'Fighter Boys' by Patrick Bishop.

Truth is I bought this as a side product from buying his 'Bomber Boys' (yet to start), which in turn I bought to 'humanise' (haven't opened it but rumours suggest it may need this) Arthur Harris' account, 'Bomber Offensive'.  Which again I bought after reading the sideswipe in 'Most Secret War' (R.V. Jones) about the Carpet Bombing offensive being a by-product of the low accuracy of the UK targeting equipment...

Goes in funny directions, the research.  This one is pretty awesome, and does paint a vivid picture.  Would recommend it!

Patrick

Oh, and the Book itself.  Couple of chapters a night, got a reading scheme passed to me. Read it in a year, devotional stuff