Robert Perry was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Bedford Modern School. He studied mechanical engineering at Brunel University, joining British Aerospace as a flight test engineer in 1995, working on Typhoon development. Commissioned as an engineer officer in the Royal Air Force in 2005, he has undertaken tours at Coningsby, in Scotland, the Falkland Islands and served operationally in Afghanistan on 617 Squadron. In 2019 he was appointed the senior engineer officer of 12 Squadron, to reform the unit for Typhoon operations.

• Acknowledgements; 1 Construction and Commissioning; 2 Maritime Focus: January-June 1941; 3 Targeting Germany: July-October 1941; 4 November 1941-February 1942; 5 The Arrival of Harris: February-May 1942; 6 Thousand Bomber Raids: May-September 1942; 7 Airfield Expansion: September 1942-July 1943; 8 Specialist Bombing Operations: August 1943-January 1944; 9 Main Force Operations: January-March 1944; 10 Pathfinder Force: April 1944; 11 Preparation for Overlord: April-June 1944; 12 Battle of Normandy: June-August 1944; 13 Return to the Strategic Bombing Campaign: August-October 1944; 14 Winter: November-December 1944; 15 Attacks on Oil Production: January-February 1945; 16 Endgame: March-August 1944; Epilogue: Cost and Commitment; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography.

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Robert Perry was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Bedford Modern School. He studied mechanical engineering at Brunel University, joining British Aerospace as a flight test engineer in 1995, working on Typhoon development. Commissioned as an engineer officer in the Royal Air Force in 2005, he has undertaken tours at Coningsby, in Scotland, the Falkland Islands and served operationally in Afghanistan on 617 Squadron. In 2019 he was appointed the senior engineer officer of 12 Squadron, to reform the unit for Typhoon operations.

• Acknowledgements; 1 Construction and Commissioning; 2 Maritime Focus: January-June 1941; 3 Targeting Germany: July-October 1941; 4 November 1941-February 1942; 5 The Arrival of Harris: February-May 1942; 6 Thousand Bomber Raids: May-September 1942; 7 Airfield Expansion: September 1942-July 1943; 8 Specialist Bombing Operations: August 1943-January 1944; 9 Main Force Operations: January-March 1944; 10 Pathfinder Force: April 1944; 11 Preparation for Overlord: April-June 1944; 12 Battle of Normandy: June-August 1944; 13 Return to the Strategic Bombing Campaign: August-October 1944; 14 Winter: November-December 1944; 15 Attacks on Oil Production: January-February 1945; 16 Endgame: March-August 1944; Epilogue: Cost and Commitment; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography.

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Robert Perry was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Bedford Modern School. He studied mechanical engineering at Brunel University, joining British Aerospace as a flight test engineer in 1995, working on Typhoon development. Commissioned as an engineer officer in the Royal Air Force in 2005, he has undertaken tours at Coningsby, in Scotland, the Falkland Islands and served operationally in Afghanistan on 617 Squadron. In 2019 he was appointed the senior engineer officer of 12 Squadron, to reform the unit for Typhoon operations.

• Acknowledgements; 1 Construction and Commissioning; 2 Maritime Focus: January-June 1941; 3 Targeting Germany: July-October 1941; 4 November 1941-February 1942; 5 The Arrival of Harris: February-May 1942; 6 Thousand Bomber Raids: May-September 1942; 7 Airfield Expansion: September 1942-July 1943; 8 Specialist Bombing Operations: August 1943-January 1944; 9 Main Force Operations: January-March 1944; 10 Pathfinder Force: April 1944; 11 Preparation for Overlord: April-June 1944; 12 Battle of Normandy: June-August 1944; 13 Return to the Strategic Bombing Campaign: August-October 1944; 14 Winter: November-December 1944; 15 Attacks on Oil Production: January-February 1945; 16 Endgame: March-August 1944; Epilogue: Cost and Commitment; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography.

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