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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
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Books relevant to RAF squadrons
| Unit |
Books |
| 1 Sqn |
B Drake & C Shores 'Billy Drake,
Fighter Leader' (Grub St 2002) N Franks & M O'Connor 'Number one in war & peace' (Grub Street) P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobigraphy of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (Hutchinson 1952) N Monks 'Squadrons Up' (1940) Shaw 'Twice Vertical - story of 1 Sqn' (MacDonald 1971) Shaw 'No 1 Squadron' (Ian Allen 1986) |
| 1 (Reserve) Sqn |
F D Tedrey 'Pioneer Pilot' (RFC) (Peter Davies
1976) |
| 2 Sqn |
Butcher 'Skill and devotion: personal reminiscence of
2 Squadron RFC' (Radio Modeller 1971) Lord Douglas of Kirtleside 'Years of Combat' (2 vol autobiography of Sholto Douglas; 2 Sqn BE-2 observer) (Collins 1963) H Onderwater 'Second to none: history of II(AC) Squadron RAF' (Airlife 1992) R Pearson 'No II (Army Co-operation) Squadron 1912-97 (Forces & Corporate 1997) |
| 3 Sqn |
P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobigraphy
of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (3 Sqn WW1) (Hutchinson 1952) Long 'Threes company: an illustrated history of 3 (Fighter) Squadron' (2005) Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC 1915) (Peter Davies 1936) Cecil Lewis 'All my yesterdays' (RFC 1915) (Element 1993) R W Pottinger 'A view from the office' (2004) P R Reid 'Winged diplomat' (Story of A/C "Freddie" West VC, CBE; observer 3 Sqn flying Morane Parasols) (Chatto & Windus 1962) |
| 4 Sqn |
A H Cobby 'High Adventure' (WW1) (Kookaburra
1981) A Hill 'Young Digger' (1918) (Pengiun Australia 2002) S Leslie 'Memoirs of Brigadier-General Gordon Shephard' (1914) (Private, 1924) P R Reid 'Winged diplomat' (Story of A/C "Freddie" West VC, CBE; CO 4 Sqn flying Audaxes) (Chatto & Windus 1962) E M Roberts 'A flying fighter - an American above the lines in France' (Harper & Brothers 1918) Wilson 'An appreciation of the late Air Commodore H B Brackley' (WW1) (Private 1949) |
| 5 Sqn |
C P O Bartlett 'In the teeth of the wind'
(Memoirs of RNAS pilot 1916-18) (Leo Cooper 1994) C P O Bartlett 'Bomber Pilot' (Ian Allen 1974) G H Cunningham 'Macs Memoirs: the flying life of Sqn Ldr McGregor' (RFC) (AH & AW Reed 1937) P Hearne 'Flying Rebel' (RFC 1914) (HMSO 1994) Oliver Moxon 'Bitter Monsoon' (Memoirs of Stephan James, Burma 1944) (Hale 1955) L A Strange 'Recollections of an airman' (RFC 1914) (1989) F D Tedrey 'Pioneer Pilot' (RFC) (Peter Davies 1976) |
| 6 Sqn |
P Hearne 'Flying Rebel' (RFC 1915) (HMSO
1994) L A Strange 'Recollections of an airman' (RFC 1915) (1989) M Westrop 'A history of no. 6 Squadron RNAS' (Schiffer 2006) |
| 7 Sqn |
David Clark 'A-Apple' Docherty 'No. 7 Bomber Squadron RAF in World War 2' (2007) R Edwards DSO 'In the thick of it- autobiography of a bomber pilot' (Images Publishing 1994) T G Mahaddie 'Hamish' (Autobiographical; Stirlings 1942) (Ian Allen 1989) Chris Ward '7 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 1) West 'Nothing heard after take off: a short history of 7 squadron 1914-74' (West 1974) |
| 8 Sqn |
Lord Douglas of Kirtleside 'Years of Combat'
(2 vol autobiography of Sholto Douglas; 8 Sqn 1916) (Collins
1963) P R Reid 'Winged diplomat' (Story of A/C "Freddie" West VC, CBE; pilot flying FK-8s) (Chatto & Windus 1962) |
| 8 Reserve Sqn |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 9 Sqn |
Jim Brookbank 'Before the dawn -
