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CONTENTS
New Titles 2
Bestselling Ebooks
21
Ebooks 23
Illustrated backlist24
WW2 – Battle of Britain
24
WW2 – Bomber Command
25
WW2 – General Interest
26
Cartoons27
WW1/Modern Aviation28
A-Z Backlist by Title
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JUNE 2015
AVAILABLE NOW
the lightning BOYS
PHANTOM BOYS
True Tales from Pilots of the
English Electric Lightning
True Tales from the UK Operators
of the McDonnell Douglas F-4
Richard pike
Richard pike
ISBN 9781909808225
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 30 colour & 30 b/w photos
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INTO THE JET AGE WITH GRUB STREET
From the best-selling author of Hunter Boys
and The Lightning Boys volumes, comes the
newest addition to Grub Street’s popular Boys
series; Phantom Boys. Originally developed for
the US Navy, this twin-engined supersonic
long-range fighter-bomber first flew in the
spring of 1958. It then entered service for the
US Navy in 1961, and in 1969 with the Fleet
Air Arm and RAF in the UK.
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Regarded as one of the most versatile fighters
ever built, it was the US Navy’s fastest and
highest-flying aircraft. It ended its service
in 1991 with the RAF. But it continued to
serve a variety of air forces across the world,
with some still in service fifty years after its
first flight.
Throughout the twenty chapters of this book,
thirteen contributors will take readers across
the world with adventures in the Falkland
Islands, the United States of America, the
United Kingdom, the Far East and Germany.
There are anecdotes of reconnaissance missions, encounters with the Russian Tupolevs,
record-breaking flights and life on HMS Ark
Royal. The scope, flair and pace of the writing
in this book will appeal to the general reader
as well as to the enthusiast.
ISBN 9781908117151
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 30 colour & 30 b/w photos
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Reprinted Five times
‘Richard Pike is to be congratulated on this
fascinating compilation of true tales.’ Aeroplane
THE lightning BOYS 2
True Tales from Pilots and Engineers
of the RAF’s Iconic Supersonic Fighter
Richard pike
ISBN 9781909166134
£20 Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 30 colour & 30 b/w photos
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‘Pike has written a superb sequel to his bestseller.’
Aberdeen Press & Journal
hunter boys
True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter
Richard pike
PRAISE FOR RICHARD PIKE
‘Richard Pike has done an excellent job in encouraging the
writers and compiling their stories into one volume.’
Online Reviewer
‘Thanks to the author for sharing with us.’
Online Reviewer
ISBN 9781909808034
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 30 colour & 30 b/w photos
World Rights
‘An intriguing insight into the experiences
of the Hawker Hunter pilots.’ Military History Monthly
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JANUARY 2015
AVAILABLE NOW
VULCAN BOYS
VALIANT BOYS
From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales
of the Iconic Delta V Bomber
True Tales from the Operators of the UK’s
First Four-Jet Bomber
tony blackman
Foreword by Martin Withers
TONY BLACKMAN
& ANTHONY WRIGHT
ISBN 9781909808089
£20, Hardback, 208pp, 234 x 156mm
30 colour & 30 b/w photos
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Foreword by Marshal of the RAF
Sir Michael Beetham GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC
‘Packed with fascinating, and at times
hilarious anecdotes.’ Airflix Model World
INTO THE JET AGE WITH GRUB STREET
ISBN 9781909808218
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 153mm
2 x 8pp colour inserts
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Following on from the success of Victor Boys and
Vulcan Boys, Tony Blackman, in collaboration
with Anthony Wright, brings you Valiant Boys to
complete the V Force set. This is a fascinating
collection of personal accounts of operating
Britain’s first V bomber by aircrew and ground
crew. The book tells the story from the aircraft’s
birth taking off from Vickers’ tiny airfield at
Brooklands to its premature death from fatigue.
There are tales of testing atom bombs in the
Australian desert, dropping hydrogen bombs
in the middle of the Pacific and, as a complete
contrast, attacking airfields with conventional
Victor BOYS
bombs in Egypt during the very brief and
abortive Suez campaign. We are reminded of
how the Valiant provided the UK’s first nuclear
deterrent by always having some armed aircraft
on stand-by twenty-four hours a day, supported
by their air and ground crews, ready to be flown
at a moment’s notice on a one-way trip to launch
an atomic war.
True Stories from Forty Memorable
Years of the Last V Bomber
tony blackman
ISBN 9781908117458
£20, Hardback, 198pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 30 colour & 30 b/w photos
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Not as well known as the Vulcan and Victor, the
Valiant is often overlooked; this book will go a
long way to redress the balance.
PRAISE FOR TONY BLACKMAN
‘Tony Blackman has the happy knack of adding exactly the right level
of technical detail to a free flowing narrative thus satisfying
the casual reader and enthusiast alike.’
Online Reviewer
‘Victor fans will enjoy this generous
assemblage of first-hand accounts.’
The Aviation Historian
ALSO BY
TONY
BLACKMAN
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SEPTEMBER 2015
AVAILABLE NOW
jaguar BOYS
HARRIER BOYS
True Tales from Operators of the Big Cat
in Peace and War
Volume One: Cold War through
the Falklands, 1969–1990
ian hall
BOB MARSTON
ISBN 9781909808157
£20, Hardback, 208pp, 234 x 156mm
Approx 60 colour & b/w photos
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Harrier Boys Volume 2 covering the second generation
of Harriers from the GR5 to follow in 2016
ISBN 9781909808294
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
16 pages of colour; b/w photos throughout
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INTO THE JET AGE WITH GRUB STREET
In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through
the Falklands, 1969-1990, Bob Marston, who
flew Harriers for many years, draws together
accounts from others who worked with this
unique jet through its history. The excitement,
camaraderie and pride of Harrier operators
shine through in the personal stories of those
whose lives were changed by their experience of
this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea. In
this first volume, events of the Cold War years
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are brought to life by contributors including
Graham Williams, who flew the Transatlantic
Air Race, Peter Dodworth, a member of the
original Harrier Conversion Team, Peter Harris,
a participant in the early defence of Belize, Sir
Peter Squire, OC 1 (F) Squadron during the
Falklands conflict, and Australian Dave Baddams,
who commanded the Royal Navy Sea Harriers
of 800 Squadron.
