Books relevant to parts of Britain

Bedfordshire	'Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Birmingham	G Negus & T Staddon 'Aviation in Birmingham' (Midland Counties 1984)
Cambridgeshire	Bowyer 'Military Airfields of Cambridgeshire' (Patrick Stephens Ltd 1987) Julian Evan-Hart 'War-torn skies of Great Britain: Cambridgeshire' (Red Kite 2008) Smith 'Cambridgeshire Airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 1999) Smith 'Heroes of Bomber Command: Cambridgeshire' (2008)
Cheshire	Ferguson 'Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2008)
Cornwall	'In Cornish Skies: images of aviation' Peter London 'Aviation in Cornwall' (Air Britain)
Cumbria	Connon 'In the shadow of the eagles wing: aviation in Cumbria, Dumfries & Galloway 1825-1914' (St Patrick's 1982)
Derbyshire	'Nottingham and Derbyshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Dorset	Dawson 'Wings over Dorset' (Dorset Publishing 1983, 1989) Legg 'Dorset flight: the complete history' (Dorset Publishing 2001) Smith 'Dorset airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) 'Wings over Weymouth'
Dumfries & Galloway	Connon 'In the shadow of the eagles wing: aviation in Cumbria, Dumfries & Galloway 1825-1914' (St Patrick's 1982)
East Anglia	Micheal Bowyer 'Action Stations 1: military airfields of East Anglia' (Patrick Stephens 1979) Michael Bowyer 'Air Raid: the enemy offensive against East Anglia 1939-45'
Essex	Smith 'Essex and its race for the skies 1900-1939' (2008)
Gloucestershire	J Rennison 'Wings over Gloucestershire' (Piccadilly Publishing 1988)
Hampshire	'Hampshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) Colin Crudas 'In Hampshire Skies' (The History Press 2001)
Hebrides	Hughes 'The Hebrides at war' (Canongate 1998)
Herefordshire	Robin Brooks 'Herefordshire & Worcestershire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2006)
Hertfordshire	Julian Evan-Hart 'War-torn skies of Great Britain: Hertfordshire' (Red Kite 2007) 'Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Kent	'Kent airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) Humphreys 'Kent aviation: a century of flight' (Sutton 2001) Matthews 'Heroes of Fighter Command: Kent' (2008) 'Wings over south Canterbury'
Lancashire	N Wotherspoon 'North West aircraft wrecks' (Pen & Sword 2006) 'Lancashire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Leicestershire	R Bonser 'Aviation in Leicestershire and Rutland' (Midland Counties Publications 2001) 'Leicester and Rutland airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Lincolnshire	S. Finn 'Lincolnshire air war' (Finn 1973) S. Finn 'Lincolnshire air war book two' (Control Column 1983) Green et al 'Wings over Lincolnshire' (Midland 1994) Halpenny 'Action Stations 2: military airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands' (Patrick Stephens 1981) 'Lincolnshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) 'Metal Birds 1, 2 & 3' (three separate books on Lincolnshire air war'
Midlands	A Brew 'The history of Black Country aviation' (Sutton, 1983) Delve 'The military airfields of Britain: Wales and the West Midlands' (2007) Delve 'The military airfields of Britain: East Midlands' (2009) Halpenny 'Action Stations 2: military airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands' (Patrick Stephens 1981) M Bowyer 'Action Stations 6: military airfields of the Cotswolds and the Central Midlands' (Patrick Stephens 1983)
Norfolk	Bowman 'World War II RAF aifields in Norfolk' (2009) Matthews 'Heroes of Bomber Command; Norfolk' (Countryside 2006) Smith 'Norfolk airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 1997, 2004)
Northamptonshire	'Northamptonshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) M Gibson 'Aviation in Northamptonshire' (Northamptonshire Libraries 1982)
Northumberland & Durham	Gray et al 'Air crash Northumberland' (individual accounts and aviation archaeology) (2009) Bill Norman 'Broken Eagles 2' (Luftwaffe losses over Northumberland & Durham, 1939-45) (Leo Cooper 2002) Derek Walton 'Northumberland Aviation Diary' (Norav Publications 1999)
Northern England	'Flying bombs over the Pennines' Bill Norman 'Luftwaffe over the North' (1939-1943) (Leo Cooper 1993 and 1997) Bamford/ Collier 'Eyes of the night: the air defence of north-western England 1940-43' (2006) D J Smith 'Action Stations 3: military airfields of Wales and the North West' (Patrick Stephens) D J Smith 'Action Stations 7: military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland' (Patrick Stephens)
Northern Ireland	D J Smith 'Action Stations 7: military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland' (Patrick Stephens)
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham and Derbyshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) Needham 'Nottinghamshire air crashes' (2009)
