Buffaloes
over Singapore: Raf, Raaf, Rnzaf and Dutch Brester Fighters in Action over
Malaya and the East Indies 1941-1942
by Brian Cull, Paul Sortehaug, Mark Haselden
Hardcover from Grub Street the Basement
Book Published: July, 2003
British Air Forces 1914-18 (Men-At-Arms, 351)
by Andrew Cormack, Peter Cormack (Illustrator)
Listed under WW1 Uniforms
Battle of Britain
by Len Deighton & Max Hastings
Listed under Battle of Britain
The
Berlin Raids : RAF Bomber Command Winter 1943-44
by Martin Middlebrook
Book Description: The Battle of Berlin was the longest, most sustained
offensive against a single target, and its merits remain a subject of debate
even today. Here is the story behind these costly raids--including crucial
tactical shifts within the R.A.F.--and month-by-month coverage of the most
important runs. Based on over 400 interviews of both British and German
aircrews.
Paperback - 407 pages (November 2000)
Cassell Academic; ISBN: 0304353477
Bomber
Squadrons at War : Nos. 57 and 630 Squadrons
by Geoff D. Copeman
Incorporating anecdotal material from former squadron members, this
lively narrative history is fully illustrated and supported by a series
of detailed appendices. Covers WW1 & WW2.
Hardcover - 160 pages (April 1998)
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750917105
British
Naval Aviation : The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990
Ray Sturtivant
Hardcover: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.90 x 9.96 x 7.69
Publisher: United States Naval Inst.; (June 1990)
ISBN: 0870210262
Display
Pilot : Flying the RAF's Combat Aircraft
by Rob Lea
The diary of a Harrier air-show pilot.
(Paperback - July 1994)
249
At War : The Authorized History of the RAF's Top Scoring Fighter Squadron
of WWII
Brian Cull
Synopsis: A history of one of the RAF's foremost fighting squadrons.
Formed in 1940, 249 saw action in the Battle of Britain before moving to
Italy where it participated in fighter-bomber attacks with Spitfires and
Mustangs. Postwar the squadron was based in the Middle East until it was
disbanded in 1969.
Hardcover / Published 1997 |
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The
Dam Busters: A British Film Guide
by John Ramsden
Book Description: An original mix of film analysis and political
history, this book examines the political and cinematic significance of
The Dam Busters, as both a British institution and a fine war film. A critical
and popular success, the film celebrates an image of gutsy ingenuity for
the "Brits at war," with the 1943 raid by Lancaster bombers on the dams
of Germany's Ruhr region, using the extraordinary "bouncing bomb." Ramsden's
fresh and incisive book offers an overall review of the film and its place
in history. It convincingly suggests that the film's cultural impact made
it difficult to assess the true value of Britain's bombing campaign.
Paperback from I.B. Tauris
Book Published: 06 December, 2002 |
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Duel
of Eagles
Peter Townsend
Paperback - Phoenix Press / 7 December, 2000
Forged
in War : A History of RAF Transport Command
Humphrey Wynn
Hardcover / Published 1996
Special Order
The
Fleet Air Arm in Camera, 1912-1996; Archive Photographs from the Public
Record Office and the Fleet Air Arm Museum
Roger Hayward
Hardcover / Published 1997
A fascinating collection of photographs, some spectacular, all little
kown, of Britain's Fleet Air Arm, each fully researched and captioned in
detail.
Hurricane Aces 1939-40 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 18)
by Tony Holmes
Listed under Battle of Britain
Hawker
Hurricane
by Peter Jacobs
Hardcover - 192 pages (October 1998)
Crowood Pr; ISBN: 1861261268
In
Lands Not My Own
by Reuben Ainsztein
A Polish Jew who escaped the Bliztkreig which engulfed Belgium where
he was studying, only to be interned in a Spanish prison for a year before
making his way to Britain where he joined the RAF as bomber crew. Highly
recommended. Db.
(Hardcover -- June 4, 2002)
The Last Enemy
Richard Hillary
One of the greatest books of the Second World War, highly recommended.
Listed under Battle of Britain
A
Question of Honor : The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World
War II
by Lynne
Olson, Stanley
Cloud
Book Description
A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known, and
brilliantly told story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped
save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal
by the United States and England at the end of World War II.
Centering on five pilots of the renowned Kosciuszko Squadron,
the authors show how the fliers, driven by their passionate desire to liberate
their homeland, came to be counted among the most heroic and successful
fighter pilots of World War II. Drawing on the Kosciuszko Squadron’s unofficial
diary–filled with the fliers’ personal experiences in combat–and on letters,
interviews, memoirs, histories, and photographs, the authors bring the
men and battles of the squadron vividly to life. We follow the principal
characters from their training before the war, through their hair-raising
escape from Poland to France and then, after the fall of France, to Britain.
We see how, first treated with disdain by the RAF, the Polish pilots played
a crucial role during the Battle of Britain, where their daredevil skill
in engaging German Messerschmitts in close and deadly combat while protecting
the planes in their own groups soon made them legendary. And we learn what
happened to them after the war, when their country was abandoned and handed
over to the Soviet Union.
A Question of Honor also gives us a revelatory history
of Poland during World War II and of the many thousands in the Polish armed
forces who fought with the Allies. It tells of the country’s unending struggle
against both Hitler and Stalin, its long battle for independence, and the
tragic collapse of that dream in the “peace” that followed. Powerful, moving,
deeply involving, A Question of Honor is an important addition to the literature
of World War II.
