The book, Bombers: The Air Crew Experience, examines what it was like to fly in a bomber aircraft in an offensive bombing mission during World War II.  Crews flying the Lancasters, Halifaxes, Mosquitos, Flying Fortresses, Liberators, Marauders, Heinkel 111s, Junkers 88s, Mitsubishis and Savoia-Marchettis had some of the most dangerous and thankless jobs of all those who fought in World War II.  While few had chosen this military branch of service, for the most part they all performed their job with courage, skill and determination.   In order to provide added perspective, this book also reviews what it was like to fly bombers in the subsequent conflicts of the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf wars.  Irrespective of when one flew an offensive bomber mission, the dangers of flying bombing missions miles above an enemy's territory were evident everywhere.  One marvels at the raw courage and determination that would carry a bomber and her crew through "flak" infested air space and under constant attack from defending fighter aircraft.  In the case of flak, 99 of the projectiles fired against a given bomber might dissipate in harmless black smoke only to have the 100th hit and tear its wing off.  In the skies over enemy targets there was no where to hide and missions flown were a constant reminder of the "random laws of life and death".  While being subjected to a barrage of anti-aircraft fire was bad enough, in most missions the pilots and crew had to also contend with enemy fighter opposition.  The fighters that preyed upon these bombers were highly maneuverable and a considerable threat to their existeence.  True, once bombers had adequate long- range Allied fighter protection this risk diminished, it never went completely away.  In the end, while many have debated the moral wisdom of applying strategic bombing as a means of waging total war against an enemy that often included thousands of innocent civilians, one thing is clear, during World War II over 100,000 United States Army Air Force and Royal Air Force aircrew died as did many thousands more in the air forces of the Axis countries.  For those young men who survived,  they no longer harbored any illusion that war would be a glorious adventure.  What they came home with was a shared experience which would be with them through the rest of their lives.  The major sections of this book are as follows: 1) Just A Hauling Job? Not Quite; 2) Bumf; 3) Learning Curve; 4) Delivery systems; 5) The Weapons; 6) Hazards; 7) Reception Committee; 8) Dealing Out Punishment; 9) Glenn Miller; 10) The Bomb; 11) Airlift; 12) The Nighthawk; 13) Crew Positions and 14) Results.  In addition to an informative narrative, this book includes the following features: 1) Approximately 134 black and white vintage photographs; 2) About 99 color photographs; 3) 2 black and white illustrations and 4) Approximately 32 color illustrations.  This book is 240 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is Philip Kaplan.  Edition published in 2004.