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In the following lists of books, 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 through the various online booksellers. 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.

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The following list gives details of books which are either entirely about or give reference to specific RAF Squadrons.

No.1 (Reserve) Sqn

  • F D Tedrey 'Pioneer Pilot' (RFC) (Peter Davies 1976)

No.8 (Reserve) Sqn

  • Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6)

No.16 (Reserve) Sqn

  • Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6)

No.1 Sqn

  • Brian Cull/ Roland Symons 'One-armed Mac' (biography of S/L James MacLachlan, Battles/ Hurricanes) (Grub St. 2003)
  • Darlington 'Night Hawk: the biography of F/Lt Karel Kuttelwascher DFC' (William Kimber 1985)
  • 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: autobiography of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (Hutchinson 1952)
  • N Monks 'Squadrons Up' (1940)
  • P Richey 'Fighter Pilot: a personal record of the campaign in France 1939-40' (Janes 1980)
  • Shaw 'Twice Vertical - story of 1 Sqn' (MacDonald 1971)
  • Shaw 'No 1 Squadron' (Ian Allen 1986)

No.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)

No.3 Sqn

  • Frank Carey 'Frank 'Chota' Carey' (Grub St 2006)
  • P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobiography 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)

No.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)

No.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)

No.6 Sqn

  • Brian Cull 'Hurricanes over Tobruk' (Jan-June 1941) (Grub St 1999)
  • 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)

No.7 Sqn

  • Bewsher 'Green Balls: the adventures of a night bomber' (7 RNAS squadron 1917) (Greenhill 1986 - reprint of William Blackwood 1919 edition)
  • Stuart Burbridge 'A Trenchard Brat at war' (1939-41) (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • David Clark 'A-Apple'
  • Docherty 'No. 7 Bomber Squadron RAF in World War 2' (Pen & Sword 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)
  • Richard Stowers 'Bomber Baron: W/C James Fraser Baron' (7 Sqn 1942-43 and 1944)
  • 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)

No.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)

No.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'
  • Colin Pateman and Oliver Clutton-Brock 'Unwanted hero - S/Ldr Donald Barnard DFC' (Fonthill Media Ltd 2012)
  • Gordon Thornburn 'Bombers First and Last' (WW2 history) (Robson Books 2006)
  • Thorburn 'No need to die: American flyers in RAF Bomber Command' (2009)
  • Chris Ward '9 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 2)
  • Fred Whitfield 'We sat alone'

No.10 Sqn

  • D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall Publications 1958/88)
  • G L Donnelly 'A quest for wings' (Tempus 2000)
  • 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)

No.11 Sqn

  • Pengelly 'Albert Ball VC' (13 Sqn 1916) (2010)
  • A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras'
  • L Wheatley 'An Erksome War' (Merlin 1991)

No.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, Ditto Publishing 2002)
  • Jack Thompson 'Bomber Crew' (Trafford Publishing 2005)
  • Chris Ward '12 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile No.4)

No.13 Sqn

  • Pengelly 'Albert Ball VC' (13 Sqn 1916) (2010)

No.14 Sqn

  • Stapleton 'Winged promises: a history of 14 Squadron 1915-45' (RAFBF 1996)
  • Michael Napier 'Winged Crusaders: The Exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF 1915-45' (Pen & Sword 2012)

No.15 Sqn

  • Stuart Burbridge 'A Trenchard Brat at war' (1941-42) (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • M Ford-Jones 'Bomber Squadron: Men who flew with XV Squadron' (Kimber 1987)
  • M Ford-Jones 'Oxfords Own: 15 Squadron' (Schiffer 1999)
  • M Ford-Jones 'Oxfords Own: The men and machines of 15/ XV Squadron' (Schiffer 2004)
  • T Jones 'Aim Sure: 75 years of 15 Squadron RAF' (Jones 1990)
  • Roberson 'History of 15/XV Squadron RFC-RAF' (Roberson 1975)
  • Richard Stowers 'Bomber Baron: W/C James Fraser Baron' (15 Sqn 1941-42)
  • Chris Ward '15 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 5)

No.16 Sqn

  • D Grinnel-Milne 'Wind in the wires' (WW1) (Panther 1957)

No.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)

No.18 Sqn

  • A Butterworth 'With courage & faith' (Air Britain)

No.19 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • C Montgomery-Moore 'That's 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)
  • Steve Stevens 'Beaufighter over the Balkans' (Pen & Sword 2008)

No.20 Sqn

  • J T McCudden 'Flying Fury: five years in the RFC' (1916) (Greenhill 1987/ 2000 - first published 1930)
  • Roberson N J 'History of no. 20 Sqn' (Roberson 1987)

No.21 Sqn

  • Arthur Eyton-Jones DFC 'Day Bomber' (Alan Sutton 1998)

No.22 Sqn

  • B Pegg 'Sent flying' (22 Sqn 1930) Macdonald 1959)
  • Harvey 'Pi in the sky: history of 22 sqn ... 1914-18' (Huston 1971)

No.23 Sqn

  • Paul Brickhill 'Reach for the sky: the story of Douglas Bader' (Collins 1954)
  • Patricia Chapman 'The Colours of the Day' (23 sqn 1941) (Country Books 1999)
  • 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)

No.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)
  • K B McGlashan 'Down to earth: a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day' 25 Sqn commander 1948-58)

No.27 Sqn

  • Bowyer 'Flying Elephants - the history of 27 Sqn 1915-69' (MacDonald 1972)
  • D J Innes 'Beaufighters over Burma' (Blandford 1985)
  • J Woodward 'Three times lucky'

No.28 Sqn

  • John Ross 'The RFC to the RAF' 28 Sqn 1919-20 (Regency Press 1987)

No.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)
  • Spooner 'Night fighter ace' (biography of Bob Braham; Beaufighters & Mosquitoes)

No.30 Sqn

  • John Hamlin 'Flat out - story of 30 Sqn' (Air Britain)

No.31 Sqn

  • Norman Franks 'First in Indian Skies: a history of 31 Squadron' (Lincoln Life Pubs 1981)

No.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)

No.33 Sqn

  • Cull 'Gladiator Ace: Bill 'Cherry' Vale' (33 Sqn 1940) (2010)
  • H Halliday 'Woody - A Fighter Pilot's Album' (Canav 1983)
  • P Joubert 'The fated sky: autobigraphy of ACM Sir Philip Joubert' (Hutchinson 1952)

No.34 Sqn

  • A Saunders 'No 34 Squadron' (Osprey)

No.35 Sqn

  • Boyle 'No passing glory: biography of Group Captain Cheshire' (Collins 1955)
  • 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)(Updated 50th Anniversary Edition, Fighting High Ltd, 2012, print & electronic)
  • Bill Grierson 'We band of brothers' (J&KH Publishing 1997)
  • 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)

No.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)

No.38 Sqn

  • L Walford 'No 38 Squadron 1916-63' (Hanrun, Malta 1963)

No.39 Sqn

  • Delve 'Winged bomb: history of 39 Squadron' (Midland Counties 1985)
  • P Gibbs 'Torpedo Leader' (operations from Malta in 1942) (Grub St. 2002)

No.40 Sqn

  • Chapell F R 'Wellington Wings'
  • D Gunby 'Sweeping the skies: 40 Squadron RFC/RAF 1916-59' (Pentland 1995)
  • Adrian Hellwig 'Australian Hawk over the Western Front: biography of Major R S Dallas' (2009)
  • Jones 'King of airfighters: biography of Major Mick Mannock VC' (40 Sqn 1917)
  • 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)

No.41 Sqn

  • George F. Beurling DSO DFC DFM and Brian Cull & Frederick Galea 'Screwball Beurling: Malta's top-scoring fighter ace' (Wise Owl 2010)
  • George F. Beurling DSO DFC DFM and Leslie Roberts 'Malta Spitfire; The Story of a Fighter Pilot' (Military Books 1973)
  • Steve Brew 'Blood, Sweat and Valour' (Aug 1942 to May 1945) (Fonthill Media 2012)
  • Sqn Ldr P AFC Brown 'Honour restored; The Battle of Britain, Dowding and the Fight for Freedom' (Spellmount 2005)
  • Ron Collis 'Contending Fighters of World War II' (Trafford Publishing 2003)
  • Peter Graham ' Skypilot; Memoirs from Take-Off to Landing ' (Pentland Books 2001)
  • 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)
  • Nolan 'Hero: the Falcon of Malta (George Beurling') (Blackwood 1982)
  • Bill Norman ' Luftwaffe over the North ' (Pen & Sword 1997)
  • Grp Capt Bobby Oxspring DFC AFC 'Spitfire Command' (Grafton Books 1984, Reprinted 2006)
  • Wg Cdr T.F. Neil DFC AFC AE 'From the Cockpit; Spitfire' (Specialty Press 1990)
  • Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain'
  • John Shipman 'One of The Few; The Memoirs of Wing Commander Ted 'Shippy' Shipman AFC ' (Pen & Sword 2008)
  • Tom Slack 'Happy is the day - a Spitfire pilots story' (United Writers 1987)
  • Richard C. Smith ' Hornchurch Eagles; The Life Stories of Eight of the Airfield's Distinguished WWII Fighter Pilots ' (Grub Street 2002)
  • Richard C. Smith ' Hornchurch Scramble; Vol. 1, 1915 to the End of the Battle of Britain' (Grub Street 2000)
  • Terence & Lesley Spencer and Sandy Gall 'Living Dangerously' (Percival Press 2002)
  • Bram van der Stok 'War Pilot of Orange' (Pictorial Histories Publishing 1987)
  • Andrew Thomas ' Griffon Spitfire Aces, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No. 81' (Osprey Publishing 2008)
  • Nick Thomas 'Ben Bennions DFC; Battle of Britain Fighter Ace' (Pen & Sword 2011)
  • Sqn Ldr R.W. Wallens DFC 'Flying Made my Arms Ache' (Self Publishing Assoc. 1990)
  • J Willis 'Churchills Few' (1940) (Paragon House 1987)
  • Stewart Wilson 'Almost Unknown; The Story of Squadron Leader Tony Gaze OAM DFC' (Chevron Publishing 2009)

No.43 Sqn

  • J Beedle '43 Squadron RFC, RAF: History of the Fighting Cocks 1916-66' (Beaumont 1966)
  • H Bolitho 'Combat Report' (Batsford 1943)
  • H Bolitho 'Finest of the Few' (Re-written from 1941 book based on John Simpson's combat reports and papers) (2010)
  • Frank Carey 'Frank 'Chota' Carey' (Grub St 2006)
  • 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)

No.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)
  • A White 'The King's Thunderbolts' (Tucann 2007)

No.45 Sqn

  • Jefford 'Flying Camels: history of 45 Squadron' (Jefford 1995)
  • Macmillan 'Into the blue' (author flew Sopwith 1½ Strutters and Camels in Italy and France) (Jarrolds 1969, 1990 - first published 1929?)

