First published in 1944, Enemy Coast Ahead combines Guy Gibson\'s RAF career, including the famous Dambuster raid which he himself led, with the inside story of life in RAF Bomber Command and is still a riveting read for the immediacy and vibrancy of its writing.
Now, Gibson\'s original manuscript, which was archived for almost 75 years, has been be brought.
And yet, what has not been widely known is that the published edition of Enemy Coast Ahead was carefully cut by wartime censors.
First published in 1944, Enemy Coast Ahead combines Guy Gibson\'s RAF career, including the famous Dambuster raid which he himself led, with the inside story of life in RAF Bomber Command and is still a riveting read for the immediacy and vibrancy of its writing