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Enemy Coast Ahead: The Illustrated Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson, chronicles Gibson’s wartime experiences from the start of the war until Gibson’s Lancaster crosses the Dutch coast on returning from the now legendary bombing mission. This edition, the uncensored draft, includes the original introduction by, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, and a new foreword by James Holland. A respected Second World War historian in his own right, Holland has written on the Dambusters (Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943), and his foreword provides context and nuance for the modern reader. This edition also has a marvellous album of photographs, in fact there are over a hundred images of Gibson’s experiences. Additionally, Dr Robert Owen, the 617 Squadron Official Historian, adds notes to Gibson’s narrative correcting many of the editorial and personal errors whilst also adding helpful detail to Gibson’s, sometimes, offhand comments.