Operation Bodenplatte remarque by Nicholas Trudgian bomber losses fell steeply as

bomber losses fell steeply as Luftwaffe losses grew steeply

Large remarque specially commissioned from Robert Taylor

Flying Lysanders the RAF's special duties 161 Squadron flew into France to deliver secret agents

It is also signed by Robert Paris who flew 52 combat missions

The Publishers Proof Edition which is matted is signed by 9 Dambuster pilots and crew

Operation Bodenplatte remarque by Nicholas Trudgian bomber losses fell steeply asOn New Years Day 1945 the Luftwaffe launched an attack on Allied airfields in France, Holland and Belgium. For the Luftwaffe it was a major effort to get 900 fighters into the air in a desperate strike to slow the Allied advance and help the Wehrmacht in the Battle of the Bulge. During the day the Luftwaffe lost over 300 aircraft while destroying approximately 200 Allied aircraft mostly on the ground. Most Allied losses were planes on the ground which