poems & impressions' (Self published) Jim Brookbank 'The Moon Shines Bright' (Bomb aimers story) (1984) Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC 1915) (Peter Davies 1936) Mason '9 Sqn RAF - history' (Beaumont 1965) Clayton Moore 'Lancaster crew' Clayton Moore 'Lancaster Valour' Gordon Thornburn 'Bombers First and Last' (WW2 history) (Robson Books 2006) Chris Ward '9 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 2) Fred Whitfield 'We sat alone' |
| 10 Sqn |
D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall
Publications 1958/88) Tom Sawyer 'Only owls & bloody fools fly at night' J G Shirt 'Gordons tour with shiny 10' (Compaid 1994) Silver 'Last of the gladiators' (Airlife 1995) E Travers 'Cross Country' (from log books & letters of 3 WW1 pilots) (Hothersall & Travers 1989) Chris Ward '10 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 3) |
| 11 Sqn |
A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras' L Wheatley 'An Erksome War' (Merlin 1991) |
| 12 Sqn |
J.Curry 'Lancaster Target' (Goodall
1981) David Hodgson 'Letters from a bomber pilot' (Thames Methuen 1985) T Mason 'Leads the field: the history of 12 Squadron' (Beaumont 1960) Campbell Muirhead 'Diary of a bomb aimer' (Spellmount Publishers 1987) Chris Ward '12 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 4) |
| 14 Sqn |
Stapleton 'Winged promises: a
history of 14 Squadron 1915-45' (RAFBF 1996) |
| 15 Sqn |
Ford-Jones 'Bomber Squadron: Men
who flew with XV Squadron' (Kimber 1987) Ford-Jones 'Oxfords Own: 15 Squadron' (Schiffer 1999) T Jones 'Aim Sure: 75 years of 15 Squadron RAF' (Jones 1990) Robertson 'History of 15/XV Squadron RFC-RAF' (Robertson 1975) Chris Ward '15 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 5) |
| 16 Reserve Sqn |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) |
| 16 Sqn |
D Grinnel-Milne 'Wind in the wires' (WW1)
(Panther 1957) |
| 17 Sqn |
M C Cotton DFC 'Hurricanes over Burma' (1995) P R Reid 'Winged diplomat' (Story of A/C "Freddie" West VC, CBE; 17 Sqn flying Woodcocks & Grebes) (Chatto & Windus 1962) |
| 18 Sqn |
A Butterworth 'With courage &
faith' (Air Britain) |
| 19 Sqn |
C Montgomery-Moore 'Thats my bloody
plane: WW1 experiences' (1975) D Palmer 'Fighter squadron - story of 19 Sqn' (Self publishing 1991) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' D Sarkar 'Spitfire squadron' - 19 Sqn 1939-41 (Air Research 1990) |
| 20 Sqn |
J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years
in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published
1930) Robertson N J 'History of no. 20 Sqn' (Robertson 1987) |
| 22 Sqn |
B Pegg 'Sent flying' (22 Sqn 1930)
Macdonald 1959) Harvey 'Pi in the sky: history of 22 sqn ... 1914-18' (Huston 1971) |
| 23 Sqn |
Paul Brickhill 'Reach for the sky: the story
of Douglas Bader' (Collins 1954) Lucas 'Flying colours: epic story of Douglas Bader' (Hutchinson 1981) P Rudd 'Red Eagles: 23 Squadron RAF' (Rudd 1995) L A Strange 'Recollections of an airman' (RFC) (1989) |
| 25 Sqn |
F Mason et al '75 Glorious years
- history of 25 Sqn Leeming' (Adams 1990) Francis Mason 'Hawks rising - story of 25 Sqn' (Air Britain) |
| 27 Sqn |
Bowyer 'Flying Elephants - the
history of 27 Sqn 1915-69' (MacDonald 1972) D J Innes 'Beaufighters over Burma' J Woodward 'Three times lucky' |
| 28 Sqn |
John Ross 'The RFC to the RAF' 28
Sqn 1919-20 (Regency Press 1987) |
| 29 Sqn |
D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall
Publications 1958/88) J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published 1930) |
