''The Bomber Command War Diaries'' (subtitled: ''An Operational Reference Book, 1939 -1945'') is a book by the British military historian Martin Middlebrook and the researcher Chris Everitt that documents every operation by RAF Bomber Command in Europe in

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.''Bomber Command War Diaries'' Review by Mark Barnes at War History Online
Retrieved 13 December 2014 The book also details the operational performances of each squadron and

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and it remains in print today. Everitt who had served in the RAF throughout the war as ground staff was the recently retired Chief Administrative Officer of Slough College and his research for the book involved over 300 visits to the

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. * ''The Bomber Command War Diaries – R.A.F. An Operational Reference Book 1939–1945'' by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt – Viking – 1985 – * Reprint edition

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