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In the following list, a unit or airfield may
appear in chapters or sections rather than
the whole book. Many of these books are out of print.
These books are NOT available from BAAC, but the best
place to start tracking a title down is www.abebooks.co.uk and
www.bookfinder.com. Please email us if you know of
any books with chapters about specific squadrons,
other units or airfields - particularly biographical ones!
If you've read any books listed under unknown RAF units, please
email which units are mentioned. |
Books relevant to RAF flying units excluding squadrons
| Unit |
Books |
| 1 Air Armament School |
J R Bushby 'Gunner's moon'
(Ian Allen 1972) |
| 7 Air School |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 22 Air School |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 1 AOS |
John Iverach 'Chronicles of a nervous navigator'
(Iverach ISBN 1-55056-178-2) |
| 1 BGS |
John Iverach 'Chronicles of a nervous navigator'
(Iverach ISBN 1-55056-178-2) |
| 3 BGS |
Clayton Moore 'Lancaster crew' |
| CFS |
B Pegg 'Sent flying' (1927-30) Macdonald 1959) Taylor 'CFS: Birthplace of air power' (Putnam 1956) |
| Central Gunnery School |
A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical;
late WW2) (Wingham Press 1991) |
| 9 EFTS |
T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (Cunderdin,
Western Australia) (Scotland 2007) |
| 2 Group |
M J F Bowyer '2 Group RAF: 1936-45' (Faber
1974) M Henry 'Air gunner' L Hunt 'Short history of no. 2 Group RAF' (Hunt c1988) |
| 4 Group |
Blanchett 'From Hull, Hell and Halifax' (reprinted
2006) G L Donnelly 'The Whitley Boys' (Air Research 1999) Ken Marshall 'The pendulum and the scythe' (Air Research) |
| 5 Group |
Lawrence '5 Bomber Group RAF' (Chivers 1951) Ward '5 Group Bomber Command: an operational record' (2007) |
| 6 Group |
Dunmore & Carter 'Reap the
whirlwind: the untold story of 6 Group, Canadas bomber force of
World War 2' (Crecy 1992) |
| 9 Group |
Bamford/ Collier
'Eyes of the night: the air defence of north-western England
1940-43' (2006) |
| 100 Group |
M Bowman & T Cushing 'Confounding the
Reich' (2005) L Brettingham 'Even when the sparrows are walking: 100 Bomber Support Group 1943-45' (Gopher 2001) G Heilig 'The cry of the Nightjar' (1997) Streetly 'Counfound and Destroy' (Jane's 1985) |
| 205 Group |
M Lihou 'Out of the Italian night: Wellington
bomber operations 1944-45' (Also published as 'Its dicey flying
Wimpeys' Pentland Press 2000, Airlife 2006) |
| 212 Group |
Cross & Orange 'Straight and level: ACM
Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993) |
| 242 Group |
Cross & Orange 'Straight and level: ACM
Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993) |
| 1651 HCU |
Jack Dickinson 'The time of my life: life
with 218 & 623 Sqns' |
| 1652 HCU |
T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (Scotland
2007) |
| 1658 HCU |
Lunn & Arbon 'Aircraft down III: RAF
Riccall & 1658 HCU' (Hardwick 1989) |
| 1659 HCU |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 1661 HCU |
Clayton Moore 'Lancaster crew' |
| 1662 HCU |
J.Currie 'Mosquito Victory' (Goodall 1983) |
| 1665 HCU |
P Drummond 'The Driving Force: memoirs of
wartime WAAF drivers' |
| Independent Force |
Rennles 'Independent Force: war
diary of the daylight squadrons... June-November 1918' (on the Western
Front) |
| 1409 Met flight |
J.Currie 'Mosquito Victory' (Goodall 1983) Joe Patient 'Pilot - a tale of high adventure' (Leo Cooper ISBN 0 85052 544 6) |
| 1655 Mosquito Conversion Unit |
Joe Patient 'Pilot - a tale of high adventure'
(Leo Cooper ISBN 0 85052 544 6) |
| 6 OTU |
J Lever 'No 6 OTU,
base torpedo unit and RAAF Beaufort torpedo operations' (1999) |
| 10 OTU |
T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (Scotland
2007) |
| 12 OTU |
Jack Dickinson 'The time of my life: life
with 218 & 623 Sqns' Bill Randle 'Blue skies & dark nights' D Reader 'A village in wartime: the story of RAF Chipping Warden' (1995) Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004) |
| 14 OTU |
T G Mahaddie 'Hamish' (Autobiographical;
1940-42) (Ian Allen 1989) |
| 16 OTU |
Clayton Moore 'Lancaster crew' |
| 19 OTU |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 20 OTU |
Bill Randle 'Blue skies & dark nights' |
| 21 OTU |
Christopher Jary 'Portrait of a bomber pilot'
(Sidney Jary 1990) Jack Rodgers 'Navigators Log' (Merlin Books 1985) |
| 23 OTU |
Bill Randle 'Blue skies & dark nights' |
| 24 OTU |
David Hodgson 'Letters from a bomber pilot'
(Thames Methuen 1985) Brian Kedward 'Angry Skies across the vale' (B Kedward) |
