Having read several of author Helena Schrader's excellent novels about the Battle of Britain, her latest, Moral Fibre is another exciting, excellent and poignant read! I could not put it down as I was drawn quickly into the life of bomber pilot "Kit" Moran. His personal history of being deemed LMF, lacking in moral fibre, for refusing to fly a mission drew me immediately into his inner emotional life, After being examined by a psychiatrist in terrific back-and-forth dialogue, he is then released back to flying by being allowed to train as a pilot, The title of the book Moral Fibre is very apt as there are three aspects of it in the novel, I think. First is the moral fibre of steeling oneself to do what has to be done, i.e. fly dangerous missions bombing Germany. The second is said by Rev. Reddings in his sermon at a wedding: he asks if being a survivor of the war is God having "......given us a second chance to demonstrate our moral fibre?.....an obligation to counter lies, prejudice, hatred and arrogance with truth, tolerance, justice and righteousness?" The third refers to Georgina's moral fibre in her love, care and support of Kit after his war injuries. New to me was the description of how the RAF bomber crews were formed by the process of "crewing up". Rather than each man being assigned to an aircraft and a particular pilot, the men in a large group chatted with each other and informally coalesced into groups around each pilot until that pilot had a full complement of men committed to flying with him. The missions over Germany were thrillingly described as each man's job was shown in detail during the flights over and back. How the Lancaster bomber flew, its strength and weakness were all shown via dialogue among the crew and in superb, exciting action. Racism at the particular time of the novel is shown via the thoughts and reactions of Kit and Kit's mother who is of mixed race, as her mother is a from the African Zulu people. Also, the risk of loving someone very deeply-even though they could be shot down at any moment-is poignantly described through Kit's and Georgina's evolving thoughts and feelings towards each other. The Historical notes, RAF Rank Table, Note on the RAF term "lack of moral fibre and the Glossary were invaluable in aiding this reader to a deeper understanding of the novel. As well as thrilling action in the air, there are lots of deep thoughts concerning war, romance during wartime, class and racial prejudice during the time period as described by the author. Many times while reading, I had to put the book down and think about the many excellent philosophical questions Helena Schrader posed. This is one you will definitely re-read. I can't recommend this superb story highly enough!