Grub Street Publishing imprint: 157 books
No Parachute
A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
This account of the Great War puts you right in the action—from one of the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps.
From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat, there emerged a renowned company of brilliant...
My Golden Flying Years
From 1918 over France, Through Iraq in the 1920s, to the Schneider Trophy Race of 1927
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
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 historian and author Norman Franks recognized immediately that it was an important contribution to Britain’s...
Black Fokker Leader
Carl Degelow—The First World War's Last Airfighter Knight
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
This biography of the WWI fighter pilot offers “an intimate portrait of the last recipient of the ‘Blue Max’” (Barrett Tillman).
One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters...
Phantom Boys Volume 2
More Thrilling Tales From UK and US Operators of the McDonnell Douglas F-4
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The highly anticipated follow-up to Phantom Boys is here! Once again Richard Pike has brought together brilliant, hitherto unpublished, accounts across eighteen chapters. And now there is coverage of the Americans. So, with both British and American perspectives, Phantom Boys 2 is packed with exhilarating...
A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945
North Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
This first volume in the seminal series on World War II aerial combat, pilots, and tactics that “reads like an encyclopedia on the subject” (Portland Book Review).
In the early days of World War II, both Allied and Axis powers extended the theater of war to North Africa, where hard-fought...
by Neville Duke
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The renowned WWII RAF fighter pilot who went on to set an air speed record tells his story—now with an updated chapter and new photos.
Joining the RAF at the beginning of the war, young Neville Duke became a fighter pilot with the crack 92 Squadron at RAF Biggin Hill in 1941. That spring and...
The Quick and the Dead
The Perils of Post-War Test Flying
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
A pilot’s behind-the-scenes account of test flying with British aircraft organizations and manufacturers in the early years of the Cold War.
Written from the pilot’s viewpoint, with refreshing candor and honesty, this account details what really went on behind the scenes in the defense...
The Spitfire Smiths
A Unique Story of Brothers in Arms
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
In late 2001 Rod Smith died tragically at his own hand, leaving behind a part-written autobiography and many notes. At the request of his family, his friend, the historian Christopher Shores, took on the task of seeking to complete the story as nearly as possible to how he believed Rod had wished...
Spitfire
Mark I P9374
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
The true story of the recovery of a World War II plane shot down in France—and the effort to restore this historic aircraft.
Spitfire is the fascinating story of the recovery of a Battle of France Spitfire Mk 1 from the sands of Calais during the early 1980s—and its subsequent return to the...
Lie in the Dark and Listen
The Remarkable Exploits of a WWII Bomber Pilot and Great Escaper
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2006
Life is pretty dull for Ken Rees these days. At 17 he craved danger and excitement; fast planes and cars; rugby, speed and women. Then war came and by the age of 21 he had already trained to be a pilot officer; flown 56 hair-raising bomber missions, by night over Germany; taken part in the siege of...
Master Bombers
The Experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at War, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The Pathfinders were the corps d’elite of Bomber Command, the command that led the fight against Germany even before the fall of France. Pathfinder crews consisted of members who had flown a minimum of 45 operational sorties and while they were the best, they were made from all ranks and backgrounds.
The...
Tangmere
Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station An Authorised History
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This is the first full history of the Royal Air Force fighter station at Tangmere, West Sussex, from its beginnings in the First World War until its untimely closure in 1970. In its day, it was one of the best-known and strategically most important fighter stations in the British Isles. Tangmere first...
Raw Courage
The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of Four RAF Brothers in Arms
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
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 flying, flew night-fighters in the postwar years, ending up flying Spitfires with the Battle...
Five of the Many
Survivors of the Bomber Command Offensive from the Battle of Britain to Victory Tell their Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2008
Five of the Many follows the fascinating exploits of five of RAF Bomber Command’s distinguished airmen. The enthralling stories of Wellington pilot Rupert Cooling, Wellington and Mosquito pilot Jack Goodman, Halifax pilot Joe Petrie-Andrews, Lancaster pilot Tony Iveson and Halifax and Mosquito navigator...