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"There are not many of us left… When we are gone our stories of flying and fighting the Lancaster should not die with us. We are the last witnesses to the legend of the Lancaster and those who fought and died within its metal body." Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beetham – WW2 Lancaster Pilot
From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need.
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend is out now.
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