Aircrew Book Review

Established 2009. Reviews of books featuring aircrew of the RAF, FAA and Commonwealth air forces during the Second World War with occasional reviews of other titles covering the conflict.

28 December 2024

Aircrew Book Review on The Damcasters podcast!

A couple of months ago, having lamented at my inability to get anything done book-review wise so made it known I was open to other avenues t...

Changing Altitudes – Stories of Australian Air Force Women

This is the latest addition to the RAAF's excellent Air Campaign Series and, at 360 pages, easily the longest to date. Of course, we...

Casemate Publishers – 15% off until the end of December!

I've been a bit slow with getting this one on the website, but it has been 'live' on the Facebook group for some time now. Visi...

30 November 2024

Grub Street – 25% off until 18 December 2024!

Grub Street discount time! From now until 18 December, use the code aircrewbooks to get 25% off the list price at Grub Street . Grub Street...

06 August 2024

Admiral VAT Smith – Graeme Lunn

It's been a while. Sorry. Regular readers will know of my penchant for the wartime Fleet Air Arm, and my motivation to spread the word...

27 December 2023

Flying with the Navy – Steve and Heather Bond

I can't say I've ever seen a landscape format book from Grub Street before, especially an aviation title. It's a surprising p...

05 September 2023

Mosquito Intruder Pilot – Jeremy Walsh

The Far East. That’s how you get my attention. Right, the book is off the shelf. Read the back cover description and/or blurbs: ‘Intruder’...

31 August 2023

Flying to the Edge – Matthew Willis

Mention ‘test pilot’ to anyone with even just a passing interest in aviation and their mind will inevitably turn to the likes of ‘Chuck’ Y...

18 July 2023

Barracuda Pilot - Dunstan Hadley

To give you an idea of how busy I've been and how absolutely neglected ABR has been in 2023, besides the obvious sole review to date a...

01 January 2023

Looking Backwards over Burma – Dennis Spencer DFC

Like this simple 192-page paperback from Woodfield Publishing, I’m getting straight into this review. Dennis Spencer was a No 211 Squadro...

08 December 2022

Christmas Countdown - 25% off at Helion & Company!!!

This Helion & Company discount, is exclusive to Aircrew Book Review followers. Until 31 December, using the code RAFDEC25 , you can g...

Operation Oyster - Kees Rijken, Paul Schepers and Arthur Thorning

Usual story, everyone, but I'm fortunate to be able to feature another guest reviewer. Colin Ford will be known to many of you as the ...

02 December 2022

Christmas Countdown – 20% off at Fighting High!!!

In the first of this year's Aircrew Book Review Christmas Countdown discounts, Steve Darlow of Fighting High Publishing , one of ABR...

10 October 2022

Mosquito Intruder - Dave McIntosh

I am definitely starting to sound like a broken record now: the editing work has not allowed me to get any review writing done recently. A...

21 July 2022

Bristol Beaufighter - John F. Hamlin

There I was sitting at my local cafe, kids-back-at-school celebratory coffee and book session delayed by one day, when I get a phone call ...

27 June 2022

Thinks He's a Bird - Ian Campbell

I'm still flat out with manuscript editing so nothing original from me for now. However... Ladies and gentleman, Sean Feast . There ha...

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