| 30 Sqn |
John Hamlin 'Flat out - story of
30 Sqn' (Air Britain) |
| 31 Sqn |
Norman Franks 'First in Indian Skies: a history
of 31 Squadron' (Lincoln Life Pubs 1981) |
| 32 Sqn |
G W Callender 'War in an open cockpit' (1918)
(WW1 Aero 1978) C Hobson 'A brief history of 32 Squadron RAF' (1986) G H Lewis 'Wings over the Somme' (Bridge Books 1994) L W Rees 'Fighting in the air' (WW1) (1917 & 1968) |
| 33 Sqn |
H Halliday 'Woody - A Fighter Pilot's Album' (Canav 1983) P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobigraphy of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (Hutchinson 1952) |
| 34 Sqn |
A Saunders 'No 34 Squadron' (Osprey) |
| 35 Sqn |
L Cheshire VC 'Bomber Pilot' (Hutchinson
1955) Alan Cooper 'We act with one accord - 35 Sqn' (J&KH Publishing, Hailsham) Michael Cumming 'Pathfinder Cranswick' (Exposure Publishing) R C Rivaz 'Tail gunner' (Sutton Publishing 1998) Brian Stoker 'If the flak doesnt get you, the fighters will' (J&KH Publishing) Chris Ward '35 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 9) |
| 37 Sqn |
M Lihou 'Out of the Italian night:
Wellington bomber operations 1944-45' (Also published as 'Its
dicey flying Wimpeys' Pentland Press 2000, Airlife 2006) Kevin Mears 'Wise without eyes: 37 Squadron RAF 1039-45' (Hooden Falcon Publications 2005) |
| 38 Sqn |
L Walford 'No 38 Squadron 1916-63' (Hanrun,
Malta 1963) |
| 39 Sqn |
Delve 'Winged bomb: history of
39 Squadron' (Midland Counties 1985) 'Torpedo Leader' |
| 40 Sqn |
D Gunby 'Sweeping the skies: 40 Squadron
RFC/RAF 1916-59' (Pentland 1995) M Lihou 'Out of the Italian night: Wellington bomber operations 1944-45' (Also published as 'Its dicey flying Wimpeys' Pentland Press 2000, Airlife 2006) Chris Ward '40 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 12) |
| 41 Sqn |
P Brown 'Honour restored' T Graves 'Captain F R McCall DSO, MC & Bar, DFC' (SE5As) (MVR Pubs 1988) T Graves 'Captain W G Claxon DSO, DFC & Bar' (SE5As) (MVR Pubs 1988) Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' T Slack 'Happy is the day - a Spitfire pilots story' (United Writers 1987) J Willis 'Churchills Few' (1940) (Paragon House 1987) |
| 43 Sqn |
J Beedle '43 Squadron RFC, RAF: History
of the Fighting Cocks 1916-66' (Beaumont 1966) H Bolitho 'Combat Report' (Batsford 1943) M C Cotton 'Hurricanes over Burma' (43 Sqn 1941) (1995) Lord Douglas of Kirtleside 'Years of Combat' (2 vol autobiography of Sholto Douglas, formed 43 Squadron) (Collins 1963) M Oakes 'Gloria Finis: 43(F) Squadron the first 75 years' (Tri-Service 1981) B Pegg 'Sent flying' (1926) Macdonald 1959) Andy Saunders 'No 43 Fighting Cocks Squadron' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 9) P.Townsend 'Duel of Eagles' (Corgi 1972) |
| 44 Sqn |
'44 Squadron: anniversary publication
newspaper' (Lincolnshire Echo 1992) Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC) (Peter Davies 1936) Chris Ward '44 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 13) A N White '44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF on operations' (White 1977) |
| 45 Sqn |
Jefford 'Flying Camels: history
of 45 Squadron' (Jefford 1995) |
| 46 Sqn |
Cross & Orange 'Straight and level:
ACM Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993) |
| 47 Sqn |
J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days' (Crecy 1994) George R T Willis 'No hero, just a survivor' (Beaufighters and Mosquitos, Mediterranean & Burma) (ISBN 09537117801) |
| 49 Sqn |
