Something Very Big – The search for the story of Lancaster B for Baker (and other things)
Description: The Boy With Only One Shoe, the bestselling WW2 memoir by John Henry Meller. Available now, in paperback, hardback & Kindle ebook, on Amazon.
…is the number of Royal Air Force Bomber Command aircrew who lost their lives during World War 2. That’s more than the total who serve in Britain’s RAF today.
With a terrifying 46% combat attrition rate, an Avro Lancaster Bomber was one of the most dangerous places to be during the conflict. Yet no one was enlisted to become aircrew: all were volunteers. So, at a time when Britain stood resolute in its fight against tyranny and oppression, young men from across the globe did just that.
At just 18 years old, John Henry Meller was one such man.
Something Very Big – The search for the story of Lancaster B for Baker (and other things)