Wartime recollections of non-flying RAF personnel

The books in this section feature autobiographical accounts written by former RAF personnel who served in a variety of nonflying roles during the Second World War

RAF memoir

A Shilling's Worth of Promises

by Fred Hitchcock
Escapades of an RAF airman in the UK and Egypt in WW2
RAF memoir

Algiers to Anzio with 72 & 111 Squadrons

by Greggs Farish and Mike McCaul

The diaries and letters of a Spitfire squadron Engineer Officer in Africa and Italy during WW2
RAF memoirs

An Erk's-Eye View

by Ted Mawdsley

Recalling the invaluable work of RAF Bomber Command groundcrew in WW2
RAF memoir

Desert War Diary: 213 Squadron

by John Walton

A former armourer recalls life on a Hurricane squadron in North Africa and Cyprus in WW2
RAF history

Desert Wheels

by Bryan Blow
A pictorial history of No.51 (RAF) MT Company/Squadron of the Middle East Air Force (MEAF) 1942-56
RAF memoir

Get Some In

by Mervyn Base

The hair-raising adventures of a wartime bomb-disposal expert
RAF memoir

Mike's Memoirs

by FW 'Mike' Hunt

Experiences of an airman with 615 Squadron 1934-46
RAF memoir

No Brylcreem, No Medals

by Jack Hambleton

The WW2 exploits of a RAF MT driver at home and abroad
RAF memoirs

Nobody's Hero

by Bernard Hart Hallam

Experiences of an RAF police officer in WW2 in the UK and subsequently France, Holland and Germany after D-Day