‘Stories appear from the Cold War, Gulf War and
Balkan eras and are enjoyable and educational.’ Jets
buccaneer BOYS
True Tales by those who flew the
‘Last All-British Bomber’
AIR COMMODORE GRAHAM PITCHFORK
Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Knight KCB, AFC
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After completing the Harrier course on 233
Operational Conversion Unit, Bob Marston
joined 1 (Fighter) Squadron finishing the tour
qualified as a fighter reconnaissance instructor.
After a tour on IV (AC) Squadron, including
two years of flying Harrier displays, he became
a Hawk qualified flying instructor before
returning to Wittering as a Harrier QFI on 233
OCU, later being awarded the Air Force Cross.
Promoted to squadron leader, he became a flight
commander on 3 (Fighter) Squadron based at
Gütersloh. Finishing the tour as the squadron
executive officer he was awarded the Queen’s
One of the best-loved of RAF types, the Jaguar
commanded a fierce loyalty and affection which shines
through in these accounts of an aircraft that will live
forever in the memory.
Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air.
Promoted to wing commander, he flew the Jaguar
as OC Operations Wing at RAF Coltishall,
before moving into the training world at RAF
Cranwell, where he was made group captain
and became OC 1 Elementary Flying Training
School, responsible for all light aircraft flying
training for UK armed forces. On retirement he
became a reservist flying instructor, eventually
completing a forty-year flying career. He flew
some 6,400 hours in the Royal Air Force, 3,300
of them in the Harrier.
ISBN 9781909166110
£20, Hardback, 224pp, 234 x 156mm
2 x 8pp colour inserts; b/w photos throughout
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Arranged in chronological order, the book traces the
history of the aircraft and the tasks it fulfilled. As well
as describing events and activities, it provides an insight
into the lifestyle of a Buccaneer squadron and the fun and
enjoyment of being a ‘Buccaneer Boy’ in addition to being
part of a highly professional and dedicated force.
‘A fine tribute to an iconic aircraft.’ The Northern Scot
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JUNE 2015
AVAILABLE NOW
an alien sky
The Story of One Man’s Remarkable
Adventure in Bomber Command during
the Second World War
The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences
of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
sean feast
Foreword by Calton Younger
andrew wiseman
with sean feast
ISBN 9781909166158
£17.99, Hardback, 160pp, 234 x 156mm
2 x 8pp b/w photos
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ISBN 9781909808256
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 156mm
Photo inserts
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the pathfinder
companion
By any measure, Andrew Wiseman (born Weizman) is a lucky man. The only son of a Polish
father and an American mother, Andrew was born
and grew up in Berlin, just as Adolf Hitler was
coming to power. As a Jew educated at the famous
Werner Siemens Real Gymnasium in Schoneberg,
he left only months before his school was closed
down and fled with his family to Poland, one step
ahead of the Nazi persecution that was to follow
and later take the life of his father.
From Poland he again fled to England, this time
without his parents, arriving as a 16-year-old with
little or no grasp of English. After a crash course
in the language, he avoided being called up into
the Polish army in exile thanks to the timely intervention of no less a man than General Sikorski
himself, to enlist in the RAF to train initially as a
pilot and then as an air bomber in South Africa.
On his return to the UK he was posted to an allAustralian Squadron (466 Squadron) equipped
with the Handley Page Halifax. After his first
operation in which he was nearly shot down,
Andrew survived a handful of eventful trips
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the last of the 39-ers
before falling victim to one of the Luftwaffe’s
top night fighter pilots and landing in France.
Briefly on the run he was betrayed and captured,
spending the next 12 months as a prisoner of
war, using his knowledge of Russian, Polish and
German to act as one of the principal camp interpreters, and working as a ‘scrounger’ for the
‘X’ committee of escapers. Moved from camp to
camp, he was one of those forced into the ‘Long
March’ by the Germans attempting to escape
the Russian advance, and afterwards played a
key role in avoiding the potential bloodshed that
threatened when the Russians refused to allow
the British and Norwegian prisoners to return
home – a role for which he was later recognised
by the King of Norway.
Upon his release, Andrew used his language skills
to work with the BBC monitoring service and
later BBC Television as a producer, sharing many
adventures with the great broadcasters of their
time, including David Dimbleby and Raymond
Baxter.
sean feast
ISBN 9781908117342
£20, Hardback, 256pp, 240 x 170mm
Illustrated throughout
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churchill’s
navigator
master
bombers
air commodore john
mitchell lvo, dfc, afc
with sEAN FEAST
sean feast
ISBN 9781906502744
£20 Hardback, 224pp, 234 x 156mm
16pp b/w photos
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ISBN 9781906502812
£12.99, Paperback, 224pp, 234 x 153mm
16pp b/w photos
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A Pathfinder Squadron
at War 1944–45
heroic
endeavour
sean feast
ISBN 9781909166516
Now available only
in ebook format
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MAY 2015
APRIL 2015
FIFTY YEARS OF
FLYING FUN
From the Hunter to the Spitfire
and Back Again
ROD DEAN
TON-UP LANCS
A photographic record of the thirty-five
RAF Lancasters that each completed
one hundred sorties
NORMAN FRANKS
NOW IN PAPERBACK
ISBN 9781909808270
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 234 x 153mm
Colour inserts; b/w photos throughout
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Rod Dean served in the RAF for 21 years, most
especially with 49 Squadron, and after retiring
has been displaying civil aircraft since 1984.
Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly
chronological order, over fifty continuous years
of flying. This ranges from joining the RAF in
1962, through his intriguing first operational
tour on Hunters in Aden, the early days of the
Jaguar in Germany and, finally in the RAF, an
almost outrageous two years flying the Jaguar
and Hunter with the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force.
