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Winged Sabres: One of the RFC’s Most Decorated Squadrons
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By Robert A Sellwood Pen & Sword Aviation, £25.00, hb, 344pp, 35 b/w ills, six appendices. ISBN: 978–152–672–957–6 Robert Sellwood’s maternal grandfather, George Tester, was killed in action in September 1917 serving as an air gunner in 20 Squadron RFC. Wanting to know more about his grandfather and the squadron in which he served led to 15...
An Eye in the Sky: The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Career of Air Commodore Henry George Crowe MC, CBE, CBD (SC)
By Bob Cossey Pen & Sword Aviation, £25.00, 392pp, 200 ills, appendix, index. ISBN: 978–152–672–596–7 Henry George Crowe, ‘Hal’ to his family, was born in Dublin on 11 June 1897. The son of a successful stockbroker, he was studying engineering at Trinity College, Dublin when war was declared. Too young to enlist, he joined the army via Sandh...
Risking everything - Captain Frank Billinge DFC - James Gordon-Cumming
This is the story of a life begun in a Victorian slum in Manchester, through the trenches of the Ypres Salient, to joining the Royal Flying Corps as Observer, fighter ace and night bomber pilot. Flying with 20, 32, 56 and 83 Squadrons, Frank scored 20 Squadron’s first victory, flew with James McCudden in both 20 and 56 Squadrons, met King George...