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A Thousand Shall Fall

The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two

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A Thousand Shall Fall

By: Murray Peden
Narrated by: Anthony Haden Salerno
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During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Those selected for Bomber Command operations went on to rain devastation upon the Third Reich in the great air battles over Europe, but their losses were high.

German fighters and anti-aircraft guns took a terrifying toll. The chances of surviving a tour of duty as a bomber crew were almost nil.

Murray Peden's story of his training in Canada and England, and his crew's operations on Stirlings and Flying Fortresses with 214 Squadron, has been hailed as a classic of war literature. It is a fine blend of the excitement, humour, and tragedy of that eventful era.

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Really enjoyed the story… excellent presentation…took you back to 1940’s and Ww2 in every respect

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easily one of the best military aviation biographies around. Up there with Clostermann, Crosley and Winkle Brown

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This story offered some great insight into the training and operations of a bomber command pilot. It was great to hear about flying Stirling's and B17 in the RAF.

Great Story

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A great pity no one in the team that produced this excellent memoir of life in RAF Bomber Command during the darkest days of WW2, as experienced by a Canadian volunteer, bothered to check the pronunciation of that well known town in rural England Bury SAINT Edmunds which came across as Bury STREET, Edmunds. The mispronunciation 'jarred" on every occasion it occurred -- which was often. This audiobook joins a growing list of volumes similarly ruined.

Excellent memoir spoiled by mispronunciation

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Great book. Learned a great deal I didn't know about the tactics of Bomber Command.

Intelligently and entertainingly wriiten.

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