Murder in the Air by Dennis Taylor

Murder in the Air

And other stories

by Dennis Taylor

Daily Mirror, Sunday Pictorial Newspapers, 1960
Paperback

Condition: Fair
Some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, cover loose from text block, age toned pages, chipping, tears and creasing to covers. (see photographs)

“Four more of our Lancasters went down.  The Germans had turned up in strength for the big kill.  Over the intercom I could hear the navigator logging them.  ‘Kite going down starboard quarter.. and another… Lanc going down dead astern.’ What was wrong?  Why were we waiting?  We continued to circle, acutely conscious of the twelve high explosives bombs lying at our feet.  Suddenly, against strict orders, radio-telephone silence was broken and a fear-ridden voice jerked out: ‘Oh, come on – come on – let’s bomb and get to hell out of this!”  Then as if to punctuate the words, another Lancaster burst into flames.”