In the Air

Books featuring the exploits of those who flew in aircraft of all kinds during the Second World War


RAF history

619 : The History of a Forgotten Squadron

by Bryan Clark


The rediscovered history of a WW2 bomber squadron
RAF memoir

A Bird Over Berlin

by Tony Bird DFC


Experiences of a 61 Squadron Lancaster pilot who later became a POW 
RAF memoir

A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race

by Cy Grant
The wartime experiences of a West Indian officer in the RAF
RAF memoir

A Virginian in Best Blue

by Parke F Smith


An American pilot's experiences in the RAF 1942-46
RAF history

Achieve Your Aim

by Kevin Bending
The history of No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron ~ a WW2 Pathfinder squadron
RAF memoir

Adventures on the Infinite Highway

by Peter Rivington


The airborne experiences of an RAF and airline pilot 1938-62
USAF history

Baggy Pants & Warm Beer

Recalling the eventful six-months in 1944 when 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division was based in Leicestershire UK
RAF/aviation memoir

Beaufighters BOAC & Me

by Sam Wright


Experiences of a 254 Sqn navigator in WW2 and with postwar BOAC
RAF biography

Brief Sweet Life

by Glen Rose


The author recounts the tragic tale of her father's 50 Squadron Lancaster crew
RAF biography

Carried on the Wind

by Sean Feast


The wartime exploits of a Special Duties Operator with 101 Squadron
RAF biography

Chocks Away!

by Wing Commander John Leighton Beck DFC*
The World War Two memoirs and letters of  a bomber pilot with 214 and 159 Squadrons
RAF/aviation memoir

Circuits and Bumps

by Gerhard Heilig
An aviator's progress from bombers to Boeings with the RAF and civil airlines
RAF memoir

Circuses, Beats and Blenheims

by Gordon Shackleton
Memoirs of a World War II Blenheim pilot who flew with 114 Squadron RAF
RAF memoir

Coastal Command Pilot

by Ted Rayner


WW2 experiences of a Hudson pilot with 269 Squadron in Norway, Iceland and Greenand
RAF memoir

Ernie

by Celia Savage


The author uncovers the story of her father ~ a navigator with 149 Squadron who died in action before she was born
RAF biography

Fly High - Fly Low

by Eric Morgan


The three remarkable aviation careers of Leslie R Colquhoun DFC, GM, DFM - WW2  Reconnaissance Pilot; Supermarine Test Pilot and Vickers Hovercraft Pioneer