

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By (author): Jeannie Benjamin Sean Feast

Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice for his bravery under fire. He flew Fairey Battles with No. 150 Squadron during the Battle of France, Main Force Avro Lancasters with No. 61 Squadron during the Battle of Berlin, and De Havilland Mosquitoes as an elite Pathfinder Master Bomber in the latter stages of the war. He survived being shot down on his first operation, when his air gunner was severely wounded, and was among the last RAF aircrew to be evacuated from France in the summer of 1940. He was pulled clear of the mangled wreckage of a Vickers Wellington that crashed in flames during a spell as an instructor, narrowly escaping with his life for a second time, and starred as a Flight Commander interviewed for Pathé News after a successful raid on Berlin in 1943. Towards the end of 1944, he achieved his ambition of flying Mosquitoes, and was selected and trained as a Master Bomber, operating as part of No. 54 Base in No. 5 Group and helping to mop up what was left of German industry and military might. It was from one of these sorties that his aircraft failed to return. Authored by Sean Feast and Erics daughter Jeannie, the book includes numerous previously unpublished photographs of Eric, his colleagues, and the aircraft he flew. An inveterate letter writer, Eric once said of flying that there was no greater sport. He died as he had lived, doing what he loved best. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 13 May 2024
  • Publisher: Fighting High Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781838068745

About Jeannie BenjaminSean Feast

Sean Feast works in PR and advertising and is an acclaimed Bomber Command historian and author including numerous volumes of Fighting High's 'Failed to Return' series 'Thunder Bird in Bomber Command' 'Missing Presumed Murdered' and The Lost Graves of Peenemünde. Jeannie Benjamin is the daughter of the subject of the book Wing Command Eric Benjamin.

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