No.46 Sqn

  • Cross & Orange 'Straight and level: ACM Sir Kenneth Cross' (Grub St 1993)

No.47 Sqn

  • J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days' (Crecy 1994)
  • George R T Willis 'No hero, just a survivor' (Beaufighters and Mosquitos, Mediterranean & Burma) (Willis 1999 ISBN 09537117801)

No.48 Sqn

  • Orange 'Park: the biography of ACM Sir Keith Park' (1917-18) (Grub St. 2001)

No.49 Sqn

  • C Chandler 'Tail gunner' (Crowood Press 2002)
  • Robinson 'A Pathfinders story: the life and death of F/Lt Jack Mossop' (Pen & Sword, 2007)
  • 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

No.50 Sqn

  • Les Bartlett & Peter Jacobs 'Bomb aimer over Berlin: wartime memoirs of Les Bartlett DFM' (Pen & Sword 2007)
  • Leslie Baveystock 'Wavetops at my fingertips' (Airlife 2001)
  • Peter Buttigieg 'We weep no more' (Aquila Services Ltd, Gibraltar ISBN 1 919655 03 4)
  • Chris Ward '50 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 15)

No.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)

No.53 Sqn

  • Jock Manson 'United in effort - 53 Sqn' (Air Britain 1997)
  • Terrence O'Brien 'Chasing after Danger'
  • A J M Smyth 'Abrupt Sierras'

No.54 Sqn

  • A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical; Gauntlets & Spitfires) (Wingham Press 1991)

No.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)
  • Rennles 'Independent Force: the war diary of the daylight squadrons... June-November 1918' (Grub St. 2002)

No.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, reprinted Pen & Sword 2010)
  • 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)
  • Geoffrey Page 'Tale of a Guinea Pig' (Corgi 1983) & revised edition 'Shot down in flames' (shot down 12/8/40) (Grub St. 1999)
  • Pengelly 'Albert Ball VC' (56 Sqn 1917) (2010)
  • Alex Revell 'Fighter aces! The Constable Maxwell brothers' (WW1 & 1940-41) (Pen & Sword 2010)
  • 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)

No.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)

No.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)

No.61 Sqn

  • Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC) (Peter Davies 1936)
  • Chris Ward '61 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 19)

No.62 Sqn

  • Boxall & Bamford 'Devotion to calling: Far East flying and survival with 62 Squadron RAF' (2010)
  • Terrence O'Brien 'Chasing after Danger'
  • D H Sutcliffe 'Airborne Over Burma' (Sutcliffe 1988)

No.64 Sqn

  • A G Donahue 'Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire' (McMillan & Company, 1941)
  • MacDonell 'From dogfight to diplomacy' (CO of the squadron at Kenley) (2009)

No.65 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • Christopher Burgess 'The diary and letters of a World War I fighter pilot' (Pen & Sword 2008)
  • 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)

No.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)

No.67 Sqn

  • Thomas 'Wings over Burma' (Merlin 1991)

No.69 Sqn

  • Sanders 'Of wind & water' (Airlife 1989)

No.71 Sqn

  • No 71 (Eagle) Squadron 1940-42' (Aero Editions 2003)
  • P D Caine 'American Pilots in the RAF: The WWII Eagle Squadrons' (Brassey's, 1993 ISBN 0-02-881070-8)
  • P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle Squadrons' (1991)
  • J S Childers 'War Eagles: The Story of the Eagle Squadron' (Windmill Press, 1943; Eagle Publishing, 1983 with members epilogue; ISBN 0-941624-71-4)
  • A G Donahue 'Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire' (McMillan & Company, 1941)
  • V Haughland 'Caged Eagles: Downed American Fighter Pilots, 1940-45' (TAB Books, 1992; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2145-8)
  • A Holmes 'American Eagles: American Volunteers in the R.A.F., 1937-1943' (Classic Publications, 2001; ISBN 1-903223-16-4
  • P Listemann 'No 71 (Eagle) Squadron 1940-42' (2005)

No.72 Sqn

  • T. Docherty 'Swift to Battle: 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action: vol. 1' (1937 to 1942) (Pen and Sword 2009)
  • T. Docherty 'Swift to Battle: 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action: vol. 2' (1943 to 1946) (Pen and Sword 2009)
  • T. Docherty 'Swift to Battle: 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action: vol. 3' (1947 to 1961) (Pen and Sword 2010)
  • Roger Hall 'Clouds of Fear' (1941) (Bailey Brothers 1975; Coronet Books/Hodder and Stoughton, 1977)
  • Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006)

No.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)

No.74 Sqn

  • Simon Beer 'A salute to one of The Few: life of F/O Peter St John RAF' (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • R Cossey 'Tigers: the story of 74 Squadron' (A&A 1992)
  • A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical; Gauntlets) (Wingham Press 1991)
  • John Freeborn 'Tiger Club' (1940-41) (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • Jones 'King of airfighters: biography of Major Mick Mannock VC' (74 Sqn 1918)
  • 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)
  • O Walker 'Sailor Malan' (Cassell 1953)
  • Yeoman/ Freeborn 'Tiger Cub: the story of John Freeborn DFC' (2009)

No.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'

No.76 Sqn

  • Boyle 'No passing glory: biography of Group Captain Cheshire' (Collins 1955)
  • L Cheshire VC 'Bomber Pilot' (Hutchinson 1955)
  • W R Chorley 'To see the dawn breaking' (Chorley 1981)
  • G L Donnelly 'A quest for wings' (Tempus 2000)
  • Christopher Jary 'Portrait of a bomber pilot' (Sidney Jary 1990)
  • Robinson 'A Pathfinders story: the life and death of F/Lt Jack Mossop' (Pen & Sword, 2007)
  • Tom Sawyer 'Only owls & bloody fools fly at night'
  • Tom Wingham 'Halifax down! On the run from the Gestapo, 1944' (Grub St, 2009)

No.77 Sqn

  • D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall Publications 1958/88)
  • T G Mahaddie 'Hamish' (Autobiographical; Whitleys 1940) (Ian Allen 1989)
  • R. Pinkham 'On wings of fortune' (Toppan 2010)
  • Stevens 'A Black Country lad's night shift: diary of a flight engineer 1943' (Private 1995)
  • R Walker 'Some of the many: 77 Squadron 1939-45' (Hollies 1995)
  • Chris Ward '77 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 22)

No.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)

No.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)
  • G Nelson-Edwards 'Spit and sawdust' (Air Force publishing, 1995)
  • D Sweeting 'Wings of chance' (Hurricanes) (Asian Business Press 1990)

No.80 Sqn

  • Cull 'Gladiator Ace: Bill 'Cherry' Vale' (80 Sqn 1940-41) (2010)
  • 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)

No.81 Sqn

  • Golley 'Hurricanes over Murmansk' (1941) (Reprinted 2006)

No.82 Sqn

  • F Harbord 'Familiar Voices' (Able 1988)

No.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)

No.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)

No.85 Sqn

  • Jim Bailey 'The Sky Suspended: a fighter pilot's story' (Bloomsbury publishing, 2005; ISBN 978 0 7475 7773 7)
  • Lewis Brandon 'Night Flyer' (2011)
  • Andrew Brookes 'Fighter Squadron at war' (Ian Allen 1980)
  • Patricia Chapman 'The Colours of the Day' (85 sqn 1943) (Country Books 1999)
  • Franks & Saunders 'Mannock: the life and death of Major Edward Mannock VC'
  • J Golley 'John Cats-Eyes Cunningham' (Airlife 1999)
  • Jones 'King of airfighters: biography of Major Mick Mannock VC' (Commanded 85 Sqn 1918)
  • Drew Middleton 'The Sky Suspended: the Battle of Britain May 1940-April 1941' (Secker & Warberg, 1960)
  • P.Townsend 'Duel of Eagles' (Corgi 1972)
  • Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain'

No.87 Sqn

  • P Adams 'Hurricane Squadron: 87 Sqn 1939-41' (Air Research 1988)
  • R Beaumont 'Flying to the limit' (1940-41) (PSL 1996)
  • R Beaumont 'My part of the sky' (87 Sqn during Battle of Britain) (PSL 1989)
  • R Beaumont 'Phoenix into ashes' (one chapter on 87 Sqn) (William Kimber London 1968)
  • Simon Beer 'A salute to one of The Few: life of F/O Peter St John RAF' (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • Ian Gleed 'Arise to conquer' (wartime best-seller with some names altered: end of Battle of France to Battle of Britain) (Victor Gollancz Ltd London 1942; Severn House UK 1975 edition ISBN 0727800221)
  • V A Winter 'Resurgam: The Story of Flight Lieutenant G L Nowell' (c1980)

No.88 Sqn

  • J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days' (Crecy 1994)
  • Dennis Tweed 'Smelling of roses' (Sunderland Flight Engineer & Air Gunner 1950s) (2010)

No.89 Sqn

  • D David 'Dennis Hurricane David - my autobiography'
  • Dennis Gosling 'Night fighter navigator' (Malta 1942) (Pen & Sword 2010)
  • Stephen Lewis 'Chasing shadows: wartime biography of S/L Bob Cowper' (89 Sqn 1943)

No.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)

