I was hoping that a "forbidden diary", written as the action happened, would be very interesting. It wasn't. I am sure the author went through some hairaising experiences, cheating death on every mission. I just wish he had told the reader about them. Instead, we get a very technical description of the airplane written in a boring style. His Editor should have known better. That's why we buy these books...to get a feel of how it really was. Unfortunately, the description of his missions felt no more exciting than a commercial flight between New York and Chicago. "We went up, dropped the bombs, then came down." Wild stuff.