The RAF - Postwar to Present
Personal accounts featuring many aspects of life in the RAF from 1945 to the present day...

RAF and aviation history
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60 More Aviation Experiences

by Jack Burgess et al
Another collection of true stories by members of the Aircrew Association
aviation memoir
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A Pilot's Way

by Mike Holmes
A veteran RAF and civil airline pilot looks back on 55 years of military, commercial and private flying
military memoir
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A Virgin Airman

by Jack Docherty
An illustrated memoir of RAF Seletar in Singapore during the 1950s and of a nostalgic return trip in 2009
memoir
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Aircraft Engineer

by Brian W.A. Johnson


Reflections on a 50-year career in aviation with the RAF and commercial airlines 1947-1997
RAF memoir
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An Ordinary Life

by Brian White
The life and times of an RAF family at Seletar in Singapore and elsewhere in the 1950s
RAF humour
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Chips for Breakfast

by Terry O'Reilly


Humorous account of the culture shock experienced by new recruits during induction and basic training in the Royal Air Force of the 1950s
RAF memoir
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Chocks & Driptrays

by Stanley Newton
Experiences of an RAF Flight Mechanic in the UK, India and Pakistan 1946-56
RAF humour
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Drop and Give Me Twenty!

by Rob Novak
Mischievous Memoirs of the RAF in the 1980s
RAF memoir
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Fairy Tales of an S.A.C.

by John McGregor


A young airman’s experiences at RAF Thorney Island (and other exotic places) 1967-72
Aviation memoir
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Flying the Waves

by Richard Pike

Experiences of an air-sea rescue helicopter pilot around the Scottish coast in the 1980s/90s
RAF History
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From Blue to Grey

Recollections of former members of 54 Entry, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell (1949-51)

RAF memoir
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From the Ground Up

by Alf Commons
Memoirs of a postwar RAF Technician (1946-69)
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Halton Drums

compiled by Keith Youldon
The History of the RAF Halton Aircraft Apprentice Pipe Band
RAF humour
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I Have Control!

by Edward Cartner
A junior officer's attempts to gain the respect of his subordinates and superiors never go according to plan
RAF memoir
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In Defence of the Realm

by Peter Voyse


An erk-some account of the author's RAF National Service from 1954-56
RAF memoir
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Meteor Eject!

by Nick Carter


Former 257 Squadron RAF jet pilot recalls the Gloster Meteor, prototype ejector seats and much more...