Wouldn't be dead for Quids: My journey to Bomber Command and back

Bomber Command in the Second World War were the British and Commonwealth Masters of the Air.'' Usually flying in night time raids, they helped ensure mastery of the skies over Europe leading to victory in 1945.

This is a true tale of a life in Britain in 1943-45 and Australia in the 1930s to 1950s. Geoff Tallents was an airman in Bomber Command in the crucial period around the D-day landings in the Second World War. He describes the move to tactical daylight bombing as Nazi Germany is defeated. From humble beginnings growing up during the Great Depression in Victoria Australia, Geoff played cricket against Donald Bradman, joined the Australian Army then the Royal Australian Air Force and finished more than thirty operations in Avro Lancaster bombers. Did his life unravel after finishing a tour of thirty operations? His wartime mates have categorized him as wild'' during the war. Writing in his late 70s in 2000 - 2001, Geoff has chronicled in this story a very honest description of his early life.