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Heritage Library

The Books plus videos, newspapers, magazines, posters, etc, which have been donated to the Club's collection since 2006 is still growing and will eventually become the library/archive. All are currently being kept in special climatically and dust extracted controlled storage. We have even been given a Battle of Britain jigsaw puzzle!

Some books in duplicate, or even more in a few cases, but these are all welcome, they could provide us with books to sell in a Heritage Centre shop when established.

Our grateful thanks to all those who have contributed
.

Some of the books donated are listed below.

The Big Show  (hardback) by Pierre Clostermann DFC ( French pilot with RAF, served at Biggin Hill).
Reach for the Sky (hardback) by Paul Brickhill (the story of Douglas Bader)
Encyclopaedia of Incredible Aeroplanes (hardback) by Philip Jarret (From the 1846 to 2006)
Spitfires Over Sicily (hardback) by Brain Cull (Malta Spitfires Jan-Aug 1943)
Hurricanes Over Tobruk (hardback) by Brian Cull (Jan-June 1941)

Books Donated By Mrs Jill Kay  HAMLYN Vols 1 to 4

Time & Change              
Faces From The Fire
By L Mosley       

Wing Leader
By Peter Townsend
The Shepherd 
By J Johnson        
Scramble  By Paul Brickhill
The Face Maker By R Gordon                  

The White Rabbit 
By W/C Yeo Thomas                
Yours 'Till The End 
By J & S Mann                                                        
Escape or Die By Paul Brickhill        
Nine Lives By Al Deere                               

Diary of Mick Mannock 
By M Mannock
Vera Lynn  
Autobiography 
Cyanide in My Shoe
By Josphine Butler
Reach For The Sky  By Richard Overy
Over to You                      
Seize The Moment
By Helen Sharman     

But For Britain 
By Hamilton Fyfe  
The Terrible Rain
Poetry 1939-45       
The Battle
By Frederick Forsyth
The Dam Busters By Paul Brickhill

Wartime Scrapbook
By B Archer

                                                           
1. Aircraft  
2. World Airline Insignia 
3. Armoured Fighting Vehicles
By J Taylor
4. Rockets & Missiles 
Collins Modern Combat Aircraft
Jet Fighters
 Dowding 
By Robert Wright
I Burnt My Fingers    
Boldness Be My Friend     
Battle of Britain     
Secrets & Stories of  World War Two
The Last Enemy
By Richard Hilary
Two Eggs on My Plate By Oluf Reed Olsen
Wingless Victory By Basil Embry  

One WAAF's War
By Joan Beech
Blackbird  By Paul Crickmore          
The Lore of Flight
The Battle of Britain
Daily Mail      
Combat Colours         
Stealth
By Bill Sweetman 

   

Books

Hit & Run (hardback) by Robert Jackson   (daring WW2 raids)
British Aircraft of World War 2 (hardback)    by David Mondey
Halifax (hardback) by K A Merrick
Target for Tonight (hardback) by Denys Braithwaite DFC*
(WW2 Reconnaissance & Pathfinder Missions)
P-51 Mustang Vs Fw 190 (softback) by   Martin Bowman
(Europe 1943-45)
A Ferry Storry (softback) by Geoff Bates
(Ferrying aircraft around the world in WW2)
Fighter Pilot  (softback) by Paul Richey DFC
Eagle Day (softback) by Richard Collier
Full Circle (softback) by J E (Johnnie)    Johnson CBE, DSO, DFC
The Wooden Horse (softback)  Eric Williams MC
Squadrons Up! (hardback) Nigel Monk (Squadrons 1 & 73: p1941)
Station X (softback) Michael Smith (Bletchley Park code breakers)
Moonless Night (softback) B A 'Jimmy' James.
They Have Their Exits (softback)
Airey Neave DSO OBE MC
Battle of Britain (hardback, large format)
 Richard Townshend Bickers
Spirit of the Blue (softback) Hugh Thomas
(Peter Ayherst DFC - A Fighter Pilot's Story).
Fighter Pilot (hardback) 1941 edition author anonymous, later edition revealed Paul Richey DFC - personal record of the campaign

Newspapers

Pitsburgh Sun-Telegraph May 8 1945 'VE Day' proclaimed.
Daily Mirror June 5 1940 - 'We Never Surrender'
Daily Mirror Sept 14 1940 - 'King & Queen in Palace, Bombed'
Daily Mirror Nov 5 -  1943 - 'Rommel Routed'
Daily Mirror June 7 - 1944 - 'Invaders Thrust Inland'

Daily Mirror
May 2 - 1945 - ' Hitler Dead'
Battle of Britain 60th anniversary broadsheet newspaper reprints from The Courier.
Battle of Britain 60th anniversary broadsheet newspaper reprints from Lincolnshire Echo

Magazines and Programmes

Air Training Corps Gazette Oct 1942
Air Training Corps Gazette Feb 1943
Air Training Corps Gazette Mar 1943
Enterprise (De Haviland company magazine) Aug 1949
De Havilland Gazette April 1957
Battle of Britain 60th Anniversary Open Day (Biggin Hill anniversary programme)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight 1991 programme
The Red Arrows booklet, p in 2005

Jig-saw

Their Finest Hour
- 1000-piece - Geoff Nutkins artwork

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