His subsequent civil flying has been exclusively
in the general aviation and flying display fields
as a flying instructor and well known display
pilot, including being involved in many varied
and interesting display-related episodes. With in
excess of 7,000 flying hours on 59 different types
– and only one aircraft (Spencer Flack’s Mustang)
with a working autopilot – Rod gives a clear, and
largely humorous, insight into the operation of
a cross section of piston and jet engine vintage
aircraft and his numerous decades of fun since
the first solo on 19 March 1963.
Fifty Years of Flying Fun is not just a book for the
aviation enthusiast, but for anyone wanting to
learn about any aspect of flying history via the
memoir of a man who lived through it all.
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A decade since its first publication, Grub Street
are proud to present Ton-Up Lancs as a paperback
for the first time. Originally a revised study following its first appearance under the Claims to
Fame series, the book focuses on the story of the
Avro Lancasters that completed one hundred
sorties.
Thirty-five histories are recorded in this book
with stories and personal photographs from
the aircrew that flew these aircraft. The most
famous, R5868 Queenie, can still be seen in the
Bomber Command Hall at RAF Museum, London. Renowned author Norman Franks also
examines the controversial accounting of the
number of operations flown by detailing each
raid undertaken by pilots and crew during 19421945 including sorties over Hitler’s Third Reich,
Northern Italy and during support missions before and after D-Day.
With over 200 photographs reproduced throughout the book and an account from Sgt Ron Clark
DFC, who flew EE139 Phantom of the Ruhr on its
first sortie, Ton-Up Lancs is a fascinating tribute
to both the aircraft and aircrew that participated
in Bomber Command duties.
PRAISE FOR TON-UP LANCS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rod Dean joined the RAF in 1962 at eighteen
years old, and spent his career flying on
operational squadrons and training units. He
principally flew the Hunter and Jaguar in tours
of the Middle East and Germany but also spent
ISBN 9781909808263
£12.99, Paperback, 224pp, 252 x 194mm
Over 180 photographs
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time flying the Jet Provost, Meteor, Gnat and
Chipmunk. He retired from the RAF as a
squadron leader, qualified flying instructor and
qualified weapons instructor.
‘This book shows us a fascinating insight into the world of
an aircraft at war.’ Aircrew Association
‘Well-researched and illustrated book.’ Airforce magazine
‘Essential reading for all armchair aviators.’ Online reviewer
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JUNE 2015
JULY 2015
i chose the sky
into the blue
LEONARD H ROCHFORD DSC AND BAR, DFC
NORMAn macmillan OBE, MC, AFC
ISBN 9781909808324
£16, Hardback, 224pp, 210 x 135mm
b/w photos throughout
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The newest addition to the Grub Street
Classics range is this fascinating, insightful
and, at times, nail-biting account by the World
War One veteran, Leonard H Rochford. This
book has been out of print for more than thirty
years and we are delighted to be putting it
back on the shelves, with black and white
photographs throughout.
In these exciting memoirs, ‘Tich’ Rochford
writes about his two action-filled years as a
World War I fighter pilot with the famous 3
(Naval) Squadron when he flew planes such
as the Sopwith Pup and the Sopwith Camel.
While flying many hundreds of hours in
operations he was credited with many single-
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handed victories or driven out of control, and
he vividly recalls these engagements in the
air and the exploits of the pilots with whom
he flew, names that include other fighter aces
like Raymond Collishaw, who has written
a foreword to this book, T F Havell, R H
Mulock and L S Breadner.
A member of his flight, Lt Col Kirkpatrick
said of him, ‘I always had the impression that
what he did came naturally to him. If he saw
an enemy aircraft and decided to attack, that
was that. He went screaming down on it and
we all had our work cut out to keep up with
him. One could be pretty sure of the victim
going down in flames.’
ISBN 9781910690017
£16, Hardback, 256pp, 210 x 135mm
b/w photos throughout
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Into the Blue is widely regarded as a literary classic.
Originally published in 1929, and 44 years since
its latest publication, Grub Street reintroduces
you to Norman Macmillan’s insightful and
gripping book about his experiences as a pilot
during the First World War.
Wing Commander Norman Macmillan, OBE,
MC, AFC, DL, was born on 9 August 1892 in
Glasgow. After serving sixteen months in the
Highland Light Infantry, he joined the RFC
in 1916. He learned to fly at Netheravon, and
in 1917 went to 45 Squadron on 1½ Strutters.
Norman flew many missions on this type
and claimed two victories before 45 were reequipped with Camels in August 1917; Norman
then gained his first Camel victory in the same
month they arrived. On 11th September he
twice claimed Fokker Triplanes out of control
during two separate engagements in the space
of a few minutes. Macmillan went on to claim
nine victories in all. After being injured in an
unfortunate accident on 6th January 1918 he did
not see further combat and returned to England
to become a flight instructor.
After his experience in the First World War,
he was closely associated with flying for many
years and also became an enthusiastic writer of
aviation books; of which, Into the Blue is the best.
In 1925 Norman was the first person to make
an emergency landing at Heathrow, which was
then a row of cottages. During World War Two
he became wing commander war correspondent,
before retiring to Cornwall, where he became
Deputy Lord Lieutenant of that county. Norman
died on 5 August 1976 aged 83.
Norman Macmillan was decorated with the
Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and
devotion to duty in 1918 and was also later
awarded the prestigious Air Force Cross.
‘Grub Street is a publisher to be congratulated for reprinting important books.’
Cross & Cockade International
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AUGUST 2015
SEPTEMBER 2015
SOPWITH PUP
REBORN
DH9:FROM RUIN
TO RESTORATION
ANDY SAUNDERS WITH ROY PALMER
The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery
in India and Return to Flight of a Rare
WWI Bomber
ANDY SAUNDERS AND GUY BLACK
ISBN 9781909808300
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 246 x 170mm
Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w
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This book follows the remarkable history
of Sopwith Pup N6161, an allied World War
One aircraft which was shot down in 1917,
then flown by the Germans and is now being
recreated to fly again. The author, Andy
Saunders, takes the reader through the life
span of the aircraft, from the development
and naming of the Sopwith ‘Pup’ to its
eventual restoration and journey back into
the air. The N6161 was built in Kingston and
shipped to France in 1917, where it embarked
on a brief mission that resulted in its fateful
capture by German forces. Sopwith Pup Reborn
contains first-hand accounts from the pilots
G L Elliott of the allied forces, and Karl
Also by Andy Saunders
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Meyer, the German pilot, and accounts of
the incarceration of Elliott as a POW.
