Richard Pike: 9 books
Phantom Boys Volume 2
More Thrilling Tales From UK and US Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The highly anticipated follow-up to Phantom Boys is here! Once again Richard Pike has brought together brilliant, hitherto unpublished, accounts across eighteen chapters. And now there is coverage of the Americans. So, with both British and American perspectives, Phantom Boys 2 is packed with exhilarating...
Alfie's War
A World War II Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant's Exciting Exploits on HMS Illustrious, in Greece and Crete
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Written in three parts, and as a sequel to Seven Seas, Nine Lives, Richard Pike continues the remarkable experiences of Captain AWF ‘Alfie’ Sutton CBE DSC and bar RN. During events which come as close to fiction as is imaginable, the first part describes how Alfie, badly injured and close to death...
by Hoffmann, Joseph Pike, D. S. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Ampleforth College; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Bath and Wells; A Sketch-Book by D. S. Andrews Bristol; A Sketch-Book by Dorothy E.G. Woollard Bruges; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Cambridge; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Canterbury; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Cardiff; A Sketch-Book by Douglas...
Helicopter Boys
True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
Helicopter Boys is the latest addition to Grub Street’s Boys series from acclaimed author Richard Pike exploring the role of helicopters in military and civilian situations. With over twenty-one contributors, Helicopter Boys contains stories of the diverse nature of helicopter operations. From the...
The Lightning Boys 2
More True Tales from Pilots and Crew of the English Electric Lightning
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 is a must-have companion and continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue, amaze and amuse,...
by Richard Pike
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2004
Tom Pike joined the Royal Air Force on 17 January 1924 as a Flight Cadet at Cranwell. During a long and varied career in peace and war he held a wide variety of RAF appointments around the world and when he eventually retired he had held the ultimate post in the RAF, that of Chief of Air Staff and...
The Lightning Boys
True Tales from Pilots of the English Electric Lightning
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
“A good read both to aviators in general and to the Lightning fraternity in particular” (Royal Air Force Historical Society).
According to a recent international study, the Lightning is the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. With over twenty individual stories from former Lightning...
Seven Seas, Nine Lives
The Valour of Captain A.W.F. Sutton, CBE, DSC and Bar, RN
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Captain Alan William Frank Sutton's enthralling biography starts when, as a young midshipman he was in command of a small rowing cutter returning a potentially mutinous crew to the battle-cruiser HMS Repulse in which he served. Amazingly it ends in the open cockpit of a Fairy Swordfish torpedo bomber...
Hunter Boys
True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
“Entertaining and informative tales of success, heroics, fear, relief and exhilaration in and around the Hunter cockpit” (Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal).
From the author of Lightning Boys, this is a fascinating look at the experiences of those who flew the iconic Hawker Hunter.
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