October 28, 2014 by Lydia Syson
A few days ago, a new opera called Shell Shock premiered in Brussels, just one of the huge number of commemorative …
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Category News | Tags: aeroneurosis, Bomber Command, Combat Stress, Flying Personnel Research Committee, flying stress, George Cocker, Joana Bourke, La Monnaie, Lack of Moral Fibre, LMF, morale, neurasthenia, opera, RAF, Salamander Oasis, Shell shock, soldier's heart, That Burning Summer, WW2
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