ISBN 9781908117335
£20, Hardback, 192pp, 240 x 170mm
Full colour throughout with over 150 photographs & drawings
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After nearly one hundred years since its
original flight and capture, the Sopwith is being
restored to its former glory. After painstaking
work and research using the original waxed
linen drawings from 1916-1918, the aircraft
will be taking to the skies once more.
In 2000, quite by chance, aircraft restorer
Guy Black of Aero Vintage located the hulks
of at least two Airco DH9 bombers in a
remote part of India – hidden away in what
had been a Maharaja’s elephant stable at his
palace in Bikaner, Rajasthan. They were truly
remarkable finds, and extremely rare examples
of a near-extinct and important WWI aircraft
type – none of which had survived in Britain.
With full colour photos of the reconstruction
in process and original photographs from its
time in World War One service, this book is the
first of its kind, rather like the aircraft itself.
Recognising their importance to the UK’s
aviation heritage, and excited by the challenge
of restoration, Guy set about negotiating their
purchase and returning them back to England.
Here the whole intriguing story is told – fully
illustrated step-by-step – from discovery to
recovery, through to research, restoration, reconstruction and first flight, all in fascinating,
meticulous detail.
Also covered is the account of the restoration
of the first DH9 to be completed, now housed
as a non-flying exhibit at the IWM Duxford.
His colleague and author, Andy Saunders
journeyed twice to India to complete the
transaction and dismantle and pack them – a
process not without massive difficulties and
challenges. Now one of them will fly again!
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SEPTEMBER 2015
JUNE 2015
HAWKER
HURRICANE
SURVIVORS
NAPOLEONIC
WARS IN
CARTOONS
GORDON RILEY
MARK BRYANT
NOW IN PAPERBACK
ISBN 9781909808348
£25, Hardback, 224pp, 246 x 185mm
Illustrated throughout in colour
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With 2015 being the 75th anniversary of
the Battle of Britain – arguably the Hawker
Hurricane’s ‘finest hour’ – it is appropriate
to tell the story of the surviving Hurricanes
from around the world. Building on research
originally started thirty years ago, the author
has delved into the archives to amass new
information – and in the process managed to
identify positively one particular Hurricane
which had proved elusive for more than forty
years.
Today a number of Hurricanes are being
privately restored globally. However the oldest
in existence, a veteran of both the British
Expeditionary Force to France in 1939 and the
Battle of Britain is displayed in the Science
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Museum, London and the youngest – the very
last Hurricane ever built – is still flying with
the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
This book documents each aircraft by country
of origin and mark by mark from the day it
left the factory up to the present day. Some
have incredible histories whereas others served
in very mundane, but still essential, secondline roles until they were disposed of. Where
possible each aircraft is illustrated with a
present-day photograph together with others
taken throughout its life.
From the serious enthusiast to the casual
museum or air show visitor, if you have an
interest in the Hurricane this is the book for
you.
ISBN 9781910690024
£15, Paperback, 160pp, 305 x 229mm
Illustrated throughout
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Napoleon Bonaparte was the most caricatured
figure of his time, with almost 1,000 satirical
drawings about his exploits being produced
by British artists alone. The diminutive,
pugnacious French emperor was a gift to
cartoonists and the Napoleonic Wars were the
main topic of interest for some of the greatest
artists of ‘The Golden Age of Caricature’.
Indeed James Gillray’s The Plumb-Pudding
in Danger (1805) –featuring British Prime
Minister William Pitt and ‘Little Boney’
carving up the globe in the form of a Christmas
pudding – is not only one of the best known
political cartoons of all time but is also one of
the most parodied and is still being adapted
today by cartoonists worldwide. Napoleonic
Wars in Cartoons is divided into chapters each
prefaced with a concise introduction that
provides an historical framework for the
drawings of that period. Altogether more
than 300 cartoons and caricatures from both
sides of the conflicts, in colour and black-andwhite, have been skilfully blended to produce
a unique visual history.
‘A fascinating portrait not only of Napoleon
but of Britain in the 19th century.’
Catholic Herald
Also by
Mark Bryant
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COMING EARLY 2016
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
A HISTORY OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN
AIR WAR, 1940–1945
A HISTORY OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN
AIR WAR, 1940–1945
Volume 1: North Africa, June 1940–January 1942
Volume 3: Tunisia and the end in Africa,
November 1942–May 1943
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO
AND RUSSELL GUEST
ISBN 9781908117076
£40, Hardback, 560pp,
240 x 170mm
Illustrated throughout
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‘A monumental book...heavily illustrated with black
and white photographs. This is only the first volume
of the Mediterranean Air War and when the series is
completed it will constitute the most complete record
of this theatre of war to have been compiled. It is
unlikely to be surpassed.’ Britain at War Magazine
A HISTORY OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN
AIR WAR, 1940–1945
Volume 2: North African Desert, February 1942–March 1943
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO,
RUSSELL GUEST, FRANK OLYNYK AND
WINFRIED BOCK
ISBN 9781909166127
£50, Hardback, 736pp,
240 x 170mm
Illustrated throughout
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‘This is a well-written and beautifully presented history.
The layout is crisp and the amount of detail is immense.
The photography, which is essential to a good history, in
my opinion, is first rate. The story will expand as future
volumes appear. I can’t wait!’ War History Online
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, GIOVANNI
MASSIMELLO, RUSSELL GUEST,
FRANK OLYNYK & WINFRIED BOCK
COMING EARLY 2016
ISBN 9781910690000
£50, Hardback, 736pp, 240 x 170mm
Illustrated throughout
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The third volume in this series returns to
November 1942 to explain the background
to the first major Anglo-American venture
– Operation Torch, the invasion of French
North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal
combats which followed the initial landings
in Morocco and Algeria for several days. It then
considers the efforts made – unsuccessfully in
the event – to reach northern Tunisia before
the Germans and Italians could get there to
forestall the possibility of an attack from the
west on the rear of the Afrika Korps forces,
then beginning their retreat from El Alamein.
