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Royal Air Force Bomber Losses In The Middle East & Mediterranean Volume 1: 1939-1942 Paperback Book. By David Gunby & Pelham Temple. This monumental series has become an essential work of reference for both aviation historians and genealogists. The series covers individual aircraft losses in the European Theatre and identifying units, aircraft, crews and the circumstances behind each loss, day-by-day. Since Volume 1 was first published in 1992 the author has continued to research the subject and amassed a wealth of new information, doubling the number of pages in the second edition. Not only is the author able to include further details on the aircraft but also on the crews involved to provide more detailed accounts of the losses. For example, the majority of the officers named up to the end of 1940 were short service commission officers and where available their pre-war movements and promotions have been added. Furthermore, the author has been able to unearth a good deal of data relating to accidents that occurred from the formation of Bomber Command in 1936 up to the outbreak of war, and which relate to the Command so the second edition includes for the first time all the losses between 1936 and September 1939.