No.91 Sqn

  • A G Donahue 'Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire' (McMillan & Company, 1941)
  • 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)
  • Roger Hall 'Clouds of fear' (1942) (Bailey Brothers 1975; Coronet Books/Hodder and Stoughton, 1977)
  • Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006)
  • R Spurdle 'The blue arena' (Crecy 1995)

No.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)

No.93 Sqn

  • G Nelson-Edwards 'Spit and sawdust' (Air Force publishing, 1995)

No.96 Sqn

  • K B McGlashan 'Down to earth: a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day' (96 Sqn 12/40-11/1941)
  • S Parry 'Beaufighter Squadrons in Focus' (Red Kite 2002)
  • A Thomas 'Beaufighter Aces of World War 2' (Osprey 2005)

No.97 Sqn

  • K Bending 'Achieve Your Aim - the history of 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron in the Second World War' (Woodfield Publishing 2007)
  • Stuart Burbridge 'A Trenchard Brat at war' (1943) (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • Chris Ward '97 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 29)
  • Edwin Wheeler 'Just to get a bed' (Square One 1990)

No.98 Sqn

  • W Lambert & R Brown 'Short history of 98 Squadron RAF 1917-67' (Private 1967)

No.99 Sqn

  • Edgerley 'Each Tenacious: a history of 99 Sqn 1917-76' (Square One 1993)
  • Rennles 'Independent Force: the war diary of the daylight squadrons... June-November 1918' (Grub St. 2002)

No.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)

No.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)

No.102 Sqn

  • Boyle 'No passing glory: biography of Group Captain Cheshire' (Collins 1955)
  • L Cheshire VC 'Bomber Pilot' (Hutchinson 1955)
  • 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)
  • Tom Wingham 'Halifax down! On the run from the Gestapo, 1944' (Grub St, 2009)

No.103 Sqn

  • J Norman Ashton 'Only birds and fools' (Lancaster Flight Engineer) (Airlife 2000)
  • Colin Bayliss 'No flying without wings' (103 sqn in 1942)
  • D Charlwood 'No moon tonight' (1942-43) (Burgewood Books 2006)
  • D Charlwood 'Journeys into night' (1942-43) (1991; Burgewood Books 2006)
  • Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland Counties 1983)
  • Finn 'Black swan - a history of 103 Sqn' (Newton 1989)
  • Ian Hancock 'The lives of Ken Wallis'
  • Phil Potts 'Just a survivor'
  • Herbert J Spiller 'Ticket to freedom'
  • Brian Stoker 'If the flak doesnt get you, the fighters will' (1942-43) (J&KH Publishing)
  • Denys Teare 'Evader: The Classic True Story of Escape and Evasion Behind Enemy Lines'
  • Chris Ward '103 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 35)

No.104 Sqn

  • Bill Bailey 'Alone I fly' (Wellington pilot, 1942) (Pen & Swod 2009)
  • Chapell F R 'Bomber Commander' (biography of W/C D Saville, 104 Sqn 1942) (Pen & Sword 2004)
  • Chapell F R 'Wellington Wings'
  • Rennles 'Independent Force: the war diary of the daylight squadrons... June-November 1918' (Grub St. 2002)

No.105 Sqn

  • F Harbord 'Familiar Voices' (Able 1988)
  • T Perry Evans 'Squadron Leader Tommy Broom DFC' (Pen & Sword 2007)
  • Ransom 'Battle axe: a history of 105 squadron' (Air Britain 1967)
  • T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994)
  • 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)
  • Tom Wingham 'Halifax down! On the run from the Gestapo, 1944' (Grub St, 2009)
  • Woolridge 'Low attack: the story of two Mosquito squadrons 1940-43' (Crecy 1993)

No.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)

No.107 Sqn

  • History of 107 Squadron' (RAF 1963)
  • R E Gillman DFC DFM 'The ship hunters' (John Murray 1976)
  • T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994)

No.108 Sqn

  • Stephen Lewis 'Chasing shadows: wartime biography of S/L Bob Cowper' (108 Sqn 1943)

No.109 Sqn

  • Michael Cumming 'Beam Bombers, the secret war of no 109 squadron' (Sutton Publishing)
  • Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004)

No.110 Sqn

  • E D Bell '110 (Hyderabad) Squadron history' (Air Britain)
  • Sara Mosher 'Remember Me: 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF' (record of the squadron 1939-46) (Mosher 2010)
  • Rennles 'Independent Force: the war diary of the daylight squadrons... June-November 1918' (Grub St. 2002)

No.111 Sqn

  • S A Burton 'Adstantes: 111 (Fighter) Squadron' (Private 1996)
  • H Griffiths '111(F) Squadron: the first 75 years' (Tri-Service c1992)
  • Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain'
  • Sands 'Treble One: the story of No. 111(F) Squadron RAF' (Private 1957)

No.112 Sqn

  • Kristen Alexander 'Clive Caldwell Air Ace' (Allen & Unwin Australia 2006 reprint ISBN 9781741147056)
  • 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)

No.114 Sqn

  • T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994)

No.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)

No.117 Sqn

  • Colin Pateman and Oliver Clutton-Brock 'Unwanted hero - S/Ldr Donald Barnard DFC' (Fonthill Media Ltd 2012)

No.118 Sqn

  • John Freeborn 'Tiger Club' (1943) (Pen & Sword 2009)

No.121 Sqn

  • P D Caine 'American Pilots in the RAF: The WWII Eagle Squadrons' (Brassey's, 1993 ISBN 0-02-881070-8)
  • P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle Squadrons' (1991)
  • V Haughland 'Caged Eagles: Downed American Fighter Pilots, 1940-45' (TAB Books, 1992; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2145-8)
  • A Holmes 'American Eagles: American Volunteers in the R.A.F., 1937-1943' (Classic Publications, 2001; ISBN 1-903223-16-4)
  • P Listemann 'No 121 (Eagle) Squadron 1941-42'

No.124 Sqn

  • V A Winter 'Resurgam: The Story of Flight Lieutenant G L Nowell' (c1980)

No.125 Sqn

  • Jim Bailey 'The Sky Suspended: a fighter pilot's story' (Bloomsbury publishing, 2005; ISBN 978 0 7475 7773 7)

No.127 Sqn

  • E A W Smith 'Spitfire Diary - boys of 127 Sqn' (Kimber 1988)

No.128 Sqn

  • P Bodle & B Boulter 'Mosquito to Berlin' (1944-45) (Pen & Sword 2007)
  • B Drake & C Shores 'Billy Drake, Fighter Leader' (West Africa) (Grub St 2002)

No.130 Sqn

  • R V Ashman 'Spitfire against the odds - memoirs of a fighter pilot' (PSL 1989)

No.132 Sqn

  • G Page 'Shot down in flames' (Grub St 1999)

No.133 Sqn

  • P D Caine 'American Pilots in the RAF: The WWII Eagle Squadrons' (Brassey's, 1993 ISBN 0-02-881070-8)
  • P D Caine 'Eagles of the RAF: the WW2 Eagle Squadrons' (1991)
  • V Haughland 'Caged Eagles: Downed American Fighter Pilots, 1940-45' (TAB Books, 1992; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagle Squadrons' (David & Charles 1979; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2146-6)
  • V Haughland 'The Eagles War' (Jason Aronson, 1982; TAB Books, 1992 with new photos; ISBN 0-8306-2145-8)
  • A Holmes 'American Eagles: American Volunteers in the R.A.F., 1937-1943' (Classic Publications, 2001; ISBN 1-903223-16-4)
  • P Listemann 'No 133 (Eagle) Squadron 1941-42'

No.134 Sqn

  • Golley 'Hurricanes over Murmansk' (1941) (Reprinted 2006)

No.135 Sqn

  • Frank Carey 'Frank 'Chota' Carey' (Grub St 2006)

No.136 Sqn

  • Jacobs 'Woodpecker story' (Pentland 1994)

No.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)

No.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)

No.141 Sqn

  • Michael Allan 'Pursuit through darkened skies'
  • Spooner 'Night fighter ace' (biography of Bob Braham; Beaufighters & Mosquitoes)

No.142 Sqn

  • Barry Blunt '142 Mosquito Bomber Squadron' (2006)
  • Martin Bowman 'Wellington the geodetic giant' (Airlife 1989 & 1998)
  • Patricia Chapman 'The Colours of the Day' (142 sqn in France 1940) (Country Books 1999)
  • Arnaud Gillet 'La Furie/Fury' (Examines one raid in 1940) (2010)
  • Ian Reid 'To fly over Waltham' (Ashridge Press 1997 ISBN 1 901214 10 9)
  • Colin Pateman and Oliver Clutton-Brock 'Unwanted hero - S/Ldr Donald Barnard DFC' (Fonthill Media Ltd 2012)
  • Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004)

No.143 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)

No.144 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • Patricia Chapman 'The Colours of the Day' (144 sqn 1940) (Country Books 1999)
  • Marc Stevens 'Escape evasion & revenge' (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • Chris Ward '144 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 49)

No.148 Sqn

  • D C Egles 'Just one of the many: navigators memoirs' (Pentland Press 1996)
  • G Gray 'Green markers ahead skipper' (Newton 1993)

No.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)
  • Peter & Maureen Wilson 'We will remember them' (Tribute to 149 & 622 Sqn) (Private 1993)

No.150 Sqn

  • Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland Counties 1983)
  • R. Pinkham 'On wings of fortune' (Toppan 2010)
  • Chris Ward '150 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 51)
  • Edwin Wheeler 'Just to get a bed' (Square One 1990)

No.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)
  • Thomas 'RAF Top Gun: story of ... Air Cdr Teddy Donaldson' (Donaldson commanded 151 Sqn on outbreak of WW2) (2008)

No.152 Sqn

  • Roger Hall 'Clouds of fear' (Battle of Britain period) (Bailey Brothers 1975; Coronet Books/Hodder and Stoughton, 1977)
  • Cecil Lewis 'Sagittarius Rising' (RFC 1918) (Peter Davies 1936)
  • Geoff Simpson 'A Good Aggressive Pilot' (Slim pamphlet about Richard Hogg; Battle of Britain period) (Simpson, Cheshire, 2000)

