Grub Street: 238 books
Hunting with Richthofen Jagd in Flanderns Himmel
The Bodenschatz Diaries: Sixteen Months of Battle with JG Freiherr von Richthofen No. 1 Foreword by Herman Goring
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Karl Bodenschatz was the Richthofen squadron adjutant. His historical record offers an insight into the war from the German viewpoint.
Contact!
A Victor Tanker Captain's Experiences in the RAF, Before, During and After the Falklands Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Contact! is an enthralling set of recollections from ex-RAF pilot, instructor and test pilot Bob Tuxford. The book follows his twenty-year career within the RAF and describes highlights of active service across the world, including an accompanied exchange tour in the US Air Force and participation...
Hurricane R4118
The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration of a Battle of Britain Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
In 1982 when he was traveling in India, Peter Vacher stumbled on the remains of a British plane - a Hurricane Mark 1, a veteran of the Battle of Britain. It was in a dreadful state. Could he restore it? Would it fly again?Not until 14 years later did he decide to act and after six years of wrangling...
Vulcan Boys
From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2015
An in-depth look at these Cold War–era bombers, in the words of those who flew them—includes photos.
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the United Kingdom during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape as instantly recognizable...
Finding the Foe
Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain and Beyond Investigated and Solved
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A follow-up to Finding the Few, this companion volume deals with the postwar discovery and recovery of wartime Luftwaffe aircrew who were downed and lost over the UK, most of them during 1940s. There is a lot of detective work involved here. Sometimes airmen have been identified with the tiniest clue,...
One Who Almost Made it Back
The Remarkable Story of One of World War Two's Unsung Heroes, Sqn Ldr Edward 'Teddy' Blenkinsop, DFC, CDEG (Belge), RCAF
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
On the night of 27/28 April 1944, Teddy Blenkinsop and his crew were acting as deputy master bombers during a Pathfinder raid on Montzen in Belgium. After a successful attack, their Lancaster was shot down. Miraculously he survived to be protected by Belgian citizens before ending his days in Bergen...
George Washington's War
In Caricature and Print
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
A Revolutionary War history told through eighteenth-century illustrations: “Utterly absorbing” (The Times, London).
Americans are steeped in the history of the American Revolution, but often the fog of myth shrouds the reality. In these pages, the path to war is starkly documented by British...
by Jane Grigson
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
A celebration of the seasons and the foods they bring, with more than 250 recipes featuring ingredients indigenous to the British Isles.
Originally published in 1971, Good Things is “a magnificent book” that was ahead of its time in celebrating recipes built around British locally-sourced...
Furies and Fireflies over Korea
The Story of the Men and Machines of the Fleet Air Arm, RAF and Commonwealth who Defended South Korea, 1950 - 1953
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
With the outbreak of the Korean War, the UN Security Council called on its members to act and 16 nations did, with Britain sending aircraft carriers such as HMS Truimph, from which piston engined Sea Fury fighters and Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers operated.
This is the story of the British...
Aces High
A Further Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Air Forces in WWII, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
This volume updates the information in the first volume and adds some new names. Information has been added on the pilots who gained success against the V-1 flying bombs during 1944-45. Detail is also provided on those units in which virtually all the fighter pilots served at some time or another...
Footprints on the Sands of Time
RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War in Germany 1939 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2003
This extensive book is divided into two parts. The first, which has eighteen chapters, deals with German POW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomber Command POWs were sent. Each chapter includes anecdotes and stories of the men in the camps - capture, escape, illness,...
Most Secret Squadron
The First Full Story of 618 Squadron and its Special Detachment Anti-U-Boat Mosquitos
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618’s primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The operation, code named Operation Servant,...
by Steve Darlow
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Churchill’s ‘Few’ will forever be remembered by history as men who thwarted the seemingly invincible German war machine, when all seemed lost. They countered the full force of the Luftwaffe in the daylight battles during the summer of 1940, and in the night skies of the winter and spring of...
by Patrick Gibbs, DSO, DFC & bar
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
A WWII wing commander’s “adrenaline-charged account of torpedo attacks a few feet above the sea” (The Daily Telegraph).
In this vivid and very personal story, written during World War II at the height of action, Patrick Gibbs expresses the frustrations, triumphs, and disasters he experienced...