Battle of Britain/Bibliography

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Books

• Richard Townshend Bickers, "The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare", Salamander, New York, 1990 - A large-format book which includes sections on a number of aspects of the Battle; it also includes good diagrams illustrating tactics, etc
• Francis K. Mason, "Battle Over Britain", Aston, Bourne End, 1990 - A large, detailed history of the battle, including details on every aircraft loss, with extensive appendixes (e.g. a listing of all RAF aircrew with service details; a listing of Luftwaffe aircrew; etc)
• Derek Wood, Derek Dempster, "The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940", Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1990 - The definitive history of the battle, in includes a good overview as well as a summary of each day's action

• John Ray, "Battle of Britain - New Perspectives: Behind the Scenes of the Great Air War", Arms and Armour, London, 1994
• Eunice Wilson, "Dangerous Sky: A Resource Guide to the Battle of Britain", Greenwood, Westport, 1995
• Marcel Jullian, "The Battle of Britain", Orion Press, New York, 1967
• Roger Parkinson, "Summer, 1940 - The Battle of Britain", David McKay, New York, 1977
• John Willis, "Churchill's Few - The Battle of Britain Remembered", Michael Joseph, London, 1985
• Philip Kaplan, Richard Collier, "Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain Remembered", Abbeville, New York, 1989
• Phillip Caplan, Richard Collier, "The Few: Summer, 1940 - The Battle of Britain", Orion, London, 2002
• Arthur Ward, "A Nation Alone: The Battle of Britain - 1940", Osprey, London, 1989

Specific topics

• Peter G. Cooksley, "1940: The Story of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command", Robert Hale, London, 1983
• Peter Flint, "Dowding and Headquarters Fighter Command", Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 1996
• David Alan Johnson, "The Battle of Britain and The American Factor: July-October 1940", Combined Books, Conshohocken, 1998
• Alfred Price, "The Hardest Day: 18 August 1940", Arms and Armor, London, 1988
• Winston G. Ramsey, Wilf Nicoll, "The Battle Of Britain - Then and Now", Battle of Britain Prints, London, 1982 - A massive volume which includes detailed records, and also records the consequences, including 'than and now' photo groups, pictures of gravestones, etc
• Anthony Robinson, "R.A.F. Fighter Squadrons in the Battle of Britain", Arms and Armour, London, 1987
• Robert Wright, "Dowding and the Battle of Britain", Macdonald, London, 1969
• Graham Wallace, "R.A.F. Biggin Hill", Putnam, London, 1957

Biographical

• Alan Deere, "Nine Lives", Wingham Press, Canterbury, 1991
• Hugh Dundas, "Flying Start - A Fighter Pilot's War Years", St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989
• Larry Forester, "Fly For Your Life", Frederick Muller, London, 1956 - The biography of Robert Stanford Tuck
• Richard Hilary, "Last Enemy", MacMillan, London, 1950
• J. E. "Johnnie" Johnson, "Wing Leader", Reprint Society, London, 1958
• Peter Townsend, "Duel of Eagles", Presidio, 1991
• Oliver Walker, "Sailor Malan: A Biography", Cassell, London, 1953