No.153 Sqn

  • Johns J A 'History of 153 Squadron' (1998)
  • Stephen Lewis 'Chasing shadows: wartime biography of S/L Bob Cowper' (153 Sqn 1942)
  • Chris Ward '153 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 52)

No.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)

No.158 Sqn

  • Chorley & Benwell 'In brave company: history of 158 Squadron' (Chorley 1979/1990)

No.161 Sqn

  • G McCall 'Flight Most Secret' (Kimber 1981)
  • K Merrick 'Flights of the forgotten' (Arms & Armour Press)
  • H Verity 'We landed by moonlight' (Crecy 2005)

No.162 Sqn

  • D C Egles 'Just one of many: A Navigators Memoirs'

No.163 Sqn

  • T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994)

No.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)

No.170 Sqn

  • Jones 'Bomber intelligence' (Midland Counties 1983)

No.174 Sqn

  • P Watson 'Tiger Moths to Typhoons' (2004)

No.177 Sqn

  • F H Burton 'Mission to Burma' (Burton 1991)
  • A Sutherland Brown 'Silently into the midst of things'

No.181 Sqn

  • Jarrod/ Delve 'Did you survive the war?' (biographical) (2006)

No.185 Sqn

  • L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie Lucas) (Wingham 1991)
  • Rogers '185 The Malta Squadron' (Spellmount 2005)

No.186 Sqn

  • Philip Gray 'Ghosts of targets past' (2005)

No.189 Sqn

  • Chris Ward '189 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 65)

No.190 Sqn

  • Dennis Williams 'Stirlings in action with the airborne forces' (Pen & Sword 2007)

No.192 Sqn

  • W J Rees & J E Rees 'Espionage in the ether: 192 Squadron RAF' (Compaid Graphics 1999)

No.193 Sqn

  • Ince 'Brotherhood of the skies' (193 Sqn 1944) (2010)

No.194 Sqn

  • Russell 'Friendly firm - history of 194 Sqn' (194 Sqn Assoc 1972)
  • D Williams '194 Squadron' (Merlin 1987)

No.197 Sqn

  • Kyle 'Typhoon tale' (GM 1998)
  • Thomas 'Firestorm: Typhoons over Caen, 1944' (2007)

No.198 Sqn

  • L G Batt 'Scramble! A Flying Memoir of One of the The Few' (Battle of Britain Historical Society, 2001)
  • D Scott 'Typhoon pilot' (Leo Cooper 1986)
  • Thomas 'Firestorm: Typhoons over Caen, 1944' (2007)

No.201 Sqn

  • Leslie Baveystock 'Wavetops at my fingertips' (Airlife 2001)
  • J Nash 'On the step: 201 Squadron RAF' (1990)

No.203 Sqn

  • Sanders 'Of wind & water' (Airlife 1989)

No.205 Sqn

  • H Campbell & R Lovell 'So long Singapore'
  • Dennis Tweed 'Smelling of roses' (Sunderland Flight Engineer & Air Gunner 1950s) (2010)

No.206 Sqn

  • Peter B Gunn 'Naught escapes us: the story of 206 Squadron RAF' (The 206 Squadron Association 2004; ISBN 0954755308)

No.207 Sqn

  • Aitkin 'History of 207 Sqn' (HMSO 1985)
  • A C R Armstrong 'Failed to complete' lost crew
  • Bewsher 'Green Balls: the adventures of a night bomber' (207 RNAS squadron 1916-17) (Greenhill 1986 - reprint of William Blackwood 1919 edition)
  • B Goodwin & R Glynne-Owen '207 Sqn RAF Langar 1942-43' (Quacks 1994)
  • John Hamlin 'Always prepared - story of 207 Sqn' (Air Britain)
  • Rolfe 'Gunning for the enemy: Wallace McIntosh ' Bomber Command air gunner (Grub St 2003)
  • Clive Semple 'Diary of a night bomber in WW1' (Spellmount 2008)
  • Chris Ward '207 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 70)
  • H Wynn 'Darkness shall cover me' (207 Squadron 1918) (Airlife 1989)

No.208 Sqn

  • D Marr 'History of 208 Squadron' (RAF 1966)
  • D Styles '75 years on - the flying shuftis' (Dalton Watson 1991)
  • 'All the Eights: 208 Squadron RAF'

No.210 Sqn

  • D C T Bennett 'Pathfinder' (Goodall Publications 1958/88)
  • J Evans 'Sopwiths to Sunderlands: 210 Squadron RAF 1917-41' (Paterchurch 1999)
  • Schofield/ Conyers Nesbit 'Arctic airmen' (2005)
  • Mike Seymour & Bill Balderson 'To the ends of the earth- 210 Sqns Catalina years' (Paterchurch Publications ISBN 1 870745 08 6)

No.211 Sqn

  • H Campbell & R Lovell 'So long Singapore'
  • C F R Clark/DR Clark '211 Squadron RAF - An Observer's Notes and Recollections'
  • J Dunnet 'Blenheims over the Balkans' (Pentland 2001)
  • D F Spencer DFC 'Looking backwards over Burma' (Woodfield Publishing 2009)
  • H F Squire (RAFMO) 'Middle East Scrapbook'
  • T H Wisdom 'Wings Over Olympus'
  • P A Wright 'The Elephant on My Wing' (F/Lt Bobby Campbell, 1939-1943) (Woodfield Publishing 2011)

No.213 Sqn

  • D David 'Dennis Hurricane David - my autobiography'
  • Frank M Leeson 'The Hornet strikes - 213 Sqn' (Air Britain)
  • J Walton 'Desert war diary: 213 Squadron RAF' (Woodfield 2000)

No.214 Sqn

  • R James 'Avenging in the shadows' (Abington 1989; reprinted 2006)
  • Christopher Jary 'Portrait of a bomber pilot' (Sidney Jary 1990)
  • Murray Pedan 'A thousand shall fall' (Stoddart, 1981 & 2000)
  • Chris Ward '214 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 71)

No.216 Sqn

  • J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days' (Crecy 1994)
  • R Richardson 'Man is not lost' (216 Sqn 1936-38)

No.218 Sqn

  • Chapell F R 'Bomber Commander' (biography of W/C D Saville, commanded 218 Sqn 1943) (Pen & Sword 2004)
  • Jack Dickinson 'The time of my life: life with 218 & 623 Sqns'
  • G Gray 'Green markers ahead skipper' (Newton 1993)
  • Bill Jackson 'Three strips and four brownies' (experiences as a gunner on the squadron) (Turner Warwick Publications 1990 ISBN 0-91989-914-5)
  • Desmond Plunkett & Rev R Pletts 'The man who would not die' (Pentland Press 2000)
  • M.Tripp 'The Eighth Passenger' (Robin Clark 1979)
  • Chris Ward '218 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 72)

No.219 Sqn

  • Darlow 'Five of the Few: survivors of the Battle of Britain & the Blitz tell their story' (2006)
  • Dennis Gosling 'Night figher navigator' (1941) (Pen & Sword 2010)
  • T W Kitchen 'From dusk till dawn: 219 Squadron RAF 1918-57' (FPD Services 2001)
  • Richard Pike 'Beaufighter ace: night fighter career of ... Sir Thomas Pike' (Beaufighters at Tangmere 1941) (2005)

No.222 Sqn

  • E Burton 'Go straight ahead: Battle of Britain diary of 222 Squadron RAF' (Square One 1996)
  • Oxspring 'Spitfire Command' (Reprinted 2006)
  • Vigors 'Lifes too short to cry: memoir of a Battle of Britain ace' (2007)

No.223 Sqn

  • J Pelly-Fry 'Heavenly Days' (Crecy 1994)
  • Ron Johnson 'A navigators tale'

No.226 Sqn

  • Arthur Eyton-Jones DFC 'Day Bomber' (Alan Sutton 1998)

No.228 Sqn

  • Evans 'Help from the Heavens: a history of 228 Squadron' (Paterchurch 1998)

No.230 Sqn

  • Alan W Deller 'The Kid Glove Pilot' (Colourpoint Books 2004)
  • G Warner 'No 230 Squadron RAF' (2004)

No.233 Sqn

  • G Edwards 'Norwegian Patrol - RAF 233 Squadron in WW2' (Airlife 1985)
  • G Edwards 'Head in the Clouds' (Airlife 1996)
  • G Edwards 'Flying to Norway grounded in Burma' (Pen & Sword 2008)
  • Peter Russell 'Flying in defiance of the Reich' (1940) (Pen & Sword 2007)

No.234 Sqn

  • Walpole 'Dragon Rampant: the story of 234 fighter squadron' (2009)
  • J Willis 'Churchills Few' (1940) (Paragon House 1987)

No.235 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird 'Coastal Dawn' (Grub St) (1939-1940)
  • Andrew Bird 'Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945' (Grub St)
  • Phil Davenport 'Hurrah for the Next Man' (Mosquitoes towards end of WW2) (Beachcomber Press Tasmania 1st edition 2009 ISBN 9780980526509)

No.236 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird 'Coastal Dawn' (Grub St) (1939-1940)

No.238 Sqn

  • L G Batt 'Scramble! A Flying Memoir of One of the The Few' (Battle of Britain Historical Society, 2001)

No.240 Sqn

  • John Iverach 'Chronicles of a nervous navigator' (Iverach ISBN 1-55056-178-2)

No.242 Sqn

  • Douglas Bader 'Fight for the sky' (Pen & Sword reprint 2006)
  • Paul Brickhill 'Reach for the sky: the story of Douglas Bader' (Collins 1954)
  • Hugh Halliday '242 Squadron, the Canadian Years' (Midland Counties)
  • James Home 'Their Last tenko'
  • Lucas 'Flying colours: epic story of Douglas Bader' (Hutchinson 1981)
  • J Turner 'The Bader Wing' (2007)
  • J Turner 'Douglas Bader: the biography of the legendary world war II fighter pilot' (Pen & Sword 2009)

No.243 Sqn

  • Avery & Shores 'Spitfire Leader: story of W/C Evan Mackie' (243 Sqn 1943) (Grub St. 1999)
  • Vigors 'Lifes too short to cry: memoir of a Battle of Britain ace' (2007)