The six months of hard fighting which followed
as the Allies built up the strength of their joint
air forces and gradually wrested control of
the skies from the Axis, are covered in detail.
Then from 1 April 1943 the continuing story
of the Western Desert Air Force is told from
the point at which Volume 2 ended, as it
advanced from the east to join hands with
the units in the west.
Now also described are the arrivals over the
front of American pilots and crew, the P-38
Lightning, the Spitfire IX and the B-17 Flying
Fortress – and of the much-feared Focke Wulf
FW 190. The aerial activities over Tunisia
became one of the focal turning points of
World War II, yet this is frequently overlooked
by historians.
As before, the air-sea activities, the
reconnaissance flights and the growing day and
night bomber offensives form a major part of
this volume. The mastery of the whole African
coastline of the southern Mediterranean by
the Allies prepared the way for the invasions
of the European territories on the other side
of this critical sea during 1943, which will be
dealt with in Volume 4.
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Luftwaffe Fighter Ace
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Into Enemy Arms
Michael Hingston
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Buccaneer Boys
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Malta Spitfire
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Lie in the Dark and
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Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot
Wolfgang Fischer
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Vulcan Test Pilot
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Distant Thunder
Don Harward
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Tempest Pilot
Sqn Ldr C J Sheddan
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Spreading My Wings
Diana Barnato Walker
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The Quick and
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William Arthur
Waterton
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A History of the
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Christopher Shores
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Aces High 9781909808423
Aces High Volume 2 9781909808430
Air Battle for Dunkirk 9781909166493
Air War for Yugoslavia
Greece and Crete 9781909808454
Arise to Conquer 9781908117816
Australian Hawk 9781909166424
Bader’s Last Fight 9781909166745
Beyond Courage 9781909808775
Billy Drake 9781909166486
D-Day plus 1 9781908117526
Dennis David 9781909808461
Dieppe 9781909166509
Down to Earth 9781908117601
Finding the Fallen 9781909166462
Five of the Many 9781909166967
Flying into Hell 9781909166325
From North Africa
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Furies and Fireflies 9781909166417
George Washington’s War 9781909166820
Gunning for the Enemy 9781908117502
Halifax Down! 9781909166974
Heroic Endeavour 9781909166516
Hunting with Richtofen 9781909808478
Hurricane R4118 9781909166394
Into Enemy Arms 9781908117632
Jasta Boelke 9781909166356
Julius Buckler Malaula! 9781909166677
Mission Accomplished 9781909166899
No Place for Chivalry 9781909166523
One Who Almost Made it
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Pedro 9781909166837
Poles in Defence of Britain 9781909166271
Richard Hillary 9781909166370
Richthofen Jagdstaffel Ahead 9781909166240
Second to None 9781909166264
September Evening 9781908117878
Ship Busters! 9781909166684
Slessor 9781908117595
Stapme 9781909166691
Survival Against All Odds 9781908117649
Tales of My Time 9781908117489
The Battle of Heligoland
Bight 9781909166868
Torpedo Leader 9781908117571
Under the Guns of the
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Victory Fighters 9781909166998
Wings Around the World 9781909166479
Wolfpack Warriors 9781908117564
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A Doctor’s War
Jaw-dropping account of an RAF medical
officer during the Second World War
AIDAN MACCARTHY
ISBN: 9781904943402, 160pp, 210 x
135mm, £7.99 pb
A History of the Mediterranean
Air War, 1940-1945
VOLUME ONE – North Africa,
June 1940–January 1942
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, GIOVANNI
MASSIMELLO AND RUSSELL GUEST
ISBN: 9781908117076, 560pp, 240 x
170mm, illustrated with photos and maps
throughout, £40 hb
VOLUME TWO – North African Desert,
February 1942-March 1943
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, GIOVANNI
MASSIMELLO AND OTHERS
ISBN: 9781909166127, 736pp, 240 x
170mm, illustrated throughout, £50 hb
A Most Secret Squadron
The first full story of 618 Squadron and its
special detachment anti-U-boat Mosquitos.
DES CURTIS DFC
ISBN: 9781906502515, 208pp, 234 x
156mm, 8 pages b/w photos, £20 hb
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A Pathfinder’s War
An extraordinary tale of surviving over 100
bomber operations against all odds.