Hardcover from Knopf
Book Published: 23 September, 2003 |
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The
RAF in Camera, 1946-1995
Roy Conyers Nesbit
Hardcover (August 1997)
Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750910569
Delivery sometimes delayed.
RAF
Wings Over Florida : Memories of World War II British Air Cadets
by Willard Largent, et al
Hardcover - 256 pages 0 edition (October 2000)
Purdue University Press; ISBN: 1557532036
RAF
Frontline : The Royal Air Force - Defending the Realm
by John M. Dibbs (Photographer), et al
Air to Air photography of the modern RAF
Hardcover - 144 pages (August 1999)
Airlife Pub Ltd; ISBN: 1853108847
The
Royal Air Force 1939-1945
Chaz Bowyer
Paperback - 132 pages (February 1997)
ISBN: 0850525284
The
Royal Air Force, 1939-45 (Men-At-Arms, No 225)
Andrew Cormack, et al
Paperback / Published 1990
V-Bombers;
Vulcan, Victor and Valiant; Britian's Airborne Nuclear Deterrent
by Tim Laming
(Hardcover - May 1997)
Reach
for the Sky
by Paul Brickhill
A shiver ran down my spine when I read the first words of a review
at the Amazon site: "I sent my dog-eared copy of Reach for the Sky to a
legless hero ...". I had given my own copy to Triple Pete whilst he was
still in hospital recovering from the most horrific accident. This book
is required reading for those interested in aviation, the Battle of Britain
... and the human condition. It's the story of Douglas Bader, a young man
who lost both legs in an aircraft accident shortly before the war, who
bullied his way into the RAF despite stiff opposition, who went on to become
an ace pilot and a wing commander and who finished the war in the infamous
Stalag 13, a prison for recalcitrant escapees.
Library Binding - 346 pages (December 1999)
Buccaneer Books; ISBN: 0899669107
The
Remorseless Road: Singapore to Nagasaki (Airlife Classics)
by James McEwan
(Paperback - July 2002)
Book Description: This is the compelling and at times harrowing
account of the author's experiences while serving in the RAF during the
Second World War. His autobiography recounts his posting to the Far East,
where he served alongside those resolute airmen who fought the Japanese
against all odds and to the bitter end, the survivors eventually laying
down their arms. Then follows his account of the ordeal and humiliation
of imprisonment for the last three-and-a-half years of the war. It records
events in that momentous conflict in the Far East over fifty years ago-events
that should never be forgotten.
The
Right of the Line: The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-1945
(Wordsworth Military Library)
by John Terraine
The RAF during the European war of 1939-1945
Paperback - Wordsworth Editions Ltd / 27 February, 1998
Special Order
Royal Canadian Airforce at War Nineteen Thirty Nine Nineteen Forty
Five
Larry Milberry, Hugh Halliday
Listed under Canada at War
Spitfire MkII Aces 1939-41 (Aircraft of the Aces , No 12)
Alfred Price
Listed under Spitfire Books
Snakes
in the Eagle's Nest : A History of Ground Attacks on Air Bases
Alan Vick
Details three case studies: Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) on Crete,
the German Luftwaffe in North Africa and the USAF in Vietnam.
Paperback - 189 pages (October 1995)
Rand Corporation; ISBN: 0833016296
Special Order
American Pilots in the RAF : The WWII Eagle Squadrons
by Philip D. Caine
Paperback - 432 pages (August 1998)
Brasseys Inc; ISBN: 157488137X
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Books
Dam Busters
by Paul Brickhill
Paperback from Bantam Books
Book Published: December, 1978
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Books
Failed to Return : The Yorkshire Memorial to the Bomber Squadrons
of #4 Group RAF & #6 RCAF, 1939-1945
Bill Norman
Hardcover / Published 1997
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth
by Tony Holmes
Paperback - 96 pages 1 edition Vol 36 (November 2001)
Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 1841760838
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War : 1942-1943
by Normal L. R. Franks
Paperback Vol 2 (October 1998)
Aerofax Midland Pub Ltd; ISBN: 1857800753
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Enemy Coast Ahead - Guy Gibson
Guy Gibson VC led the 617 Squadron's Lancasters on the Dambusters mission.
Out of Print - Try Used
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Hurricane : A Fighter Legend
by John Dibbs, Tony Holmes, Mike Jerram (Contributor)
Paperback (May 1995)
Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 1855324989
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Books
Ghosts of the Skies : Aviation in the Second World War
Philip Makanna
Hardcover / Published 1995
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Books
British Aircraft Armament : RAF Guns and Gunsights from 1914 to the
Present Day (Vol 2)
by R. Wallace Clarke
Hardcover Vol 002 (December 1995)
Haynes Pubns; ISBN: 1852604026
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
British Aircraft Armament : RAF Gun Turrets from 1914 to the Present
Day (Vol 1)
by R. Wallace Clarke
Hardcover Vol 001 (June 1993)
Haynes Pubns; ISBN: 1852602236
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Books
High Endeavour : The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
Jack Ivelaw-Chapman
Hardcover / Published 1997
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Wing Leader - Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson
Official top-scoring allied pilot of World War Two
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Nine Lives
Air Commodore Alan Deere
Alan C. Deere
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Park
A Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCG, KBE, MC, DFC,
DCL.
Vincent Orange / London 1984
ISBN:0413497704
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"The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and
indeed throughout the world except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out
to the British airmen, who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant
challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of world war by their
prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was
so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 20th August, 1940
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