''Bomb doors open!'
'It was the call that haunted airmen's dreams.
'This is the story of an ordinary young Australian whose ambition to fly took him halfway round the globe during World War II - and the fateful mission when his plane was hit three times.' (Publication summary)
Teachers notes from publisher’s website
Dedication: In memory of Peter Lord, David McNeill, Frank Mattingley, Tas Willimas, Joe and Jim Brock, Bramwell Barber, Allen Morgan, Ollie Morshead, Arthur Bruce, Jimmy Wilson, Hugh Brodie, John McGee and all from Bomber Command who did not return from ops.
And for David and his crew Cyril Bailey, Drew Fisher, Reg Murr, Reg Watson, Noel Ferguson, Allan Avery and all the others who did not return from ops and have lived with the nightmares.
