The spring, summer and autumn months of 1943 saw an escalation in the Allied bomber offensive against Germany. Bomber Command threw all its weight into the Battle of the Ruhr, a sustained campaign that attacked the industrial heartland of Germany. The RAF airmen also had to confront the escalation in their enemy's night aerial and ground defences. The damage to the Ruhr's industry and cities was extensive, but it was achieved at a considerable cost to Bomber Command. One British airman who fought and survived these night battles was flight engineer Nathan 'Nat' Bury, who earned the Distinguished Flying Medal "in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations". In recent years, Nat recorded a few "thoughts and ramblings on service life".
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