"With our guns blazing away, the interior of the Lancaster lit up like daylight - it still had daylight tracer bullets from its last daylight trip. It was so bright inside the cockpit; I can still see Bill, our flight engineer, bending down beside me with his hands on his head while the bullets were flying. I reached back with my left hand to see if the steel plate was in place behind my head, and made sure I leaned slightly forward in case it got hit.

"We must have shot down that Junkers 88, but we couldn't tell because we went down into the clouds to starboard, and he went down the other direction into them. If we didn't get it, it certainly would have been riddled with bullet holes!" (From Chapter 2, the author, a Lancaster bomber pilot.)

"I guess what it does mean is that we have to be eternally vigilant to make sure that the demagogues and the psychopaths do not get into positions where they can do harm." (From Chapter 5, Alan Emmott, a Lancaster Pathfinder navigator.)

"I can tell you now how sad a commentary it is that people on Earth had to go through the horrors of war. There is, however, an end in sight. I am pleased to say that strong influences from this side (spirit-side) are coming to bear more heavily on those who would, and do, instigate atrocities and wars. A new era is dawning." (From Chapter 18, Guy Gibson, VC, the celebrated RAF pilot of Dambuster fame.)

"War is a terrible thing, and should not be glamorized. It is evidence of the failure of mankind to follow the principle of universal love; however, I am told from high spirit sources that we are on a path to a brighter future." (From Chapter 21, the author.)