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RAAF and RNZAF Books
The story of how New Zealand developed a strategic bombing capability in the Second World War, through 75(NZ) Squadron.
Click for full detailsThe First Flight - The Origins of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron
455, 458, 462, 464 Squadrons RAAF AUD39.30
460 Squadron RAAF Profile AUD45.03
467 Squadron RAAF Profile AUD45.03
The story of New Zealand's first night fighter squadron, 488 Squadron RNZAF.
Click for full detailsGone the Dark Night
Royal Air Force Squadron Losses
RAF & AFC Squadron Losses Series, by W R Chorley and P J McMIllan. Details of every loss in front line service, from 1st April 1918. Volumes 5 and 6 (1931 to the outbreak of the Second World War) are being prepared and will follow shortly. A wealth of knowledge on this important aspect of aviation history.
A comprehensive record of losses of RAF and Australian Flying Corps aircraft and crews in squadron service.
Click to buy1st Apr - 30th Jun 1918
RAF and AFC squadron losses continue in the final months of the Great War.
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RAF and AFC squadron losses continued to mount even after the Armistice. Volume 3 covers the period ending on 31st December 1920.
Click to buy12th Nov 1918 to 31st Dec 1920
RAF squadron losses of the 1920s are recorded in this comprehensive volume.
Click to buy1st Jan 1921 to 31st Dec 1930
RAF Squadron Losses 1st January 1931 - 31st December 1935 AUD46.15
1st January - 31st December 1936 coming soon
Air Crash Investigations
Detailed studies of aviation disasters.
Comprehensive record of aircraft crashes in and from Scotland in WW2.
Buy this bookScotland's Wartime Aircraft Crashes Vol. 1: 1939 - 1942 AUD 48.82
Comprehensive record of aircraft losses in and flying from Scotland in WW2.
Buy this bookScotland's Wartime Aircraft Crashes Vol. 2: 1943 - 1945 AUD 48.82
All recorded British air accidents are examined in detail, from the earliest balloon flights until the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.
Buy this bookGod Gave Them Wings
In October 1967 a British Comet 4B crashed in the Mediterranean en route to Cyprus. This detailed book explains why, and who was responsible
Click to purchaseBealine Charlie Oscar
This edited version of Bealine Charlie Oscar includes a Greek translation of the original book.
Click to purchaseThe Destruction of Flight CY284 (English and Greek
RAF Bomber Command Profiles - Chris Ward
Each squadron's wartime operational history is told in great detail in Chris Ward's epic series. Each volume contains a wealth of photographs of the squadron's crews, aircraft and their operations. More volumes are being added continually.
A very comprehensive wartime history of 617 Squadron.
Buy this bookDambusters - 617 Squadron
9 Squadron Profile
10 Squadron Profile
35 Squadron Profile
44 Squadron Profile
49 Squadron
50 Squadron Profile
57 Squadron Profile
75(NZ) Squadron Profile
83 Squadron Profile
90 Squadron Profile AUD48.93
101 Squadron Profile amended and expanded
102 Squadron Profile
Completely revised and expanded edition of the earlier edition.
Buy this book103 Squadron Profile
106 Squadron Profile
115 Squadron Profile
138 Squadron Profile
207 Squadron Profile
300 Squadron Profile
301, 304, 305 Squadron Profiles
405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF AUD 64.85
455, 458, 462, 464 Squadrons RAAF
408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF Profile AUD 46.89
460 Squadron RAAF Profile
467 Squadron RAAF AUD45.03
514 Squadron Profile
619 Squadron Profile
The operational history of 630 Squadron RAF in the Second World War.
Click for full details630 Squadron Profile
No. 3 Group Squadron Histories
Wartime operational histories of some of the squadrons of No. 3 Group, RAF Bomber Command.
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron in RAF Bomber Command 1940 - 1942 AUD 64.39
Steve Smith's record of Short Stirling operations from RAF Downham Market 1942-44 is considered to be an absolute classic.