FLT LT TED STOCKER DSO, DFC WITH SEAN
FEAST
ISBN: 9781906502522, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 16 pages b/w photos, £20 hb
A Separate Little War
The Banff Coastal Command strike wing versus
the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945
ANDREW D BIRD
ISBN: 9781906502133, 192pp, 234 x 156
mm, 32 pages of photos, £12.99 pb
Air War for Burma
The third and concluding volume of the Bloody
Shambles series. The Allied Air Forces fight
back in South-East Asia, 1942-1945
CHRISTOPHER SHORES
ISBN: 9781904010951, 448pp, 234 x
156mm, approx 200 photos, maps and tabular
material, £30 hb
Alfie’s War
A Second World War Fleet Air Arm lieutenant’s
exciting exploits on HMS Illustrious in Greece
and Crete
RICHARD PIKE
ISBN: 9781908117410, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
Arrival of Eagles
An examination of the Luftwaffe landings in
Britain during the Second World War
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781909808126, 192pp, 240 x
170mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
B
Be Bold
Autobiography detailing the long and
distinguished career of Sir Frederick Rosier
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK ROSIER
GCB, CBE, DSO WITH DAVID ROSIER
ISBN: 9781906502973, 256pp, 210 x 148
mm, 70 b/w photos, £20 hb
Billy Bishop
Focusing on the RAF ace’s achievements during
the First World War
PETER KILDUFF
ISBN: 9781909808133, 192pp, 246 x 170
mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
Black Fokker Leader
The First World War’s last airfighter knight
PETER KILDUFF
ISBN: 9781906502287, 192pp, 246 x 185
mm, photos throughout, £20 hb
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Bloody Shambles
The first comprehensive account of air
operations over South-East Asia, December
1941-April 1942
CHRISTOPHER SHORES, BRIAN CULL AND
YASUHO IZAWA
VOLUME ONE – The drift to war to the fall of
Singapore
ISBN: 9780948817502, 392pp, 234 x
153mm, 180 b/w photos, £29.95 hb
VOLUME TWO – The defence of Sumatra to the
fall of Burma
ISBN: 9780948817670, 494pp, 234 x 153
mm, 180 b/w photos, £29.95 hb
Bomber Boys
Dramatic and true-life experiences over
occupied Europe 1942-1945
MEL ROLFE
ISBN: 9781904943860, 256pp, 216 x
138mm, 16pp, b/w photos, £9.99 pb
Brotherhood of the Skies
Wartime experience of a gunnery officer and
Typhoon pilot
DAVID INCE DFC
ISBN: 9781906502645, 224pp, 210 x
148mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
Buccaneer Boys
True tales by those who flew the ‘last all-British
bomber’
AIR COMMODORE GRAHAM PITCHFORK
ISBN: 9781909166110, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
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Chasing the Morning Sun
Flying solo round the world in a homebuilt
aircraft
MANUEL QUEIROZ
ISBN: 9781908117090, 160pp, 243 x
171mm, b/w and colour photos throughout,
£20 hb
Churchill and his Airmen
Relationships, intrigue and policy-making,
1914-1945
VINCENT ORANGE
ISBN: 9781908117366, 320pp, 234 x
156mm, 16 pages b/w photos, £25 hb
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Churchill’s Navigator
Stories from Air Commodore John Mitchell’s
career including his time as Churchill’s
navigator
AIR COMMODORE JOHN MITCHELL LVO, DFC,
AFC WITH SEAN FEAST
ISBN: 9781906502744, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
Coastal Dawn
Blenheims in action from the Phoney War
through the Battle of Britain
ANDREW D BIRD
ISBN: 9781906502690, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 70 b/w photos, £20 hb
Collecting Colditz
A unique pictorial record of life behind the walls
of Colditz Castle
MICHAEL BOOKER
ISBN: 9781909808003, 192pp, 248 x
190mm, full colour throughout, £14.99 pb
Convoy Peewit
Blitzkrieg from the air and sea, 8 August 1940
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781909166004, 192pp, 246 x
170mm, b/w illustrations throughout, £12.99
pb
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Distant Thunder
A helicopter pilot’s letters from war in Iraq and
Afghanistan
DON HARWARD
ISBN: 9781908117281, 224pp, 234 x
153mm, approx 100 colour photos, £20 hb
Dowding of Fighter Command
Victor of the Battle of the Britain
VINCENT ORANGE
ISBN: 9781906502720, 320pp, 234 x
156mm, 70 b/w photos, £13.99 pb
Dust Clouds in the Middle East
Air war for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and
Madagascar
CHRISTOPHER SHORES
ISBN: 9781898697374, 320pp, 242 x
163mm, illustrated throughout, £25 hb
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Faster than the Sun
Reminiscences of a Fleet Air Arm and test pilot
PETER TWISS
ISBN: 9781904943372, 256pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £10.95 pb
Fighter Pilot’s Summer
Sequel to the bestselling Fighter Pilot
WG CDR PAUL RICHEY AND NORMAN
FRANKS
ISBN: 9781904010623, 248pp, 216 x
135mm, 8pp b/w photos, £8.99 pb
Finding the Few
Some outstanding mysteries of the Battle of
Britain investigated and solved
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781909166011, 192pp, 246 x
170mm, photos throughout, £12.99 pb
Finding the Foe
Outstanding Luftwaffe mysteries of the Battle of
Britain and beyond investigated and solved
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781906502850, 208pp, 246 x
170mm, photos throughout, £20 hb
Fire by Night
The dramatic story of one Pathfinder crew and
Black Thursday, 16-17 December 1943
JENNIE GRAY
ISBN: 9781906502997, 208pp, 196 x
128mm, 60 b/w photos, £8.99 pb
Five of the Few
Survivors of the Battle of Britain and Blitz tell
their story
STEVE DARLOW
ISBN: 9781906502829, 224pp, 210 x
138mm, 16pp b/w photos, £10 pb
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Ghosts of Targets Past
The lives and losses of a Lancaster crew in
1944-45
PHILIP GRAY
ISBN: 9781904943181, 182pp, 216 x
138mm, 16pp b/w photos, £8.99 pb
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Hell on Earth
Dramatic first-hand experiences of Bomber
Command at war
MEL ROLFE
ISBN: 9781902304953, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, 32pp b/w photos, £9.99 pb
Hermann Göring Fighter Ace
The First World War career of Germany’s most
infamous airman
PETER KILDUFF
ISBN: 9781906502669, 224pp, 246 x
170mm, b/w illustrations throughout, £20 hb
Heroes All
Veteran airmen of different nationalities tell
their stories of service in the Second World War
DR STEVE BOND
ISBN: 9781906502713, 416pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £25 hb
Home is the Halifax
An extraordinary account of re-building a classic
WWII bomber and creating the Yorkshire Air
Museum to house it
IAN ROBINSON MBE
ISBN: 9781906502775, 160pp, 244 x
173mm, b/w & colour photos throughout, £20
hb
Hornchurch Offensive
A definitive account of the RAF fighter airfield,
its pilots, groundcrew and staff, 1941-1962
RICHARD C SMITH
ISBN: 9781906502157, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 24pp b/w photos, £9.99 pb
Hunter Boys
True tales from pilots of the Hawker Hunter
RICHARD PIKE
ISBN: 9781909808034, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, approx. 30 b/w and 30 colour photos,
£20 hb
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Iron Man
Story of Rudolf Berthold, the indomitable
German Fighter Ace of the First World War
PETER KILDUFF
ISBN: 9781908117373, 224pp, 246 x
170mm, photos throughout, £20 hb
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Jaguar Boys
True tales from operators of the Big Cat in
peace and war
IAN HALL
ISBN: 9781909808157, 208pp, 234 x
156mm, 60 colour & b/w photos, £20 hb
Luftwaffe Fighter Ace
From the Eastern Front to the defence of the
Homeland
NORBERT HANNIG, EDITED AND
TRANSLATED BY JOHN WEAL
ISBN: 9781904010944, 224pp, 234 x 156mm,
20pp of photos on art paper, £18.99 hb
Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and their
Aces 1931-1945
A detailed study of the development, equipment
and operations flown by this force
IKUHIKO HATA, YASUHO IZAWA AND
CHRISTOPHER SHORES
ISBN: 9781902304892, 400pp, 234 x
156mm, artwork and maps throughout; over
200 photos, £29.95 hb
Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot
Defending the Reich against the RAF and the
USAAF
WOLFGANG FISCHER, EDITED AND
TRANSLATED BY JOHN WEAL
ISBN: 9781906502836, 224pp, 210 X
148mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and
their Aces 1932-1945
A companion guide to Japanese Army Air Force
Fighter Units detailing operations flown by this
force
IKUHIKO HATA, YASUHO IZAWA AND
CHRISTOPHER SHORES
ISBN: 9781906502843, 448pp, 234 x
156mm, artwork, maps, drawings and photos
throughout, £35 hb
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Lancaster Down!
