From the best-selling author of "Tail-End Charlie" and "Tornado Down" comes this powerful and deeply moving account of the Bomber Command operation during Nuremberg in 1944 – the bloodiest night of the RAF in World War Two.

More men from the Royal Air Force Bomber Command died in a single night of World War Two than the total RAF losses during the four-month Battle of Britain.

This is the story of the air raid intended to be the culmination of Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris's relentless campaign to defeat Nazi Germany. The target was Nuremberg: 795 aircraft took off, nearly 700 men did not return. In “The Red Line”, we meet the young airmen who flew on the night of March 30, 1944. John Nichol has interviewed the surviving veterans, British and German, in the air and on the ground, to record the voices of a dwindling generation.

While the airmen of Bomber Command were among the greatest heroes of the conflict, their contribution and sacrifice have been neglected due to post-war criticism of Bomber Command's tactics. John Nichol's dramatic tribute to the men who flew on the RAF's bloodiest raid has given the surviving veterans the opportunity to recount the story of that terrible night – the night they flew to Nuremberg.

Pages: 320, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm