Summary of Gerald Sherwood's Bomber Command Pilot

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Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: John Sherwood was commissioned into the RAF as a pilot officer on leaving school in 1936.

In mid-1940, he was posted to a frontline bomber squadron.

He went on to undertake a full tour of thirty sorties against enemy targets during the summer of 1940, earning himself a Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in what has become known as the 'Battle of the Barges'.Sherwood flew Manchesters on a further series of eventful bombing missions against the enemy, earning a Bar to the DFC in recognition of his determination and leadership.

It was in the new Lancasters that Sherwood, by then a Squadron Leader, undertook his most daring mission.

This was Operation Margin, the attack upon the M.A.N. diesel engine works at Augsburg in Bavaria on 17 April 1942.

This involved a flight of some 600 miles in broad daylight with no fighter escort, flying at less than 250 feet in order to avoid enemy rada