Many of our supporters have written books and have chosen to donate some of their royalties to us. Their books cover a wide range of subjects, often including experiences of RAF life, or research into aviation history. When you buy any of the books listed here, we receive a donation from the author.
The sometimes scary and often funny world of flying in the Royal Air Force - as told by some of those who were there. Foreword by Air Marshal Cliff Spink.
Jolted by the events in Korea in the early 1950s, and the realisation that the RAF would be severely handicapped if its Meteor and Vampire fighters were ever to be called upon to tangle with the Soviet Air Force’s MiG-15s, the Air Staff found itself frantically casting around for an aircraft that could be brought into service quickly in order to redress the balance.
The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of airmen who were burned in airplane fires, is a truly inspiring, spine-tingling tale.
In the final months of the Second World War, on the 12 and 29 January 1945, two Lancaster bombers crashed in fields close to the village of Hoveringham in Nottinghamshire, with the loss of both crews.
The population of the Yorkshire village of Pocklington was virtually doubled when a bomber airfield was constructed nearby.
Ray Worrall was born in July 1924 at Roundhay, Leeds. He left Shrewsbury School in December 1942 and at the end of 1943 joined the RAF and trained as an aircrew flight engineer.
Target by Moonlight is the autobiography and RAF experiences of Coventry born Dennis Field. Field recalls his early life during the 1920s and 1930s which were to have a profound influence on his RAF career.
Bob Ogley has completed a splendid follow-up to his highly-acclaimed book, Biggin on the Bump, the story of the most famous fighter station in the world.
A unique photographic and documentary record of the Ruhr dam raids.
Great Britons share the secrets of their success to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund
This book tells the loss of 106 Squadron Lancaster LL975 Pommereval on 24 and 25 June 1944.
