Hunting the hunters – Memories of a night intruder pilot

The seemingly endless air war over Europe did not stop when the sun went down. The skies over England came alive almost every night as British Bomber Command sent wave after wave of medium and heavy bombers to selected targets all over the Nazi-controlled continent. These bomber crews had to deal with an onslaught of blinding searchlights, deadly flak and the ruthless night hunters of the Luftwaffe. The Germans had perfected the use of aerial...