A Raid Over Berlin
(Author) John MartinTrapped inside a burning Lancaster bomber, 20,000 feet above Berlin, airman John Martin consigned himself to his fate and turned his thoughts to his fiancee back home. In a miraculous turn of events, however, the twenty-one year old was thrown clear of his disintegrating airplane and found himself parachuting into the heart of Nazi Germany. He was soon to be captured and began his period as a prisoner of war.
John Martin
John Martin was a renowned English Romantic artist known for his dramatic and apocalyptic landscape paintings. His most famous work is "The Great Day of His Wrath," which depicts a cataclysmic end-of-the-world scene. Martin's detailed and visionary style greatly influenced the Romantic movement and left a lasting impact on art and literature.