The extraordinary tale of seven young bomber
aircrew at war
STEVE DARLOW
ISBN: 9781908117267, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 16 pages b/w photos, £10 pb
Lie in the Dark and Listen
The remarkable exploits of a Second World War
bomber pilot and Great Escaper
WING COMMANDER KEN REES WITH KAREN
ARRANDALE
ISBN: 9781904943419, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £10.95 pb
Life’s Too Short To Cry
The compelling memoir of a Battle of Britain
ace
TIM VIGORS
ISBN: 9781904943815, 320pp, 196 x
128mm, 8pp b/w photos, £9.99 pb
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Malta Spitfire
The diary of an ace fighter pilot
GEORGE BEURLING
ISBN: 9781906502980, 256pp, 196 x
128mm, 30 b/w photos, £9.99 pb
Malta Spitfire Pilot
The experiences of a young and inexperienced
flight lieutenant during ten weeks of terror,
April-June 1942
DENIS BARNHAM
ISBN: 9781909166035, 208pp, 210 x
135mm, 2 x 8pp photos and paintings, £10 pb
Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942
A detailed day-by-day history of the struggle for
the island, and the final success of the Allies
and islanders
CHRISTOPHER SHORES AND BRIAN CULL
WITH NICOLA MALIZIA
ISBN: 9780948817168, 704pp, 234 x
153mm, illustrated throughout, £45 hb
Mannock
The life and death of Major Edward Mannock
NORMAN FRANKS AND ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781906502126, 192pp, 244 x
170mm, b/w illustrations throughout, £20 hb
Master Bombers
The experiences of a Pathfinder squadron at war
1944-45
SEAN FEAST
ISBN: 9781906502812, 224pp, 234 x
153mm, 16pp b/w photos, £12.99 pb
My Golden Flying Years
From 1918 over France, through Iraq in the
1920s, to the Schneider Trophy Race of 1927
AIR COMMODORE D’ARCY GREIG DFC, AFC
EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY NORMAN
FRANKS WITH SIMON MUGGLETON
ISBN: 9781906502805, 288pp, 216 x
138mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
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Nimrod Rise and Fall
A detailed study of the Nimrod written by its
former test pilot
TONY BLACKMAN
ISBN: 9781909166028, 224pp, 240 x
170mm, 4 colour throughout, £12.99 pb
No Parachute
A classic account of war in the air in the First
World War
ARTHUR GOULD LEE
ISBN: 9781909166042, 240pp, 210 x
135mm, photos included, £14 hb
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Observers and Navigators
A comprehensive study of non-pilot aircrew in
the RFC, RNAS and RAF
WING COMMANDER C.G. JEFFORD
ISBN: 9781909808027, 416pp, 286 x
210mm, illustrated throughout on quality
paper, £40 hb
Open Cockpit
A riveting account of life as a fighter pilot at the
front during the First World War
ARTHUR GOULD LEE
ISBN: 9781908117250, 224pp, 210 x
135mm, photos included, £12 hb
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Park
The biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith
Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL
VINCENT ORANGE
ISBN: 9781902304618, 320pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £12.99 pb
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RAF Duxford
A history in photographs from 1917 to the
present day
RICHARD C SMITH
ISBN: 9781906502331, 160pp, 252 x
195mm, over 200 b/w and colour photos,
£12.99 pb
RAF Evaders
The complete story of RAF escapees and their
escape lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945
Oliver Clutton-Brock
ISBN: 9781906502171, 448pp, 246 x
170mm, 16pp b/w photos, £35 hb
Raw Courage
The extraordinary and tragic story of four RAF
brothers in arms
NORMAN FRANKS AND SIMON MUGGLETON
ISBN: 9781908117137, 224 pp, 210 x
148mm, 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
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Shot Down in Flames
A Second World War fighter pilot’s remarkable
tale of survival
GEOFFREY PAGE DSO, OBE, DSC AND BAR
ISBN: 9781906502966, 256pp, 200 x
128mm, 50 b/w photos, £9.99 pb
Special Ops Liberators
A study of 223 (Bomber Support) Squadron,
100 Group and the Electronic War
STEVE BOND AND RICHARD FORDER
ISBN: 9781908117144, 256pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £25 hb
Spitfire Mark I P9374
The extraordinary story of recovery, restoration
and flight
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781908117069, 224pp, 246 x
170mm, b/w and colour photos throughout,
£20 hb
Spitfire Pilot
‘A brilliant first-hand account of the life of a
fighter pilot before and during the Battle of
Britain.’ The Spectator
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DAVID CROOK DFC
INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD OVERY
ISBN: 9781906502041, 208pp, 196 x
128mm, 16pp photos on art paper, £8.99 pb
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Spreading My Wings
One of Britain’s top women pilots tells her
remarkable story from pre-war flying to breaking
the sound barrier
DIANA BARANTO WALKER
ISBN: 9781904010319, 224pp, 234 x
156mm, 32pp b/w photos, £10.95 hb
Stuka Attack!
