06 August 2024

Admiral VAT Smith – Graeme Lunn

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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!!!

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  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

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  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!!!

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  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

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  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

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  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 ...
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27 June 2022

Thinks He's a Bird - Ian Campbell

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  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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25 April 2022

ANZAC Day 2022

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  April 25 is, as many know, commemorated as ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand (and wherever you find ex-pats of both countries). It is...
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12 April 2022

Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts - J. Douglas Harvey

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  More than three months into 2022 and all I've done is add several covers of new books as they've crossed my desk. As before, the m...