author
Robert Henry Reece
b. 1889
A firsthand World War I air memoir brings readers into the dangerous, improvised world of early night bombing. Written by an RAF lieutenant, it mixes action, humor, and the strange everyday details of life in a roaming squadron.
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Night Bombing with the Bedouins
by Robert Henry Reece
About the author
Best known for Night Bombing with the Bedouins (1919), Robert Henry Reece wrote from direct experience of the First World War. Contemporary editions identify him as Lt. Robert H. Reece, and the book presents a vivid account of service with a Royal Air Force night-bombing unit known as the "Bedouin" Squadron.
Reece's writing stands out for how immediate it feels: part war memoir, part portrait of a tight-knit flying squadron learning to operate under extreme pressure. Rather than sounding distant or formal, he focuses on the human side of early military aviation—the risks, the routines, and the odd mix of fear and camaraderie that shaped the job.
Reliable catalog records connected with the book list him as Robert Henry Reece, born in 1889. Beyond that, confirmed biographical details are scarce, but his surviving work offers a strong glimpse of a writer who turned firsthand wartime experience into a readable and engaging narrative.