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This week we each share our top 5 Bomber Command books in the categories of popular history, memoir, academic, fiction and we also throw in a wild card! What are your favourites? Do you love or hate our picks? 

Spoiler alert: 

If you don't want to know what we chose, avoid the shopping list below! 

Jane's choices

Popular history:  Haynes Manual - Bomber Command 

Memoir: Bomber Offensive, by Sir Arthur Harris

Academic: The Flyer, by Martin Francis

Fiction: Take Off at Dusk, by Flt Lt Peter Roberts

Wild card: Air Battle of the Ruhr, by Alan Cooper 

James' choices: 

Popular history: The Red Line, by John Nichol

Memoir: Tail Gunner, by R C Rivaz

Academic:  The Next War in the Air: The Fear of the Bomber, by Brett Holman

Fiction: Bomber, by Len Deighton

Wild card: The Dambusters, by Paul Brickhill

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