| 25 OTU |
J R Bushby 'Gunner's moon' (Ian Allen 1972) |
| 26 OTU |
Michael Warth 'Wings over Wing' (The Book
Castle, Dunstable ISBN 1 903747 05 8) |
| 27 OTU |
D Charlwood 'No moon tonight' (Burgewood Books
2006) D Charlwood 'Journeys into night' (Burgewood Books 2006) Malcolm Giddings 'Bomber base: a history of RAF Lichfield & Church Broughton' (Colerne Debden 1986) Edwin Wheeler 'Just to get a bed' (Square One 1990) |
| 31 OTU |
John Iverach 'Chronicles of a nervous navigator'
(Iverach ISBN 1-55056-178-2) |
| 54 OTU |
Jack Thompson 'RAF Charterhall' (Crecy) |
| 61 OTU |
P Brown 'Honour restored' |
| 71 OTU |
Peter Holloway
'Desert Wings - a Hurricane pilot in the western desert'
(Melverly Publishing 2001) |
| 81 OTU |
P Drummond 'The Driving Force: memoirs of
wartime WAAF drivers' |
| 85 OTU |
V A Winter 'Resurgam:The Story of Flight
Lieutenant G L Nowell' (c1980) |
| 14 PAFU |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 15 PAFU |
T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (Scotland
2007) |
| 4 SFTS |
T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (Scotland
2007) |
| 34 SFTS |
D Carter 'Prairie Wings: 34 Service Flying
Training School Medicine Hat 1941-44' (Carter) |
| 5 Wing |
P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobigraphy
of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (Hutchinson 1952) |
| 244 Wing |
King 'A willingness
to die: memories from Fighter Command' (2007) |
| 252 Wing |
Cross & Orange 'Straight and level: ACM
Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993) |
| 258 Wing |
Cross & Orange 'Straight and level: ACM
Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993) |
| Unknown - please tell us which airfields and units appear in any of these books |
Bewsher 'Green Balls: the adventures of a night bomber'
(Greenhill 1986 - reprint of 1919 edition) Bodle/ Boulter 'Mosquito to Berlin: story of Birtie Boulter DFC' (2007) Boiten 'Night airwar' (Crowood 1999) Bowman 'Flying into the flames of hell' (first hand accounts from Bomber Command) (2007) Boyle 'No passing glory: biography of Group Captain Cheshire' (Collins 1955) Martin Bowman 'RAF bomber stories' (PSL 1998) Denys Braithwaite 'Target for tonight: long range reconnaissance & pathfinder missions in WW2' Frank Carey 'Frank 'Chota' Carey' (Grub St 2006) Cull/ Symons 'One-armed Mac' (biography of S/L James MacLachlan, Battles/ Hurricanes) Darlington 'Night Hawk: the biography of F/Lt Karel Kuttelwascher DFC' (William Kimber 1985) Donnelly 'A quest for wings: from tail gunner to pilot' (Tempus 2000) Eades 'Turrets of war: WW2 RAF experiences' (Janus 1996) J Golley 'John Cats-Eyes Cunningham' (Airlife 1999) Haugland 'The Eagle Squadrons: Yanks in the RAF 1940-42' (D & C 1979) Haugland 'Eagles War: The saga of the Eagle Squadron pilots 1940-45' (TAB 1992) H Hewer 'In for a penny, in for a pound: wireless operator in Bomber Command' (Stoddart 2000) Hill 'To know the sky: life of Air Chief Marshall Sir Roderic Hill' (Kimber 1962) Leven 'My flying circus: the autobiography of a WW2 bomber pilot' (2007) Lewis 'A few of the first: thirteen first-hand accounts of flying in the RFC & RNAS during WW1' (Leo Cooper 1997) Lucas 'Voices in the air 1939-45: incredible stories of WW2 airmen in their own words' (Arrow 2003) Macmillan 'Into the blue' (Jarrolds 1990 - first published 1929) B W Martin 'War memoirs of an engineer officer in Bomber Command' (J&KH Publishing) Douglas Mourton 'Lucky Doug' Tom Neil 'Gun button to fire' (Kimber 1988) Page 'Shot down in flames' (biography of Geoffrey Page, shot down 12/8/40) Peden 'A thousand shall fall: the true story of a Canadian bomber pilot in WW2' (Stoddart 1981, 2000) H C Randall 'Moths to Mosquitoes: wartime diaries of W/C H C Randall DFC' (HMP 2001) R A Raymond 'A Yank in Bomber Command' (David & Charles 1977) Richardson 'Man is not lost: the log of a pioneer RAF pilot 1933-46' (Airlife 1997) Rodgers 'Navigators log of a tour in Bomber Command' (Merlin 1985) Rolfe 'Flying into hell' (Grub St 2001) Mel Rolfe 'To hell and back' K Skidmore 'Follow the man with the pitcher' T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994) Spooner 'Night fighter ace' (biography of Bob Braham; Beaufighters & Mosquitoes) Thomas 'Spirit of the blue: Peter Ayerst - a fighter pilots story' (Spitfires/ Hurricanes) Turner 'One of Butch's boys: RAF Bomber Command navigator in WW2' (Woodfield 2004) O Walker 'Sailor Malan' (Cassell 1953) A White 'Bread and butter boys' |
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