No.245 Sqn

  • J Golley 'The day of the Typhoon' (245 Sqn following D-Day) (PSL 1986)
  • K B McGlashan 'Down to earth: a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day' (245 Sqn 11/39-12/1940)

No.247 Sqn

  • D J Marchant 'Rise from the east - 247 Sqn' (Air Britain)
  • K W Mackenzie 'Hurricane Combat' (1940-41) (Grenville Publishing 1990)
  • D Ross 'Stapme: the biography of S/Ldr Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC' (247 Sqn 1944) (Grub St 2002)

No.248 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird 'Coastal Dawn' (Grub St) (1939-1940)
  • Andrew Bird 'Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945' (Grub St)
  • H C Randall 'Moths to Mosquitos' (Historic Military Press 2001)

No.249 Sqn

  • George Beurling 'Malta Spitfire' (249 Sqn 1942) (Military Books 1973)
  • Brian Cull '249 at War' (Grub Street 1997)
  • Franks 'Buck McNair: Canadian Spitfire ace' (249 Sqn 1942) (Grub St 2001)
  • L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie Lucas) (Wingham 1991)
  • Neill 'Gun button to fire' (249 Sqn 1940) (2010)
  • Nolan 'Hero: the Falcon of Malta (George Beurling') (Blackwood 1982)

No.250 Sqn

  • Kristen Alexander 'Clive Caldwell Air Ace' (Allen & Unwin Australia 2006 reprint ISBN 9781741147056)
  • Carel Birkby 'Close to the sun: the story of the Sudan Squadron, RAF) (250 Squadron Association; also CD-ROM from 2000)
  • Humphrey Wynn 'Desert Eagles' (covers Michael Miluck with 250 Sqn circa Battle of El Alamain) (Airlife Publishing Ltd 2001 ISBN 084037293)

No.253 Sqn

  • T Gleave 'I had a row with a German' (MacMillan 1941)

No.254 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird 'Coastal Dawn' (Grub St) (1939-1940)
  • H C Randall 'Moths to Mosquitos' (Historic Military Press 2001)

No.257 Sqn

  • L Forrester 'Fly for your life: the story of Bob Stanford Tuck' (Cerebus 2002)
  • Ince 'Brotherhood of the skies' (257 Sqn 1944-45) (2010)
  • Geoff Rayner 'One Hurricane one raid' (Airlife 1990)
  • D Ross 'Stapme: the biography of S/Ldr Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC' (257 Sqn 1942) (Grub St 2002)
  • J Willis 'Churchills Few' (1940) (Paragon House 1987)

No.258 Sqn

  • A G Donahue 'Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire' (McMillan & Company, 1941)
  • Terence Kelly 'Battle For Palembang' also published as 'Hurricane Over The Jungle' (Pen & Sword 2005)

No.260 Sqn

  • Rhoderick-Jones 'Pedro: the life and death of fighter ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury' (2010)

No.262 Sqn

  • I Spring 'Flying Boat. The history of 262 Squadron RAF and the origins of 35 Squadron SAAF' (Spring Air 1995)

No.264 Sqn

  • Jim Bailey 'The Sky Suspended: a fighter pilot's story' (Bloomsbury publishing, 2005; ISBN 978 0 7475 7773 7)
  • K B McGlashan 'Down to earth: a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day' (264 Sqn 1/43-6/1944)

No.268 Sqn

  • Colin Ford 'ADJIDAUMO - Tail-in-Air', the History of No.268 Squadron Royal Air Force 1940-1946 (Self Published, 2004)

No.272 Sqn

  • V Houart 'Desert squadron: 272 Squadron RAF' (Souvenir Press 1959)

No.274 Sqn

  • Avery & Shores 'Spitfire Leader: story of W/C Evan Mackie' (274 Sqn 1945) (Grub St. 1999)
  • Brian Cull 'Hurricanes over Tobruk' (Jan-June 1941) (Grub St 1999)
  • M Ford-Jones 'Desert flyer: log of F/O William Marsh' (274 Sqn North Africa) (Schiffer)
  • Peter Holloway 'Desert Wings - a Hurricane pilot in the western desert' (Melverly Publishing 2001)

No.276 Sqn

  • N Berryman 'In the nick of time: 276 Squadron' (Woodfield 2001)

No.279 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • Docherty 'Dinghy drop: 279 Squadron RAF 1941-46' (2007)

No.280 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)

No.281 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)

No.283 Sqn

  • N. Franks 'Beyond courage: air-sea rescue by Walrus squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean & Tyrrhenian sea 1942-45' (Grub St. 2003)

No.284 Sqn

  • N. Franks 'Beyond courage: air-sea rescue by Walrus squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean & Tyrrhenian sea 1942-45' (Grub St. 2003)

No.293 Sqn

  • N. Franks 'Beyond courage: air-sea rescue by Walrus squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean & Tyrrhenian sea 1942-45' (Grub St. 2003)

No.294 Sqn

  • N. Franks 'Beyond courage: air-sea rescue by Walrus squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean & Tyrrhenian sea 1942-45' (Grub St. 2003)

No.301 Sqn

  • Freddie Clark 'Peter Five' (Independent Books 1993 ISBN 1 872836 04 6)

No.303 Sqn

  • 303 Dywizjon Mysliwski Warszawski'
  • A Fiedler 'Squadron 303' (Davies 1942/ Letchworth 1944)
  • Kent 'One of the Few' (Autobiography: Kent led 303 Sqn in the Battle of Britain) (2008)
  • Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain'
  • Richard King '303 (Polish) Squadron - Battle of Britain Diary' (Red Kite, 2010)

No.304 Sqn

  • J F Jaworzyn 'No place to land: a pilot in Coastal Command' (Kimber 1984)
  • M Konarski '304 Squadron' (Mushroom Model Magazine blue series no. 7106, 2006)
  • Jozefiak, Stanislaw 'God, Honour and Country'

No.305 Sqn

  • Jozef Zielinski '305 Dywizjon Bombowy: 1940-46' (Polish text 2004)

No.306 Sqn

  • '306 Dywizjon Mysliwski Torunski'

No.307 Sqn

  • Gretzyngier '307 Dywizjon Mysliwski Nocny' (Polish text monograph 2005)

No.308 Sqn

  • D Sarkar 'The invisible thread: A Spitfires tale' (Ramrod 1992)

No.310 Sqn

  • Fejfar 'A fighter pilot's call to arms' (2010)
  • Zdenek Hurt 'Czechs in the RAF in focus' (Red Kite 2004)
  • Phil Listemann 'No 310 (Czechoslaovak) Squadron 1940-45' (RAF in Combat 2009)
  • Tomas Polak 'No. 310 (Czechoslaovak) Squadron 1940-45' (Ian Allen 2006)

No.311 Sqn

  • Zdenek Hurt 'Czechs in the RAF in focus' (Red Kite 2004)

No.312 Sqn

  • Zdenek Hurt 'Czechs in the RAF in focus' (Red Kite 2004)
  • Phil Listemann 'No 312 (Czechoslaovak) Squadron 1940-45' (RAF in Combat 2009)

No.315 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)

No.320 Sqn

  • Geldof, Nico. ''De Vliegtuigen van 320 Squadron, 1940 - 1946'' (in Dutch) (Maarssen, the Netherlands: Geromy Uitgeverij BV, 2006 ISBN 90-672-0397-1)
  • Geldof, Nico. ''De Operaties van 320 Squadron, 1940 - 1946'' (in Dutch) (Maarssen, the Netherlands: Geromy Uitgeverij BV, 2006 ISBN 90-672-0396-3)
  • Geldof, Nico. " 'Alle Hens' van 320 Squadron: 'Regina et patria' '' (in Dutch) (Maarssen, the Netherlands: Geromy Uitgeverij BV, 2007)
  • Kloos, J.P. ''320 Squadron R.A.F., Memorial 1940-1945'' (in Dutch) (J.P. Kloos 1987 and 1992)

No.322 Sqn

  • F Appeldorn ''40 Jaar 322 Squadron, 1943-1983'' (in Dutch). Klu 322, 1983
  • W J E Kock ''25 Jaar 322'' (in Dutch). Klu 322, 1968
  • R W Oxspring ''Spitfire Command'' (William Kimber 1984) (republished by Cerberus Publishing 2000 and 2005, ISBN 1-84145-033-2)
  • B Sorgedrager and W.H. Lutgert. ''322 Squadron, Sporen van zijn Verleden, Lijnen in zijn Geschiedenis'' (in Dutch) (Den Haag, Netherlands: Ministerie van Defensie 1993)
  • B Van der Stok ''Oorlogsvlieger van Oranje'' (in Dutch) (Bussum, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij De Haan 1980 & 1983 ISBN 90-2283-652-5) also translated as ''War Pilot of Orange'' Pictorial Histories Pub Co, 1987, ISBN 0-93312-689-1

No.333 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)

No.342 Sqn

  • P Lambermont 'Lorraine Squadron: 342 Squadron RAF' (Cassell 1956)

No.346 Sqn

  • Louis Bourgain 'Halifax for Liberte!

