Air Battle Dunkirk

26 May - 3 June 1940

Norman Franks

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Air Battle for Dunkirk 26 May - 3 June 1940

‘Where is the RAF?’ was the oft-quoted question asked by soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk, to where they had retreated following the German blitzkrieg through northern France, and where they w...

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Battle of the Airfields

Operation Bodenplatte was devised to despatch 800 Luftwaffe fighters to attack Allied bases in Western Europe on the first of January 1945. The operation turned out to be the Luftwaffe's final act of ...

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Buck Mcnair The Story of Group Captain R W McNair DSO, DFC and 2 Bars, Ld'H, CdG, RCAF

Robert 'Buck' McNair came from Nova Scotia, the second of three sons born of a mix of Scottish and German parents. As a young man he became interested in flight, and was lucky enough to be able to fl...

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Conflict over the Bay Momentous Battles Fought by RAF and American Aircraft Against the U-boats, Bay of Biscay May - August 1943

This account of the battles fought by RAF Coastal Command against the German U-boats in the Bay of Biscay during 1943, includes the air battles between American aircraft and RAF fighters in combat wit...

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Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle

When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest array...

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Fighter Pilot's Call to Arms Defending Britain and France Against the Luftwaffe, 1940-1942

Stunned into action by the rapid collapse of his country in 1938, Czech pilot Stanislav Fejfar escaped and traveled through Poland to serve initially with the French Foreign Legion, then as a sous-lie...

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Frank 'Chota' Carey The Epic Story of G/C Carey CBE, DFC and 2 Bars, AFC, DFM, US Silver Star

Frank Carey's name is well known in aviation historians. Fought in France in May 1940, shot down 12+ German aircraft and won DFC and Bar Fought in Battle of Britain. Score 18 by Mid-August 1940. Woun...

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Greatest Air Battle Dieppe, 19th August 1942

When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their famous "reconnaissance in force" against the harbour town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by a large array of Roy...

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Jasta Boelcke The History of Jasta 2, 1916-1918

As August drew to a close in 1916, the German Air Service was reeling almost helplessly towards inevitable defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been q...

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My Golden Flying Years From 1918 over France, Through Iraq in the 1920s, to the Schneider Trophy Race of 1927

Written some forty years ago for his own enjoyment, and twenty years before his death in 1986, this biography was given to Simon Muggleton, a collector of aviation memorabilia, and he and aviation his...

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Raw Courage The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of Four RAF Brothers in Arms

This is the captivating story of the four Raw brothers, all of whom served with the Royal Air Force. The eldest three flew during WW2 and all three died. The youngest, not old enough to see wartime ...

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Tally Ho! From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Darwin

Bob Foster is a well known figure at book and print signings in many parts of the UK. Although recognized as a Battle of Britain veteran, little is known of his life, or the details of his war servic...

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Tempest Pilot

Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two. Through h...

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Ton-Up Lancs The story of the 35 RAF Lancasters that each completed 100 sorties in WWII

As most authors of factual books discover, information continues to come in after their books have been published. When Arms & Armour began a series under the heading of ‘Claims to Fame’ the first wa...

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Typhoon Attack

The Hawker Typhoon, or 'Tiffy', as it was affectionately known, was not an easy aircraft to fly. As fighter ace Desmond Scott described it: "Whereas the Spitfire always behaved like a well-mannered th...

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