C Chandler 'Tail gunner' John Ward 'Beware the dog at war' (Jote Publications c/o 4 Cottage Close, Heage, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 2BS ISBN 0 9532252 0 8) Chris Ward '49 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 14) John Ward 'The Dunholme Lodgers' 2005 |
| 50 Sqn |
Peter Buttigieg 'We weep no more'
(Aquila Services Ltd, Gibraltar ISBN 1 919655 03
4) Chris Ward '50 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 15) |
| 51 Sqn |
R Harvey Blizard 'From blue to
khaki' (Pentland Press) Keith S Ford 'Snaith days: life with 51 Sqn 1942-45' Keith S Ford 'Swift & sure: eighty years of 51 Sqn' E F Goodwin 'Some were lucky' Tom Sawyer 'Only owls & bloody fools fly at night' Chris Ward '51 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 16) |
| 53 Sqn |
Jock Manson 'United in effort -
53 Sqn' (Air Britain 1997) Terrence O'Brien 'Chasing after Danger' A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras' |
| 54 Sqn |
A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical;
Gauntlets & Spitfires) (Wingham Press 1991) |
| 55 Sqn |
Charpentier, Lacey-Johnson & Jeudwine 'Global Warrior'
(Lacey Johnson 1999) T G Mahaddie 'Hamish' (Autobiographical; Wappitis 1935) (Ian Allen 1989) L Miller 'Chronicles of 55 Squadron RFC RAF' (Naval & Military Press 2004) |
| 56 Sqn |
R Beaumont 'Flying to the limit'
(1942) (PSL 1996) E Clayton 'What if the heavens fall: reminiscences of 56(F) Squadron in the Battle of Britain' (Private 1993) H Dundas 'Flying Start' (Penguin 1988) D Grinnel-Milne 'Wind in the wires' (WW1) (Panther 1957) O C Holleran 'Holly, his book, Being a diary of the Great War' (SE5As) (1924) Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC 1916) (Peter Davies 1936) Cecil Lewis 'All my yesterdays' (RFC 1916) (Element 1993) J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published 1930) G Page 'Tale of a Guinea Pig' (Corgi 1983) A Revell 'Brief Glory - Arthur Rhys Davis DSO MC & Bar' (WW1) (William Kimber 1984) Revell 'High in the empty blue - the history of 56 Squadron 1916-20' (Flying Machines 1995) A Revell 'The Vivid Air' (Kimber 1978) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' J Willis 'Churchills Few' (1940) (Paragon House 1987) |
| 57 Sqn |
J Bosomworth 'Im lucky I believe:
former air gunner with 57 Squadron' (2000) G D Copeman 'Bomber Squadrons at War Nos 57 & 630' (Sutton Publishing 1999 ISBN 0-7509-1710-5) G D Copeman 'Right Hand Man' Anne Doward 'No verse can say' R A Hammersley 'Into battle with 57 Squadron' (Private 1992) Bill McCrea 'A chequer-board of nights' Chris Ward '57 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 17) |
| 60 Sqn |
H Besley 'Pilot-Prisoner-Survivor' (Darling Downs Institute
Press 1986) Bishop 'Winged warfare' (Bishop VC April - June 1917) F Harbord 'Familiar Voices' (Able 1988) J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published 1930) A J Scott 'Sixty Squadron RAF' (William Heinemann 1920) Scott & Warne 'Sixty Squadron RAF 1916-19' (Greenhill 1990) F D Tedrey 'Pioneer Pilot' (RFC) (Peter Davies 1976) A J Young & D W Warne 'Sixty Squadron 1916-66' (c. 1967) |
| 61 Sqn |
Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising'
(RFC) (Peter Davies 1936) Chris Ward '61 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 19) |
| 62 Sqn |
Terrence O'Brien 'Chasing after Danger' D H Sutcliffe 'Airborne Over Burma' (Sutcliffe 1988) |
| 65 Sqn |
Forrester 'Fly for your life: the
story of Bob Stanford Tuck' (Cerebus 2002) King 'A willingness to die: memories from Fighter Command' (2007) Stokes 'Paddy Finucane: fighter ace' (Kimber 1983) G Wellum 'First light' (Viking 2002) |