No.349 Sqn

  • De Win 'From sunrise till sunset: 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF' vols 3 & 9 (Belgian Aviation History Assoc. 2002)

No.350 Sqn

  • De Win 'From sunrise till sunset: 350 (Belgian) Sqn RAF' book 4 (Belgian Aviation History Assoc. 2002)

No.352 Sqn

  • Jelavic 'No.352 (Y) RAF Squadron' (Yuairwar 2003)

No.357 Sqn

  • Terence O'Brien 'The Moonlight War'

No.400 Sqn

  • Ron W Wylie 'On Watch to Strike: history of 400 (City of Toronto) Squadron' (Covers 1932-96) (400 Squadron)

No.401 Sqn

  • H R L Hammond '401 Squadron' (1959)
  • D McIntosh 'High blue battle' (Stoddart Publishing/ Spa Books 1990)

No.402 Sqn

  • Pat McNorgan '402 (City of Winnipeg) Squadron History, on guard for 75 years' (402 Sqn Association 2007)

No.403 Sqn

  • George Beurling 'Malta Spitfire' (Military Books 1973)
  • A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical; 1943) (Wingham Press 1991)
  • Fletcher Wade et al '403 Wolf Squadron' (1941-2001) (403 Sqn 2001)

No.404 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • Mike Sniderhan '404 Squadron history' (1941-1990) (Craig Kelman & assocs 1991)
  • Unknown '404 Sqn Ready to Fight' (1942 to 1972)

No.405 Sqn

  • Stephen Darlow 'Lancaster down' (2000)
  • Don Jones '404 Squadron History' (1941-86) (Craig Kelman & assocs 1986)
  • Mike Usherwood 'War diary of RAF Pocklington'
  • Chris Ward '405 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 84)

No.407 Sqn

  • K Abbott 'Gathering of demons: 407 Squadron RCAF' (Inkerman House 1987)
  • Tom Proctor '407 Squadron History' (1941-2000) (407 Maritime Patrol Sqn 1996)
  • Unknown 'Demon Squadron: 407 Squadron in war and peace' (1941-75)

No.408 Sqn

  • Chris Ward '408 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 85)
  • Unknown '408 Squadron History' (Canada's WIngs 1984)
  • J. Douglas Harvey, 'Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts: A Knees-Up, Wheels-Up Chronicle of World War II' (McClelland and Stewart,Toronto, 1981)

No.409 Sqn

  • Mike Mahon 'Nighthawk! A history of 409 (night fighter) squadron' (1977)
  • H H Whipp 'The Nighthawks 1941-45' (1945)

No.410 Sqn

  • Bob Merrick et al '410 Squadron, a history' (DDDS-7 NDHQ Ottawa 1976)
  • Unknown 'History of 410 Squadron, June 1941 - June 1945'

No.411 Sqn

  • Franks 'Buck McNair: Canadian Spitfire ace' (411 Sqn 1941 & 42) (Grub St 2001)
  • J McClenaghan, D Blatchford '411 (City of North York) Squadron History (John/ David Associates 1992)

No.412 Sqn

  • Unknown '412 (Transport) Squadron' (Turner Publishing 1995)

No.413 Sqn

  • D J Baker 'A history of 413 Squadron' (General Store 1997)

No.414 Sqn

  • Unknown '414 Squadron History' (1975)

No.415 Sqn

  • 415 (Swordfish) Squadron RCAF'
  • Chris Ward '415 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 86)
  • 'Swordfish: the story of 415 Squadron' (The Hangar Bookshelf 1982)

No.416 Sqn

  • D Schmidt & R Hovey '416 Squadron: the complete history'
  • Unknown '416 Squadron History' (Canada's Wings 1984)

No.417 Sqn

  • K Robbins '417 Squadron History' (Canada's Wings 1983)

No.418 Sqn

  • D Alcorn & R Souster 'From hell to breakfast' (1941-45) (Intruder Press)
  • A P Heathcote 'Intruder, history of 418 Squadron' (Air Historical Branch, RCAF)
  • F Jackson, G Williamson, N Ralph 'Story of 418 City of Edmonton intruder squadron RCAF' (City of Edmonton Squadron Fund)
  • Dave McIntosh 'Terror in the Starboard Seat' (Mosquito intruder ops) (PaperJacks, 1981)
  • A P Vaughan '418 (City of Edmonton) Squadron History' (1941-84) (The Hangar Bookshelf)

No.419 Sqn

  • Lew Duddridge 'The Best 70 Years of My Life: It's All Downhill from Here' (Orca Book Publishers 1988; ISBN 0-920501-13-3)
  • G Foulds & D J Hisdal 'Moosemen: 419 Squadron History' (Crosstown Printers 1985)
  • Bob Porter 'The long return' (Self published: 2603-4288 Grange St, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5H 1P2)
  • Chris Ward '419 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 87)
  • Unknown 'The Moose Squadron 1941-1983' (1983)
  • Unknown 'The Moose Squadron 1941-45' (CFTMPC Winnipeg 1977)

No.420 Sqn

  • 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron RCAF'
  • R McKay 'One of the many' (1944-45) (General Store Publishing House 1989)
  • Chris Ward '420 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 88)

No.421 Sqn

  • Franks 'Buck McNair: Canadian Spitfire ace' (421 Sqn 1943) (Grub St 2001)
  • R Gowing '421 Squadron History' (Canada's Wings 1983)

No.422 Sqn

  • B Crookes 'The life and times of 422 Squadron RCAF 1942-45' (2001)

No.423 Sqn

  • J L Orr 'With Eagle Wings: 423 A Canadian Squadron in peace and war' (2002)

No.424 Sqn

  • 424 (Tiger) Squadron RCAF'
  • N Bottomley '424 Squadron History' (1935 to post WW2) (The Hanger Bookshelf 1985)
  • Chris Ward '424 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 89)

No.425 Sqn

  • D Marion '425 Alouette' (DDDS NDHQ Ottawa 1978)
  • Chris Ward '425 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 90)

No.426 Sqn

  • R Jacobson '426 Squadron History' (1989)
  • L Motiuk 'Thunderbirds at war: diary of 426 RAF Bomber Squadron' (Larmot 1998)
  • Chris Ward '426 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 91)

No.427 Sqn

  • Albert & Ian Smith 'Mosquito Pathfinder' (Crecy Publishing 2004)
  • Chris Ward '427 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 92)
  • Unknown '427 Squadron History' (1962)

No.428 Sqn

  • 428 (Ghost) Squadron RCAF'
  • R Buckham 'Forced march to freedom' (Canadas Wings Inc 1984)
  • R Cassels 'Ghost Squadron' (1942-45) (Ardenlea Publishing 1991)
  • Chris Ward '428 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 93)

No.429 Sqn

  • 429 (Bison) Squadron RCAF'
  • Chris Ward '429 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 94)

No.430 Sqn

  • J Lessard '430 Squadron 1943-2000' (2001)

No.431 Sqn

  • 431 (Iroquois) Squadron RCAF'
  • H J McNenly 'History of 431 Iroquois Squadron' (1942-45)
  • Chris Ward '431 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 95)

No.432 Sqn

  • 432 (Leaside) Squadron RCAF'
  • Chris Ward '432 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 96)

No.433 Sqn

  • R Johnson '433 Squadron History' (1943-84) (The Hangar Bookshelf 1985)
  • Chris Ward '433 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 97)

No.434 Sqn

  • 434 (Bluenose) Squadron RCAF'
  • R Johnson '434 Squadron History' (1943-84) (The Hangar Bookshelf 1984)
  • R Robertson, D Matthews, M Bertram '434 Squadron... a history' (Stuart Brandle Printing 1977)
  • Chris Ward '434 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 98)

No.435 Sqn

  • R Pittet 'Determined on delivery: the history of 435(T) Squadron' (1994)

No.436 Sqn

  • F R Coyle 'Canucks unlimited' (1944-45) (Rous & Mann Press)

No.437 Sqn

  • J A Sproule '437 Squadron History' (1944-84) (The Hangar Bookshelf 1985)

No.438 Sqn

  • L LeClerc, Graphiste 'Escadrille 438 Squadron' (1984)

No.440 Sqn

  • T Strocel '440 Squadron History' (1936-83) (Canada's Wings 1983)

No.441 Sqn

  • L Milberry 'Fighter Squadron: 441 Sqn from Hurricanes to Hornets' (Canav Books 2003, 2005)

No.442 Sqn

  • G MacDonanld & T Strocel '442 Squadron History' (1942-87) (The Hangar Bookshelf, 1987)

No.450 Sqn

  • Leonard L Barton 'The Desert Harassers: Memoirs of 450 (RAAF) Squadron' (Astor Publications, 1991; ISBN 0-64603-482-0)
  • Gus Officer 'Six o'clock diamond' (450 Sqn 1942)
  • Humphrey Wynn 'Desert Eagles' (covers Hal Marting with 450 Sqn RAAF circa Battle of El Alamain) (Airlife Publishing Ltd 2001 ISBN 084037293)

No.451 Sqn

  • Leonard L Barton 'Bankstown to Berlin with 451 (RAAF) Squadron, 1941 - 1946' (451 RAAF Squadron Association, Rydalmere, NSW 1996; ISBN 0-64629-090-8)
  • Robert Milner & Joseph Barrington '451 Squadron RAAF: a pictorial history; Bankstown to Berlin, 1941-1946' (451 RAAF Squadron Association, Rydalmere, NSW 1998; ISBN 0-95860-720-6)

No.452 Sqn

  • Stokes 'Paddy Finucane: fighter ace' (Kimber, 1983)
  • Ivam Southall 'Bluey Truscott: Squadron Leader Keith William Truscott, R.A.A.F., D.F.C. and Bar' (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1958)

No.453 Sqn

  • Defeat to victory'
  • John Bennett 'Defeat to victory: No. 453 Squadron RAAF'' (Royal Australian Air Force Museum, 1994; ISBN 0-64219-785-7)
  • Phil Listemann 'No 453 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron 1941-45' (RAF in Combat 2009)
  • Vigors 'Lifes too short to cry: memoir of a Battle of Britain ace' (2007)

No.454 Sqn

  • Mark Lax 'Alamein To The Alps - 454 Squadron RAAF 1941 - 1945' (Mark Lax, Canberra, 2006; ISBN 0-97753-401-4)

No.455 Sqn

  • Kristen Alexander 'Jack Davenport: Beaufighter leader'
  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • I Gordon 'Strike and strike again: 455 Squadron RAAF' (Banner 1995)
  • Geoffrey Raebel 'The RAAF in Russia: 455 Squadron, 1942'(Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 1997; ISBN 0-958669-35-X)

No.456 Sqn

  • J Bennett 'Fighter nights: 456 Sqn RAAF' (Banner 1995)
  • Stephen Lewis with Bob Cowper 'Chasing Shadows -Wartime biography of Squadron Leader Bob Cowper' (456 Sqn 1944) (DPA Publishing, Adelaide, SA; ISBN 1-92120-715-9)

No.457 Sqn

  • Alexander, Kristen 'Clive Caldwell, Air Ace' (Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, NSW, 2006; ISBN 1-74114-705-0)
  • Phil Listemann 'No 457 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron 1941-45' (RAF in Combat 2009)

