Machine-gun damage from fighters on a Stirling tail gun demonstrates the danger that the position put the men in / THESE INCREDIBLE images from a new book about the role of British bombers in World War Two have given a rare glimpse into what life was like for the airmen risking their lives for their country. Featured in the book Flying Into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939 - 1942 by author Chris Sams, pictures show iconic aircraft such as Hampdens and Whitleys soaring high into the skies above Western Europe during the early years of the war. Further images show the anti-aircraft guns deployed by German forces to protect Germany during RAF bombing raids, while another shows paratroopers dropping out of a British bomber as part of a training exercise / Fonthill Media / mediadrumworld.com