The dive-bombing assault on England during
the Battle of Britain
ANDY SAUNDERS
ISBN: 9781908117359, 192pp, 240 x
170mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
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Tally Ho!
The memoir of a Battle of Britain veteran and
his flying career
WING COMMANDER R W FOSTER DFC AE
WITH NORMAN FRANKS
ISBN: 9781906502263, 224pp, 216 x
135mm 16pp b/w photos, £20 hb
Tangmere
An authorised history of the famous RAF fighter
station
REGINALD BYRON AND DAVID COXON
ISBN: 9781909166196, 352p, 240 x
170mm, 2 x 8pp photo sections, £25 hb
Tempest Pilot
The experiences of a RNZAF pilot during the
Second World War
SQUADRON LEADER C J SHEDDAN DFC
RNZAF WITH NORMAN FRANKS
ISBN: 9781906502959, 224pp, 200 x
128mm, 50 b/w photos, £8.99 pb
Test Pilot
‘A lifetime of flying is contained within the
covers of this book, and highly entertaining it is
too!’ FlyPast
NEVILLE DUKE DSO, OBE, DFC (TWO BARS),
CZECH MILITARY CROSS
ISBN: 9781904010401, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, 40 b/w photos, £9.99 pb
The JG26 War Diary
Volume 1 1939-1942
DONALD CALDWELL
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ISBN: 9781898697527, 352pp, 234 x
156mm, 150 b/w photos, £30 hb
The Last of the 39-ers
The extraordinary wartime experiences of
Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
SEAN FEAST
ISBN: 9781909166158, 160pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp b/w photos, £17.99 hb
The Lightning Boys
True tales from pilots of the English Electric
Lightning
RICHARD PIKE
ISBN: 9781908117151, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, 16pp colour photos, £20 hb
The Lightning Boys 2
More true tales from pilots and crew of the
English Electric Lightning
RICHARD PIKE
ISBN: 9781909166134, 192pp, 234 x
156mm, b/w and colour photo sections, £20 hb
The Long Road
Trials and tribulations of airmen prisoners from
Bankau to Berlin, June 1944-May 1945
OLIVER CLUTTON-BROCK AND RAYMOND
CROMPTON
ISBN: 9781909166202, 400pp, 246 x
170mm, 16pp photo section, £30 hb
The Pathfinder Companion
An examination of the Pathfinder Force
including interviews with surviving veterans
SEAN FEAST
ISBN: 9781908117342, 256pp, 240 x
170mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
The Quick and the Dead
Written in 1956, this book is an absolute
revelation on test flying with the British aircraft
organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s
WILLIAM ARTHUR WATERON
ISBN: 9781908117274, 248pp, 210 x
135mm, b/w photos, £14 hb
The Red Baron’s Last Flight
An in-depth investigation into what really
happened on the day Von Richthofen was shot
down
NORMAN FRANKS AND ALAN BENNETT
ISBN: 9781904943334, 144pp, 243 x
171mm, illustrated throughout, £9.99 pb
The Sowreys
A unique and remarkable record of one family’s
sixty-five years of distinguished RAF service
GRAHAM PITCHFORK
ISBN: 9781908117311, 224pp, 240 x
170mm, approx 80 photos, £20 hb
The Spitfire Smiths
A unique story of brothers in arms
SQN LDR RIA SMITH DFC WITH
CHRISTOPHER SHORES
ISBN: 9781906502119, 224pp, 216 x
134mm, 16pp photos on art paper, £20 hb
The World’s Greatest War Cartoonists and
Caricaturists 1792-1945
A study of the most significant international
artists of the past two centuries who drew
political cartoons and caricatures during
wartime
MARK BRYANT
ISBN: 9781908117083, 192pp, 252 x
196mm, illustrated throughout in b/w and
colour, £20 hb
To Hell and Back
True life experiences of Bomber Command at war
MEL ROLFE
ISBN: 9781904010395, 192pp, 216 x
135mm, 16pp b/w photos, £8.99 pb
To the Last Ridge
A first-hand account of the horrors of the First
World War in the trenches
W H DOWNING
ISBN: 9781904010203, 224pp, 198 x
128mm, £7.99 pb
Tony Blackman Test Pilot
A great insight into the world of the aerospace
industry and what it takes to be a test pilot
TONY BLACKMAN
ISBN: 9781908117328, 248pp, 234 x
156mm, b/w and colour photos, £12.99 pb
U
Under the Guns of the Red Baron
The complete fully illustrated record of Von
Richthofen’s victories and victims
NORMAN FRANKS, HAL GIBLIN AND NIGEL
MCRERY
ISBN: 9781904943976, 224pp, 250 x
210mm, illustrated throughout on art paper
with b/w photos and ten sumptuous colour
paintings, £12.99 pb
V
Victor Boys
True stories from forty memorable years of the
last V bomber
TONY BLACKMAN WITH GARRY O’KEEFE
ISBN: 9781908117458, 198pp, 234 x
156mm, approx 30 b/w and 30 colour photos,
£20 hb
Vulcan Boys
True tales from operators of the iconic Delta V
bomber from the Cold War to the Falklands
TONY BLACKMAN
FOREWORD BY MARTIN WITHERS
ISBN: 9781909808089, 198pp, 234 x
156mm, illustrated throughout, £20 hb
Vulcan Test Pilot
The experiences of Tony Blackman in the
cockpit of a Cold War icon
TONY BLACKMAN
ISBN: 9781906502300, 224pp, 234 x
153mm, b/w and colour photos, £12.99 pb
W
Wimpy
A detailed illustrated history of the Vickers
Wellington in service, 1938-1953
STEVE BOND
ISBN: 9781909808140, 256pp, 246 x
189mm, illustrated throughout, £25 hb
Wind in the Wires
A classic memoir of flying during the First World War
DUNCAN GRINNELL-MILNE
ISBN: 9781909808010, 256p, 210 x
135mm, b/w illustrations, £16 hb
Winged Victory
‘The greatest novel of war in the air.’ The Daily Mail
V.M. YEATES
ISBN: 9781904010654, 456pp, 216 x
135mm, £9.99 pb
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