| 66 Sqn |
A Forbes & H R Allen 'Ten fighter boys:
66 Squadron RAF' (Collins 1942) L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie Lucas) (Wingham 1991) J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published 1930) Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Dunkirk & Battle of Britain) (Reprinted 2006) |
| 69 Sqn |
Sanders 'Of wind & water' (Airlife 1989) |
| 71 Sqn |
'No 71 (Eagle) Squadron 1940-42' (Aero
Editions 2003) P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle Squadrons' (1991) V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979) V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982) Listermann 'No 71 (Eagle) Squadron 1940-42' (2005) |
| 72 Sqn |
Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006) |
| 73 Sqn |
Brian Cull 'Hurricanes over Tobruk'
(Jan-June 1941) (Grub St 1999) D Minterne 'History of 73 Squadron' 3 vols 1917-69 (Tutor 1994-2000) N Monks 'Squadrons Up' (1940) N Monks 'Fighter Squadrons, the epic story of two Hurricane Squadrons in France' (1939-40) (Angus & Robertson 1942) |
| 74 Sqn |
R Cossey 'Tigers: the story of 74
Squadron' (A&A 1992) A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical; Gauntlets) (Wingham Press 1991) I Jones 'Tiger Squadron - 74 Sqn RAF' (White Lion 1972) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' R Spurdle 'The blue arena' (Crecy 1995) D Tidy 'I fear no man: history of 74 Sqn' (MacDonald 1972) |
| 75 Sqn |
N Franks 'Forever Strong - 75 NZ
Sqn 1916-90' (Random Century 1991) Chris Ward '75 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 20) Harry Yates 'Luck and a Lancaster' |
| 76 Sqn |
W R Chorley 'To see the dawn breaking'
(Chorley 1981) Christopher Jary 'Portrait of a bomber pilot' (Sidney Jary 1990) Tom Sawyer 'Only owls & bloody fools fly at night' |
| 77 Sqn |
D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall
Publications 1958/88) T G Mahaddie 'Hamish' (Autobiographical; Whitleys 1940) (Ian Allen 1989) R Walker 'Some of the many: 77 Squadron 1939-45' (Hollies 1995) Chris Ward '77 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 22) |
| 78 Sqn |
Richard Binns 'RSC' (Self published) V Holland 'Nobody unprepared: 78 Squadron RAF' (Woodfield 2002) Tom Sawyer 'Only owls & bloody fools fly at night' Chris Ward '78 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 23) |
| 79 Sqn |
R Beaumont 'Flying to the limit' (1941) (PSL
1996) Jackson 'Men of Power: lives of Rolls-Royce chief test pilots Harvey & Jim Heyworth' (2007) D Sweeting 'Wings of chance' (Hurricanes) (Asian Business Press 1990) |
| 80 Sqn |
Roald Dahl 'Solo' (His biography, which includes 80 Squadron
in Greece in 1941) Jarrod/ Delve 'Did you survive the war?' (biographical) (2006) Peter Holloway 'Desert Wings - a Hurricane pilot in the western desert' (Melverly Publishing 2001) C Shores 'Strike True: the story of no. 80 Squadron RAF' (Air-Britain 1986) |
| 81 Sqn |
Golley 'Hurricanes
over Murmansk' (1941) (Reprinted 2006) |
| 82 Sqn |
F Harbord 'Familiar Voices'
(Able 1988) |
| 83 Sqn |
J Bushby 'Gunner's Moon' (January
1942-) (Ian Allen 1972) Charpentier, Lacey-Johnson & Jeudwine 'Global Warrior' (Lacey Johnson 1999) G Gibson 'Enemy coast ahead' (1955) Low/ Harper '83 Squadron 1917-1969' (Self published 1992 & 2nd ed 1997) Clayton Moore 'Lancaster crew' W Thompson 'Lancaster to Berlin' Chris Ward '83 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 25) |
| 84 Sqn |
W J Brown 'Child Yank: over the