Buy this bookA Stirling Effort
Before the Dawn - No. 38 Squadron 1935 - 1940
The early years of 218 Squadron featured operations that verged on suicidal. A fascinating account of the start of the bombing war.
Buy this book'Courage Was Not Enough' (218 Sqn 1936-42)
Dropping Hope From the Sky: No. 299 Squadron 1944-46 AUD70.91
From the Ruhr to the Rhine: No. 196 Squadron 1942-1943 AUD 50.11
Steve Smith's history of 218 Squadron's wartime service takes the reader to the final 18 months of the conflict.
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The only complete history of 623 Squadron, this book includes details of every crew and aircraft with their ops records.
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The only available history of this largely ignored Bomber Command unit. Its crews and exploits were at least the equal of its peers.
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The only comprehensive history of 186 Sqn, which operated Lancasters within Bomber Command for the final ten months of the Second World War.
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The first of two volumes, this covers the squadron's period in Bomber Command.
Buy this book (Ships from USA)We Are Coming Bringing Gifts No. 620 Squadron Part 1: 1943
The second volume covers the unit's time carrying out Special Duties and dropping airborne troops.
Buy this book (ships from USA)We Are Coming Bringing Gifts. No. 620 Squadron Part Two: 1944-1946
The full Operations Records Book of 514 Squadron is supplemented by background information for each raid and squadron background details.
Buy this bookStriking Through Clouds (514 Sqn)
The second volume of the 514 Squadron history, this is a narrative text drawing on squadron and station records, and crew accounts.
Buy this bookNothing Can Stop Us (514 Sqn)
The complete operational record of every crew that served with 514 Squadron between 1943 and the end of the war.
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Sgt Harry Dison served with 514 Squadron and gathered direct testimonies from numerous squadron veterans.
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Other Unit and Campaign Histories
Other fascinating aspects of the bomber war against Germany.
Over All Things Everywhere - No. 82 Squadron in SE Asia 1942-45 AUD 61.99
We haven't published this indispensable book ourselves but are delighted to support author and historian Ken Delve in promoting it.
Buy this bookAircrew Log Books of World War Two
Detailed history of RAF East Kirkby and its resident squadrons, continuing with the remarkable story of the Panton family and 'Just Jane'.
Click to buyRAF East Kirkby at War and Peace
From the Ruhr to the Rhine. No. 196 Squadron Part 1: 1942-1943
A different side to the air war, this is the story of New Zealand's first night fighter squadron, serving in England and over Europe.
Buy this bookGone the Dark Night (488 Sqn RNZAF)
David Gunby's epic history of 40 Sqn has been amended and brought out in large format softback.
Buy this bookSweeping the Skies (40 Sqn 1916-56)
Chronology of Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign against Germany in WW2.
Buy this bookThe Air Battle of Germany AUD 40.08
A hidden facet of the Battle of Britain in 1940 the need to destroy the barges of Nazi Germany was paramount. This the story of the campaign
Buy this bookThe Battle of the Barges
The classic history of No. 4 Group's bombing operations using Whitley and Halifax aircraft.
Buy this bookThe Pendulum and the Scythe (No. 4 Group)
From bombing to glider-towing and Special Duties, 196 Sqn's war was largely unrecorded until Steve Holmes produced this excellent history.
Buy this bookThus We Keep Faith (196 Sqn)
The full history of a Special Duty squadron, an account of the secret war to deliver agents and supplies to partisans in Eastern Europe.
Buy this bookTrusty to the End (148 (SD) Sqn)
Crew Biographies
The personal stories of those who took part in the air war in Europe.
The true story of an RAF Special Duties pilot and his crew. For many their personal battles continued long after hostilities ceased.
Buy this bookA Special Duty
Flight Engineer Humphrey Phillips became Britain's oldest first time author when he published his war memoirs at the age of 96.
