Grub Street: 238 books
RAF Duxford
A History in Photographs from 1917 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Established in 1917 to train Royal Flying Corps aircrew, during WWI Duxford was also the base for two United States Aero Squadrons, 137 and 159, and by the end was a mobilization airfield for three DH9 day bomber squadrons. During the 1920s and 30s, expansion continued apace, with three fighter squadrons,...
Wimpy
A Detailed History of the Vickers Wellington in service, 1938-1953
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
To date there has been a paucity of books on this remarkable aircraft. Among its claims to fame are the following: the only RAF bomber to serve in its original role from first day of war to last, and in every theater; the first type to bomb Germany; the first type to bomb Berlin; the first type to...
Finding the Fallen
Outstanding Aircrew Mysteries from the First World War to Desert Storm Investigated and Solved
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
The logical successor to the highly acclaimed Finding the Few and Finding the Foe, this new work covers a selection of similar mysteries involving missing aircrew and spanning almost the entire twentieth century.
Starting with a reappraisal of the Mannock affair, the author highlights the fates...
by Norman Franks
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2007
This important work was first published in German in late 1939, no doubt timed to impress the young Luftwaffe fighter pilots who were embarking on the second major air war in history.
Buckler initially served with the army when the Great War began, until he was wounded and moved to the air...
Iron Man
Rudolf Berthold: Germany's Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This biography of a tenacious fighter pilot is “a powerful story about a fascinating man who seemed to know no fear” (Aerodrome).
As one of the most successful German fighter pilots of World War I, Rudolf Berthold was victorious in forty-four aerial combats. He was also shot down or forced...
Pathfinder's War
An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Ted Stocker lived a charmed life. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard’s ‘Brats’, a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Qualifying as one of the RAF’s first flight engineers, he flew operations...
by Peter Graham
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
This award-winning guide to serving, pairing, and cooking with cheese includes more than 300 recipes—plus photos and an extensive cheese checklist!
Critic and food writer Peter Graham’s Classic Cheese Cookery is the definitive book for satisfying the cravings of any cheese lover. With 18...
by Lesley Blanch
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
A grand tour for the taste buds—a delightful classic cookbook of the postwar era from a well-traveled woman.
This charming little book was first published in 1956, when people in England were still enduring postwar restrictions on both traveling and eating. In the words of its author, Lesley...
Poles in Defence of Britain
A Day-by-Day Chronology of Polish Day and Night Fighter Pilot Operations: July 1940–June 1941
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2002
The little-known WWII story of the Polish Air Force fliers who played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain and beyond.
To the Polish volunteers who flew and fought so brilliantly and tenaciously throughout the Battle of Britain, the United Kingdom was known as “Last Hope Island.” Many...
Mission Accomplished
The Engaging Memoir of a Czech Fighter Pilot Flying for Britain in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Appalled at the German occupation of his homeland in 1939, Frank Mares determined to assist his country in their battle for freedom in the only way he could – as a fighter pilot. Unable to do so from Czechoslovakia he began his mission, navigating his way through Poland to France, through manned...
Hornchurch Offensive
The Definitive Account of the RAF Fighter Airfield, Its Pilots, Groundcrew and Staff: 1941 to the Airfield's Final Closure
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Volume Two of this fascinating study of an airfield and its pilots starts just after the Battle of Britain when Hornchurch was at the forefront in taking the fight to the enemy, being heavily involved in the Sweeps and Circuses of 1941.
Next came the Dieppe raid in 1942 by which time Hornchurch...
by Jane Frank
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Today worldwide there are approximately 200 million people with diabetes, more than two million of those are in the UK - with at least a million more thought to have diabetes but not yet aware of it.
Diabetes is indeed a serious disease, but it is still possible to lead a relatively normal life. The...
by Jane Frank
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Diabetes is now unfortunately a common health problem. About 1½ million people in the UK alone have been diagnosed as sufferers - that's about 3 in every 100 people. It is believed this figure may double in six years. There are estimates that as many as a further 1 million may have diabetes but have...
by John Mitchell, Sean Feast
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
An RAF pilot who flew around the world with Winston Churchill during World War II tells his story.
An RAF Volunteer Reserve officer, John Mitchell was mobilized on the outbreak of war—and just missed going to join a Battle Squadron in France where he would have undoubtedly been killed. Instead,...