Tom Docherty: 4 books
Dinghy Drop
279 Squadron RAF 1941 - 46
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons. No 279 Squadron was formed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. In the period leading up to the formation of the squadron there had been much work done in relation to air-dropped survival equipment such as the...
Swift to Battle: No. 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action
Volume 1: Re-formation in 1937, The Phoney War, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain and Offensive Operations over Occupied Europe 1942
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2009
This first of three volumes traces the history of 72 Fighter Squadron, one of the premier squadrons in the Royal Air Force. The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with firsthand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew.
Having been first established...
Bomber Squadron No 7
The World War II Record
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are included. It was the first operational Stirling Squadron, the RAF's first four engine heavy bomber, and...
Swift to Battle: 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action
Volume III 1947 to 1961
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
This third of three volumes traces the history of 72 Fighter Squadron, one of the premier squadrons in the Royal Air Force. The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with first-hand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew. Having seen active service...