Buy this bookAUD20.80 softback
Few memoirs detail the role played by Wireless Operators in bombers. W/O Frank Bell (514 Sqn) managed to put that right with this book...
Buy this bookAn Ear to the Ground
F/L Bill Astell's correspondence with his family tells the personal side of his war, which culminated in his death on the Dams Raid.
Buy this bookCasualty of War
Dambuster Deering: The Life and Death of an Unsung Hero £22
S/Ldr Phil Lamason was shot down, arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Buchenwald. What followed was leadership of the highest order.
Click to buy'I Would Not Step Back...'
John Wilson's brother Ken was posted missing on his first bombing op. John spent years establishing what had happened to him...
Buy this bookNo Known Grave
The war of S/Ldr Howard Batteson, an English bomb aimer in an Australian squadron.
Buy this bookReady, Willing and Able Two
Jewish airman Lou Greenburgh was surely Canada's most colourful bomber pilot. This is his story!
Buy this bookSkid Row to Buckingham Palace
Biography of W/O John Morrison, WOP/AG and POW, shot down attacking the Tirpitz. Colour photos and a great story. The link is to Amazon.com.
Buy this bookSpecial Delivery - From Telegram Boy to Bomber Boy
The war came to a small French village when a Lancaster crashed in a nearby forest. It changed the lives of the villagers forever.
Buy this bookThe Boy and the Bomber
Sir Maurice Rault QC was an RAF navigator who survived to become Chief Justice of his homeland, Mauritius. This is his story.
Buy this bookThe Incidental Navigator
The Special Duties war in the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Far East, as fought by an SOE air ops expert.
Buy this bookWig's Secret War
Fiction - aviation and other works
Looking for something a little bit different? Try these works of fiction...
You're a cop, shot dead by a crim you know, and your mates can't crack the case. You'll have to solve it yourself, and hope there's overtime
Click to buyLate Shift - A paranormal murder mystery
Dead men don't tell tales? Don't bet on it - this lot just won't shut up. Five original ghost stories on a Bomber Command theme.
Click to buyThe Dark Part of the Sky
These Are But Words - Anthology of Bomber Command Poetry
A paranormal journey through time, from renowned Bomber Command historian Chris Ward.
Click to buyTime Link
Authentic Notes
Training notes and expert information on aviation and related subjects.
Ever wondered about the history of radar, and how it works? Alan Stapley was an RAF radar specialist, and he will tell you...
Click to buyTechnical instruction on radar
Know your enemy... Aircraft silhouettes and basic data in a 1940 Air Ministry publication used to train airmen in WW2.
Click to buyAircraft Recognition - Air Ministry Manual 1940
Training notes, as issued to RAF aircrew in the Second World War. They might not come in handy nowadays, but are certainly interesting.
Click to buyBombing and Gunnery Notes
'How to Fly a Biplane' (but don't try it at home). Authentic instruction manual for student pilots between the wars.
Click to buyRAF Flying Training Manual 1926
General
Books that aren't about aviation, but we have published them anyway.
Duthchas - Landscape and Community in Mull and Iona AUD 57.51
Full colour illustrated step-by-step guide to restoring a classic Standard Vanguard III Vignale.
Click to buyRestoring a Standard Vanguard
Full colour illustrated guide to restoring a range of classic Triumph sports cars.
Click to buyRestoring Triumph sports cars
The war of an ANZAC soldier, from New Zealand to the Western Front in the Great War.
Click to buyThe Wasted Years
Britain's fighting women in the Second World War. They also served...
Click to buySoldiers in Petticoats
Jack Berry, 14 years old, was selectively mute, and found expression through his talent for art. This is a colourful collection of his work.
Click to buyAviation art by Jack Berry
The life story of an academic, environmentalist and politician starts with his early life and career in the UK.
Click to buyAutobiography of Gavin Wigginton Vol 1
Gavin Wigginton's second volume sees him emigrating and settling in Australia.
Click to buyAutobiography of Gavin Wigginton Vol 2
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