Orkney Islands	Rev Dr T Crouther Gordon DFC 'Early flying in Orkney: seaplanes in World War I' (BBC Radio Orkney 1985) Lamb 'Sky over Scapa 1939-1945' (2008)
Oxfordshire	Brooks 'Oxfordshire Airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2001) Wright 'Royal Flying Corps in Oxfordshire 1912-18' (Wright 1985)
Peak District	R Collier 'Dark Peak wrecks' (Barnsley Chronicle 1979) R Collier & R Wilkinson 'Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks' (2 vols) (Pen & Sword 1995) R Collier 'Dark Peak aircraft wrecks' (Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1982) Cunningham 'Peakland air crashes: the central area' (2008)
Rutland	R Bonser 'Aviation in Leicestershire and Rutland' (Midland Counties Publications 2001) 'Leicester and Rutland airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Scotland	Chorlton 'Scottish airfields in the Second World War: vol 1 the Lothians' (2009) Chorlton 'Scottish airfields in the Second World War: vol 2 Fife & central region' (2009) D J Smith 'Action Stations 7: military airfields of Scotland, the North East and Northern Ireland' (Patrick Stephens) J Allan 'Wings over Scotland' (Tervor, 2002)
Shropshire	Brooks 'Shropshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2008) Neal 'Shropshire airfields in the Second World War' (expanded second edition) (Countryside 2009)
Somerset	'Somerset airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
South East	C Ashworth 'Action Stations 9: military airfields of the South East' (Patrick Stephens) Brooks 'Thames Valley airfields in the second world war: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex' (Countryside 2000) B Halpenny 'Action Stations 8: military airfields of Greater London' (Patrick Stephens) Peter Jacobs 'Airfields of 11 Group' (Pen & Sword 2005)
South West	'The military airfields of Britain: South-western England' C Ashworth 'Action Stations 5: military airfields of the South West' (Patrick Stephens) Sutton 'South west wings: a diary of aviation incidents and accidents in west Somerset and north Devon' (ALD, 2003)
Staffordshire	'Staffordshre airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside) Brew 'Staffordshire and Black Country airfields: Archive Photo Series' (Chalford 1997)
Suffolk	Smith 'Suffolk airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 1997) Smith 'Heroes of Bomber Command: Suffolk' (2009)
Surrey	Matthews 'Heroes of Fighter Command: Surrey' (2009) Parry 'War-torn skies of Great Britain: Surrey' (Red Kite 2007) Pilkington 'Surrey airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 1997)
Sussex	Brooks 'Sussex Airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 1998) Matthews 'Heroes of Fighter Command: Sussex' (2008)
Thames Valley	'Thames Valley airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside)
Wales	Delve 'The military airfields of Britain: Wales and the West Midlands' (2007) E Doylerush 'Fallen Eagles' (Midland Counties 1990) E Doylerush 'No landing place: a guide to aircraft crashes in Snowdonia' (Midland Counties 1985) E Doylerush 'No landing place volume 2' E Doylerush 'Rocks in the clouds: high ground aircraft crashes of south Wales' (2007) Terrence Hill 'Down in Wales' (Carreg Gwalch 1994) Terrence Hill 'Final descent: air crashes in Wales and the borders' (Leo Cooper 1999) Jones 'Airfields and landing grounds of Wales: north' (2008) Jones 'Airfields and landing grounds of Wales: south' (2007) Jones 'Airfields and landing grounds of Wales: west' (2008) Jones 'Warplane wrecks of south Wales and the Marches' (1982) R Sloan 'Aircraft crashes, flying accidents in Gwynedd 1910-1990' (Carreg Gwalch, 1994) D J Smith 'Action Stations 3: military airfields of Wales and the North West' (Patrick Stephens) Snowdonia Aviation Historical Group 'The air war over Gwynedd' (1985) Thursby 'Glamorgan aviation: Eheda' (2009) Paul Williams 'The James Brothers: Pembrokeshire's aviation pioneers'
Warwickshire	Graham Smith 'Warwickshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2004)
Wight (Isle of)	Gilliam 'Wight air wrecks' (Tempus, 2002)
Wiltshire	Berryman 'Wiltshire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2005) 'Wings over Wiltshire'
Worcestershire	Robin Brooks 'Herefordshire & Worcestershire airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2006)
Yorkshire	Dodsworth 'Wings over Yorkshire: pioneer aviators and their flying machines, a pictorial survey' (Hutton Press 1988) Halpenny 'Action Stations 4: military airfields of Yorkshire' (1982) Bill Norman 'Broken Eagles' (Luftwaffe losses over Yorkshire,1939-45) (Leo Cooper 2001) Bill Norman  'Failed to Return' (Yorkshire Memorials: 4 Group and No.6 (RCAF) Group) (Leo Cooper 1995) Otter 'Yorkshire Airfields in the Second World War' (Countryside 2003) Redman 'Yorkshires early flying days' (Dalesman, 1981) Wadsworth 'Heroes of Bomber Command: Yorkshire' (2008)

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