rainbow -1918' (based on the diary of Joseph Boudwin of
No. 84 Squadron (FL Aero-Medical Consultants c1975) Charpentier, Lacey-Johnson & Jeudwine 'Global Warrior' (Lacey Johnson 1999) Lord Douglas of Kirtleside 'Years of Combat' (2 vol autobiography of Sholto Douglas, ending in command of No 84 Squadron flying SE-5As) (Collins 1963) Don Neate 'Scorpions Sting - 84 Sqn' (Air Britain) E Travers 'Cross Country' (from log books & letters of 3 WW1 pilots) (Hothersall & Travers 1989) D Whetton 'Proctor, ace of the 84 Squadron RFC RAF) (Ajay 1978) |
| 85 Sqn |
D Middleton 'The Sky Suspended:
the Battle of Britain May 1940-April 1941'(1960) P.Townsend 'Duel of Eagles' (Corgi 1972) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' |
| 87 Sqn |
P Adams 'Hurricane Squadron: 87
Sqn 1939-41' (Air Research 1988) R Beaumont 'Flying to the limit' (1940-41) (PSL 1996) V A Winter 'Resurgam:The Story of Flight Lieutenant G L Nowell' (c1980) |
| 88 Sqn |
J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days'
(Crecy 1994) |
| 89 Sqn |
D David 'Dennis Hurricane David -
my autobiography' |
| 90 Sqn |
Paul & Munro 'Sing high - history
of 90 Sqn 1917-65' (90 Sqn Assoc 1989) Chris Ward '90 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 28) |
| 91 Sqn |
B Drake & C Shores 'Billy Drake,
Fighter Leader' (Grub St 2002) Peter Hall 'No. 91 Nigeria Squadron' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 3 2001) P Hall 'Jim Crow: the story of 91 (Nigeria) Squadron' (Griffon 1993) Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006) R Spurdle 'The blue arena' (Crecy 1995) |
| 92 Sqn |
Forrester 'Fly for your life:
the story of Bob Stanford Tuck' (Cerebus 2002) King 'A willingness to die: memories from Fighter Command' (2007) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' M Robinson 'Best of the Few: 92 Squadron 1939-40' (Robinson 2001) G.Wellum 'First Light' (Penguin Viking 2002) |
| 96 Sqn |
S Parry 'Beaufighter Squadrons in Focus'
(Red Kite 2002) A Thomas 'Beaufighter Aces of World War 2' (Osprey 2005) |
| 97 Sqn |
K Bending 'Achieve Your Aim - the history of
97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron in the Second World War' (Woodfield
Publishing 2007) Chris Ward '97 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 29) Edwin Wheeler 'Just to get a bed' (Square One 1990) |
| 98 Sqn |
W Lambert & R Brown 'Short history
of 98 Squadron RAF 1917-67' (Private 1967) |
| 99 Sqn |
Edgerley 'Each Tenacious: a history
of 99 Sqn 1917-76' (Square One 1993) |
| 100 Sqn |
James Douglas Hudson 'There and
Back Again: a navigators story' (ISBN 1-873257-22-8) Ian Reid 'Lancaster Operations - One Squadrons contribution to the bomber offensive' (ISBN 0-9544516-0-0) Ian Reid 'To fly over Waltham' (Ashridge Press 1997 ISBN 1 901214 10 9) Chris Ward '100 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 32) |
| 101 Sqn |
R Alexander '101 Squadron RAF: special
operations' (Private 1979) A Brookes 'Bomber Squadron at war' (Ian Allen 1983) Feast 'Carried on the wind: wartime experiences of a special duties operator with 101 Squadron' (2005) F Harbord 'Familiar Voices' (Able 1988) Hesmondhalgh 'Some fun to say the least - 101 Sqn' (spiral bound) B Noble 'Noble Endeavours' (Private 1998) A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras' Chris Ward '101 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 33) |
| 102 Sqn |
Goss 'Its suicide but its fun:
