This is a collection of descriptions of the last sorties of 16 Canadian airmen who flew in bombers over Europe in WW II. Qgilvie, who authored his own memories of trips over occupied Europe, edited the brief biographies which describe where the flier was born and a summary of his early life followed by a tour of his many stops across Canada as he trained to be a bomber crewman. If known, his English training is described as well.

Each essay includes photographs of the flier and his crew member plus the plane they flew and in some cases photos from their bomber's camera over a target. In some case, the authors were able to interview people in the former occupied countries who had hidden the fliers or who had buried the bodies in cemeteries as the Germans frequently treated the dead airmen with cold disrespect. He included an extensive bibliography so the readers may follow up with more in depth research.

Ogilvie wrote a previous aviation book, "You Never Know Your Luck", about his father's service in WW II as a Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain who eventually ended the war in the famous Stalag Luft III and was the second last POW to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape from that prisoner of war camp. ( )