No.458 Sqn

  • P Alexander 'We find and destroy' (1959)
  • Peter Alexander & Peter Pettit 'We Find and Destroy: A History of 458 RAAF Squadron' (The 458 Sqn Council, 1959; republished: Loftus, NSW & Australian Military History Publications, 1979, third edition 2002; ISBN 1-876439-08-4)
  • Chapell F R 'Bomber Commander' (biography of W/C D Saville, 458 Sqn 1942) (Pen & Sword 2004)

No.459 Sqn

  • Leon Kane-McGuire 'Desert Scorpions: a history of 459 Squadron RAAF 1942-45' (Australian Military History Publications, 2007)

No.460 Sqn

  • Peter Firkins 'Strike and return' (Warbooks Australia)
  • Peter C Firkins 'Strike and Return: 460 RAAF Heavy Bomber Squadron...' (Loftus, NSW; Paterson Brokensha Pty. Ltd, 1964; Westward Ho Publishing Company, 1985; Australian Military History Publications, 3rd edition, 2000; ISBN 1-876439-84-X)
  • Richard Munro 'Holidaying on the continent: the journey of an RAAF volunteer 1940-45 460 RAAF Squadron'
  • Gordon Stooke 'Flak and barbed wire: in the wake of Wuppertal' (Australian Military History Publications, 2002)
  • A F Taylor 'One way flight to Munich' (Warbooks Australia)
  • Chris Ward '460 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 101)
  • Laurie Woods 'Flying into the Mouth of Hell' (Boolarong Press, Canberra, 2003; ISBN 0-646-33267-8)

No.461 Sqn

  • Norman Ashworth 'The ANZAC Squadron : a History of no. 461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1945' (Carlisle, WA: Hesperian Press, 1994. ISBN 0-85905-198-6)
  • Phil Davenport 'Hurrah for the Next Man' (Sunderlands during Battle of the Atlantic) (Beachcomber Press Tasmania 1st edition 2009 ISBN 9780980526509)
  • G L Donnelly 'A quest for wings' (Tempus 2000)
  • G Singleton 'Singletons war'
  • Ivan Southall 'They shall not pass unseen' (Angus and Robertson, 1956; Panther Books, 1958)

No.462 Sqn

  • Mark Lax & Leon Kane-Maguire 'To See the Dawn Again: A History of 462 Squadron, RAAF 1942-2008'(Banner Books, Wanniassa, ACT, 2008; ISBN 978-097753-403-6)
  • E Ted McGindle 'Pimpernel Squadron: An anecdotal history of 462 Squadron RAAF August 1944 - May 1945' (E McGindle, 1999, 2nd ed 2000, 2004; ISBN 0-646-37551-2)

No.463 Sqn

  • Harold M Blundell 'They flew from Waddington! 463-467 Lancaster Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force' (W. Homer, Sydney, 1975)
  • Slack & Owen '467 & 463 Sqns RAAF: roll of honour' (Slack)

No.464 Sqn

  • M Lax & L Kane-Maguire 'Gastapo hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-45' (Banner 1999)

No.466 Sqn

  • Troy Cosgrove 'A History of 466 Squadron RAAF' (self-published)
  • Hank Nelson 'Chased by the Sun: The Australians in Bomber Command in World War II' (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2006; ISBN 1-74114-847-2. )
  • A. Silverstone & S. Parker 'Brave and true: A history of 466 RAAF Halifax Squadron...' (466-462 Squadron Assiciation, Sydney, 1992)

No.467 Sqn

  • Harold M Blundell 'They flew from Waddington! 463-467 Lancaster Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force' (W. Homer, Sydney, 1975)
  • Easton 'We flew old Fred - the Fox: Lancaster DV372' (Hudson 1997, to be reprinted 2006)
  • Slack & Owen '467 & 463 Sqns RAAF: roll of honour' (Slack)
  • Chris Ward '467 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 106)

No.485 Sqn

  • Avery & Shores 'Spitfire Leader: story of W/C Evan Mackie' (485 Sqn 1942-43) (Grub St. 1999)
  • Norby King 'Green Kiwi versus German Eagle' (1991)
  • Phil Listemann/ Shorthaug 'No 485(NZ) Squadron 1941-45 Spitfire' (RAF in Combat 2006)
  • Vincent Orange 'The road to Biggin Hill' (biography of W/C J Checketts) (1987)
  • Jack Rae 'Kiwi Spitfire ace'
  • C J Sheddan & N Franks 'Tempest pilot' (Grub St 1997)
  • Kevin Wells 'An illustrated history of the New Zealand Spitfire squadron' (Hutchinson, 1984)

No.486 Sqn

  • D Scott 'Typhoon pilot' (Leo Cooper 1986)
  • C J Sheddan & N Franks 'Tempest pilot' (Grub St 1997)
  • P Sortehaugh 'Wild winds: 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron' (Otago University 1998)

No.487 Sqn

  • James Sanders & Laddie Lucas 'Venturer Courageous: Group Captain Leonard Trent, VC, DEC' (Hutchinson, 1984)

No.488 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Defence until dawn' (Washburn 1949)
  • Orange 'Ensor's endeavour: biography of W/C Mick Ensor' (Grub St. 1994)

No.489 Sqn

  • Andrew Bird, Separate Little War - The Banff Coastal Strike Wing versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe in Norway 1944-1945 (Grub St)
  • Harold Blampied 'The Diary of a Beaufighter Pilot'
  • David M Burrowes '489 - An Unofficial History of No. 489 Torpedo Bomber Squadron RNZAF 1941-1945' (D Burrowes, 2006; ISBN 978-0-473-11888-4)
  • Eric D Edwards 'Low Flying Kiwi'
  • Christina J M Goulter 'A Forgotten Offensive'
  • J L Peoples 'Doug Briar'
  • P Southernwood 'Wartime Diary of Phil Southernwood'
  • Don M Tunnicliffe 'From Bunnies to Beaufighters: the Autobiography of Donald McKenzie Tunnicliffe, DFC, incorporating a history of 489 Squadron RNZAF, November 1943 - May 1945' (Alan Tunnicliffe, 1990; ISBN 0-95978-302-4)

No.500 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.501 Sqn

  • Darlow 'Five of the Few: survivors of the Battle of Britain & the Blitz tell their story' (2006)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • Phil Listemann 'No 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron 1939-45' (RAF in Combat 2008)
  • K W Mackenzie 'Hurricane Combat' (1940-41) (Grenville Publishing 1990)
  • D Watkins 'Fear nothing: 501 Squadron RAuxAF' (Newton c1990)

No.502 Sqn

  • I Currie 'White Crows' (Minerva Press 1996)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • R Richardson 'Man is not lost' (502 Sqn 1941-42)
  • Sanders 'Of wind & water' (Airlife 1989)

No.503 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.504 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • G Nelson-Edwards 'Spit and sawdust' (Air Force publishing, 1995)
  • D Sweeting 'Wings of chance' (Hurricanes) (Asian Business Press 1990)

No.514 Sqn

  • Harry Dison 'Some of the story of 514 Sqn...' (Self published)

No.516 Sqn

  • Doug Shears 'Damn my two left feet... and how I flew with them' (chapter on experience as pilot with 516) (Jeff Mill & Associates, 2001)

No.536 Sqn

  • K B McGlashan 'Down to earth: a fighter pilot's experiences of surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day' (536 Sqn 11/39-12/1940)

No.544 Sqn

  • Ronald Foster 'Focus on Europe: a photo-recce Mosquito pilot at war 43-45' (2005)

No.549 Sqn

  • V Possé 'Together up There: Unit History of 549 RAF/RAAF Fighter Squadron in Northern Australia in World War II' (Loftus, NSW : Australian Military History Publications, 2003)

No.550 Sqn

  • Chris Ward '550 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 110)

No.570 Sqn

  • Gordon Frost 'The RAF & me'

No.571 Sqn

  • T Spooner 'Clean Sweep: Life of Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom' (Crecy 1994)

No.578 Sqn

  • Cawdron 'Based at Burn - 578 Sqn airmen recall...' (1995)
  • Chris Ward '578 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 113)

No.582 Sqn

  • Alex Duke 'Odd man out' (J&KH Publishing)
  • S Feast 'Heroic Endeavour' (Grubb Street 2006)
  • S Feast 'Master Bombers: 1942-45' (582 Sqn) (2008)
  • Sean Feast 'Master Bombers: the experiences of a Pathfinder squadron at war 1944-45' (582 Sqn) (2010)

No.600 Sqn

  • J R Bushby 'Gunner's moon' (600 Sqn 1940) (Ian Allen 1972)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • H Onderwater 'Gentlemen in Blue: history of 600 Sqn' (Leo Cooper 1997)

No.601 Sqn

  • J R Bushby 'Gunner's moon' (At Notting Hill Gate) (Ian Allen 1972)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.602 Sqn

  • D Cameron 'Glasgows own - history of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron' (Squadron Prints 1988)
  • A Deere 'Nine Lives' (Autobiographical; 1941-43) (Wingham Press 1991)
  • Norman Franks 'Spitfire Offensive' (biography of W/C R Sampson) (Grub St. 1994)
  • John Freeborn 'Tiger Club' (1942) (Pen & Sword 2009)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • D McRoberts 'Lions Rampant: the story of 602 Spitfire squadron' (Kimber 1986)
  • F G Nancarrow 'Glasgow's fighter squadron: 602 Squadron RAF' (Collins 1942)
  • Rhoderick-Jones 'Pedro: the life and death of fighter ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury' (2010)
  • Smith 'Al Deere: Wartime fighter pilot, peacetime commander'
  • Stokes 'Paddy Finucane: fighter ace' (Kimber 1983)

No.603 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)
  • A S Kennedy '603 City of Edinburgh fighter squadron: record of some of its achievements' (Scotsman 1943)
  • R Hillary 'The last enemy' (Macmillan 1975)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • D Ross 'Richard Hillary: the definitive biography' (Grub St 2000)
  • D Ross 'Stapme: the biography of S/Ldr Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC' (603 Sqn 1940-41) (Grub St 2002)
  • Ross et al 'The Greatest Squadron of them all: the definitive history of 603 Squadron' (2 vols 2006)