the story of 102 (Ceylon) Sqn 1917-56' (Crecy 1995) A Martin 'Bale Out' (Colourpoint Books 2006) R C Rivaz 'Tail gunner' (Sutton Publishing 1998) Jack Rodgers 'Navigators Log' (Merlin Books 1985) Mike Usherwood 'War diary of RAF Pocklington' Chris Ward '102 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 34) |
| 103 Sqn |
J Norman Ashton 'Only birds
and fools' (Lancaster Flight Engineer) (Airlife 2000) D Charlwood 'No moon tonight' (Burgewood Books 2006) D Charlwood 'Journeys into night' (Burgewood Books 2006) Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland Counties 1983) Finn 'Black swan - a history of 103 Sqn' (Newton 1989) Phil Potts 'Just a survivor' Brian Stoker 'If the flak doesnt get you, the fighters will' (J&KH Publishing) Chris Ward '103 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 35) |
| 105 Sqn |
F Harbord 'Familiar Voices' (Able 1988) Ransom 'Battle axe: a history of 105 squadron' (Air Britain 1967) Stuart R Scott 'Battle-axe Blenheims - 105 Sqn 1940 to 41' (Sutton 1997) Stuart R Scott 'Mosquito thunder - 105 Sqn 1942-45' Chris Ward '105 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 37) Woolridge 'Low attack: the story of two Mosquito squadrons 1940-43' (Crecy 1993) |
| 106 Sqn |
H Besley 'Pilot-Prisoner-Survivor' (Darling Downs
Institute Press 1986) N Starkey 'A Lancaster Pilots impression on Germany' (1943-44) Bill Knaggs 'The easy trip' W Thompson 'Lancaster to Berlin' Chris Ward '106 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 38) L Wheatley 'An Erksome War' (Merlin 1991) |
| 107 Sqn |
'History of 107 Squadron' (RAF 1963) |
| 109 Sqn |
Michael Cumming 'Beam Bombers, the
secret war of no 109 squadron' (Sutton Publishing) Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004) |
| 110 Sqn |
E D Bell '110 (Hyderabad) Squadron
history' (Air Britain) |
| 111 Sqn |
S A Burton 'Adstantes: 111 (Fighter)
Squadron' (Private 1996) Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain' H Griffiths '111(F) Squadron: the first 75 years' (Tri-Service c1992) |
| 112 Sqn |
R A Brown 'Shark squadron - history
of 112 Sqn 1917-75' (Crecy 1994) B Drake & C Shores 'Billy Drake, Fighter Leader' (Desert) (Grub St 2002) B Hordern 'Shark Squadron Pilot' (Independent Books 2002) Moor 'Kents forgotten airfield: Throwley 1917-19' (Includes formation of 112 Sqn) (2007) A R Zbiegniewski '112 Squadron RAF 1942-45' (Kagero 2003) |
| 115 Sqn |
RAF 'Despite the elements - history
of 115 Sqn 1917-82' (Crecy 1994) J Burtt-Smith & J French 'A drop in the ocean' (Leo Cooper 1996) G Bury 'Wellingtons of 115 Squadron over Europe' (Newton 1994) E Coates 'Lone evader' (Baled out 1942) (Austrailan Military History Pubs 1998) R Edwards DSO 'In the thick of it- autobiography of a bomber pilot' (Images Publishing 1994) A Morris 'First of the Many: the story of the Independent Force, RAF' (1918) (Jarrolds, 1969) A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras' Chris Ward '115 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 43) |
| 121 Sqn |
P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle
Squadrons' (1991) V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979) V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982) |
| 124 Sqn |
V A Winter 'Resurgam:The Story of Flight
Lieutenant G L Nowell' (c1980) |
| 127 Sqn |
E A W Smith 'Spitfire Diary -
boys of 127 Sqn' (Kimber 1988) |
| 128 Sqn |
B Drake & C Shores 'Billy Drake, Fighter
Leader' (West Africa) (Grub St 2002) |
| 130 Sqn |
R V Ashman 'Spitfire against the odds - memoirs
of a fighter pilot' (PSL 1989) |
| 132 Sqn |
G Page 'Shot down in flames' (Grub St 1999) |
| 133 Sqn |
