About the Author

Martin W. Bowman is one of Britain's best-known aviation historians and authors. His previous books have included works such as _Legend of the Lancaster,_ _Confounding the Reich, Duxford and the Big Wings, Clash of Eagles, Lost Wings of World War I_ and numerous titles in the exhaustive _Air War_ series providing extensive coverage of operations carried out on D-Day and during the Market-Garden offensive at Arnhem. He lives in Norwich.