No.604 Sqn

  • J R Bushby 'Gunner's moon' (Middle Wallop night fighter ops 1940) (Ian Allen 1972)
  • J Golley 'John Cats-Eyes Cunningham' (Airlife 1999)
  • Dennis Gosling 'Night figher navigator' (1943) (Pen & Sword 2010)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • C F Rawnsley & R Wright 'Night fighter'
  • Alex Revell 'Fighter aces! The Constable Maxwell brothers' (1941 onwards) (Pen & Sword 2010)
  • R Chisholm 'Cover of Darkness' (Windus 1953)

No.605 Sqn

  • Patricia Chapman 'The Colours of the Day' (605 sqn pre-war to capture by the Japanese) (Country Books 1999)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • M Ford-Jones 'Desert flyer: log of F/O William Marsh' (605 Sqn 1941) (Schiffer)
  • I Piper 'We never slept - story of 605 Sqn' (Piper 1997)
  • I Piper '605 County of Warwick Squadron' (605 Association 2003)

No.607 Sqn

  • Dixon '607 Squadron: a shade of blue' (2008)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.608 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • Louise Wilkinson 'The Kipper Patrol' (2009)

No.609 Sqn

  • R Beaumont 'Flying to the limit' (1942) (PSL 1996)
  • Bell 'To live among heroes: a medical officers insight into the life of 609 Sqn in NW Europe 1944-45' (Grub St 2001)
  • David Crook & Richard Overy 'Spitfire pilot' (Grub St, 2008; ISBN-10:1906502048; ISBN-13:978-1906502041)
  • Charles Demoulin 'Firebirds! Flying the Typhoon in Action' (Airlife 1987)
  • Ernshaw/ J D Vector '609 at war 1939-45' (2003)
  • Goss 'Brothers in arms: the story of a British and a German fighter unit Aug-Dec 1940' (I/JG 53 & 609 Sqn) (Crecy 1994)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • Alex Kershaw 'The Few' (Da Capo Press, 2006; ISBN-10: 0306813033)
  • E. Lanchbery 'Against the Sun' (biog of Roland Beamont)
  • Thomas 'Firestorm: Typhoons over Caen, 1944' (2007)
  • F Ziegler 'Story of 609 Squadron: under the white rose' Crecy/ MacDonald 1971 & 1993)

No.610 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • J. Johnson 'Wing Leader' (Hamlyn 1979)
  • Alan Peart 'From North Africa to the Arakan... memoir of Alan McGregor Peart'

No.611 Sqn

  • P Brown 'Honour restored'
  • A P Fergusun & J Hamlin, 'Beware! Beware! 611 Aux Squadron RAF' (Airfield Publications 2004)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • Misseldine 'Survival against all odds' (611 Sqn 1942) (2010)

No.612 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.613 Sqn

  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie Lucas) (Wingham 1991)

No.614 Sqn

  • D Egles 'Just one of many'
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • T Scotland 'Voice from the Stars' (in Italy) (Scotland 2007)

No.615 Sqn

  • Jim Bailey 'The Sky Suspended: a fighter pilot's story' (Bloomsbury publishing, 2005; ISBN 978 0 7475 7773 7)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)

No.616 Sqn

  • Mike Cooper 'One of the many' (J&KH Publishing)
  • H Dundas 'Flying Start' (Penguin 1988)
  • K Delve & G Pitchfork 'South Yorkshire's Own: 616 Squadron RAF' (Doncaster Books 1990)
  • Leslie Hunt 'Twenty One Squadrons - the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925-57' (Garnstone Press, 1972)
  • L Lucas 'Five Up' (Autobiography of Laddie Lucas) (Wingham 1991)
  • Pitchfork 'The RAF's first jet squadron: 616 (South Yorkshire)' (History 1938-57) (2009)

No.617 Sqn

  • Bennett '617 Squadron: The Dambusters at War' (PSL 1986)
  • Boyle 'No passing glory: biography of Group Captain Cheshire' (Collins 1955)
  • C Chandler 'Tail gunner' (Crowood Press 2002)
  • L Cheshire VC 'Bomber Pilot' (Hutchinson 1955)
  • A Cooper 'Beyond the dams to the Tirpitz'
  • A Cooper 'Born leader: Guy Gibson VC' (Independent 1993)
  • A Cooper 'Dambuster squadron 50 years' (Arms & Armour 1993)
  • E Fry 'An airman far away: an Australian Dambuster' (Kangaroo 1993)
  • Falconer 'The Dam Busters' (reprint 2005)
  • Falconer 'The Dam Busters story' (2007)
  • G Gibson 'Enemy coast ahead' (1955 & Crecy 2003)
  • Lee/Postlethwaite 'Dambusters in Focus' (2006)
  • Lee/Shortland/Postlethwaite 'Dambusters: the photographic album of 617 Squadron at war 1943-45' (Air Research 2007)
  • R Morris 'Guy Gibson' (Viking 1994)
  • Thorburn 'No need to die: American flyers in RAF Bomber Command' (2009)
  • Chris Ward '617 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 116)
  • C Ward 'Dambusters: History of 617 Squadron 1943' (Red Kite 2003)
  • C Ward et al 'Dambusters: the definitive history of 617 Sqn at war 1943-45' (2008)
  • C Ward et al 'Dambusters: the forging of a legend' (2009)
  • C Ward/ Lee '617 Dambuster Squadron at War: images of war' (2009)

No.618 Sqn

  • D Curtis 'Most secret squadron - story of 618 Sqn' (Skitten 1995)
  • Curtis 'A most secret squadron: the full story of 618 Squadron and its special detachment anti-U-boat Mosquitoes' (2009)

No.619 Sqn

  • Charpentier, Lacey-Johnson & Jeudwine 'Global Warrior' (Lacey Johnson 1999)
  • Clark '619: The history of a forgotten squadron' (2005)
  • Chris Ward '619 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 117)

No.620 Sqn

  • Joe Patient 'Pilot - a tale of high adventure' (Leo Cooper ISBN 0 85052 544 6)
  • Dennis Williams 'Stirlings in action with the airborne forces' (Pen & Sword 2007)

No.622 Sqn

  • Howard J Sandall 'We Wage War by Night: An Operational and Photographic History of No.622 Squadron RAF Bomber Command' (Schiffer, 2011)
  • Chris Ward '622 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 119)
  • Peter & Maureen Wilson 'We will remember them' (Tribute to 149 & 622 Sqn) (Private 1993)

No.623 Sqn

  • Jack Dickinson 'The time of my life: life with 218 & 623 Sqns'

No.625 Sqn

  • Russell Margerison 'Boys at war' (autobiography) (Northway Publications 2005)
  • Christobel Mattingley 'Battle order 204' (biography of David Mattingley DFC) (Allen & Unwin 2007)
  • Peter Russell 'Flying in defiance of the Reich' (1944-45) (Pen & Sword 2007)
  • Chris Ward '625 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 121)

No.626 Sqn

  • F Broome 'Dead before dawn' (626 Sqn 1944) (Pen & Sword 2008)
  • Ron Smith 'Rear gunner pathfinder'
  • Chris Ward '626 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 122)
  • Dennis West 'To strive & not to yield' (Woodfield 2002)

No.627 Sqn

  • Chris Ward '627 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 123)
  • Webb 'At first sight' (Webb 1991)

No.630 Sqn

  • G D Copeman 'Bomber Squadrons at War Nos 57 & 630' (Sutton Publishing ISBN 0-7509-1710-5)
  • D Hawker DFC 'With luck to spare' (2004)
  • Chris Ward '630 Squadron' (Bomber Command Profile no. 124)

No.635 Sqn

  • Alex Thorpe 'Lancaster at War 4'

No.640 Sqn

  • Bill Norman 'No.640 (Halifax) Sqn RAF Leconfield'
  • Bill Norman 'Halifax Squadron: the wartime bombing operations of 640 Sqn' (2005)
  • Fred J Papple 'Seventyfive Percent Luck - anecdotal history Jan 44 to May 45' (F Papple, 29 Cedar Avenue, Warradale, South Australia 5046)

No.656 Sqn

  • E W Maslen-Jones 'Fire by Order: Recollections of Service with 656 Air Observation Post Squadron in Burma' (Leo Cooper/Pen And Sword, 1997 ISBN 0-85052-557-8)

No.671 Sqn

  • Anthony Day 'No 671 Sqn a wartime history' (Lucraft/ Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, 1998)

Unknown - please tell us which airfields and units appear in any of these books

  • Bowman 'Flying into the flames of hell' (first hand accounts from Bomber Command) (2007)
  • Martin Bowman 'RAF bomber stories' (PSL 1998)
  • Denys Braithwaite 'Target for tonight: long range reconnaissance & pathfinder missions in WW2'
  • Donnelly 'A quest for wings: from tail gunner to pilot' (Tempus 2000)
  • Eades 'Turrets of war: WW2 RAF experiences' (Janus 1996)
  • Donald Feesey 'The fly by nights' (Pen & Sword 2007)
  • 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)
  • Johnston 'Tattered battlements: a fighter pilot's diary Malta, D-Day and after' (Kimber 1985)
  • 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)
  • Mansfield 'Barney Barnfather: life on a Spitfire squadron' (2010)
  • B W Martin 'War memoirs of an engineer officer in Bomber Command' (J&KH Publishing)
  • Douglas Mourton 'Lucky Doug'
  • Merton Naydler 'Young man, you'll never die' (Pen & Sword 2006)
  • Tom Neil 'Gun button to fire' (Kimber 1988)
  • Pinkham 'On wings of fortune' (2010)
  • 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'
  • James Sanders 'Of wind and water' (Airlife 1989)
  • Scott 'One more hour' (Hurricanes, Spitfires, Typhoons) (Hutchinson 1989)
  • K Skidmore 'Follow the man with the pitcher'
  • 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)
  • A White 'Bread and butter boys'
  • Graham White 'Night fighter over Germany' (Pen & Sword 2006)

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