P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle
Squadrons' (1991) V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979) V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982) |
| 134 Sqn |
Golley 'Hurricanes
over Murmansk' (1941) (Reprinted 2006) |
| 136 Sqn |
Jacobs 'Woodpecker story' (Pentland
1994) |
| 138 Sqn |
Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent
Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6) K Merrick 'Flights of the forgotten' (Arms & Armour Press) J Tickell 'Moon Squadron' (Ian Wingate 1956) Chris Ward '138 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 45) |
| 139 Sqn |
Joe Patient 'Pilot - a tale of
high adventure' (Leo Cooper ISBN 0 85052 544 6) D H Sutcliffe 'Airborne Over Burma' (Sutcliffe 1988) Chris Ward '139 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 46) Woolridge 'Low attack: the story of two Mosquito squadrons 1940-43' (Crecy 1993) |
| 141 Sqn |
Michael Allan 'Pursuit through darkened
skies' |
| 142 Sqn |
Barry Blunt '142 Mosquito Bomber Squadron'
(2006) Martin Bowman 'Wellington the geodetic giant' (Airlife 1989 & 1998) Ian Reid 'To fly over Waltham' (Ashridge Press 1997 ISBN 1 901214 10 9) Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004) |
| 144 Sqn |
Chris Ward '144 Squadron' (Bomber
Command Profile no. 49) |
| 148 Sqn |
D C Egles 'Just one of the many:
navigators memoirs' (Pentland Press 1996) G Gray 'Green markers ahead skipper' (Newton 1993) |
| 149 Sqn |
J Johnston & N Carter 'Strong
by night - history & memories of 149 (East
India) Sqn' (Air Britain) Celia Savage 'Ernie' (Celia Savage 0113 267 8619) Chris Ward '149 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 50) |
| 150 Sqn |
Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland
Counties 1983) Chris Ward '150 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 51) Edwin Wheeler 'Just to get a bed' (Square One 1990) |
| 151 Sqn |
Darlow
'Five of the Few' (stories of 5 airmen from 501, 151, 603 and 219 Sqns
who earned the Battle of Britain Clasp) (2007) |
| 152 Sqn |
Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC 1918)
(Peter Davies 1936) |
| 153 Sqn |
Johns J A 'History of 153 Squadron'
(1998) Chris Ward '153 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 52) |
| 156 Sqn |
J Norman Ashton 'Only birds
and fools' (Lancaster Flight Engineer) (Airlife 2000) Alex Duke 'Odd man out' (J&KH Publishing) Ron Smith 'Rear gunner pathfinder' Wadsworth 'They led the way: the story of Pathfinder Squadron 156' (Highgate 1992) Chris Ward '156 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 53) |
| 158 Sqn |
Chorley & Benwell 'In brave
company: history of 158 Squadron' (Chorley 1979/1990) |
| 161 Sqn |
K Merrick 'Flights of the forgotten'
(Arms & Armour Press) |
| 162 Sqn |
D Egles 'Just one of many'
|
| 166 Sqn |
David Hodgson 'Letters from a bomber
pilot' (Thames Methuen 1985) Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland Counties 1983) J Wright 'On wings of war' (166 Sqn Association c1988) |
| 170 Sqn |
Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland
Counties 1983) |
| 174 Sqn |
P Watson 'Tiger Moths to Typhoons'
(2004) |
| 177 Sqn |
A Sutherland Brown 'Silently into the midst
of things' |
| 181 Sqn |
Jarrod/
Delve 'Did you survive the war?' (biographical) (2006) |
| 185 Sqn |
L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie
Lucas) (Wingham 1991) Rogers '185 The Malta Squadron' (Spellmount 2005) |
| 186 Sqn |
Philip Gray 'Ghosts of targets
past' (2005) |
| 189 Sqn < |