RAF Bomber Command fought the whole war and paid one of the heaviest prices of any Allied force. Flying by night — while the Americans bombed by day, giving Germany no rest around the clock — its crews faced flak, night fighters, ice, and the sheer hazard of navigating the dark in a heavy bomber. A tour was thirty operations, and for long stretches a man's chances of surviving it were poor: of roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew, some 55,000 were killed. The campaign grew from cautious strikes on ports and railways into the vast, and still-debated, area bombing of German cities. The figure walks out in full flight gear — Sidcot suit, Mae West and parachute harness, flying helmet with goggles and oxygen mask — carrying his parachute pack and a kit bag toward the aircraft. He anchors a "round-the-clock offensive" display: pair him with his daylight counterpart, the U.S.A.A.F. Heavy Bomber Crewman, set him on an RAF airfield beside fighter ace Douglas Bader, and place it all under Winston Churchill. W. Britain model 10109. 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Single foot figure on a sculpted base. Boxed.
