References

A range of different books, magazines and websites have been used by Classic Warbirds as references for our aircraft profiles, articles, aviation map and social media postings. These have been listed below in three sections, books and magazines, websites and other resources.

Books and Magazines British Aircraft of World War 2 by David Mondey American Aircraft of World War 2 by David Mondey Axis Aircraft of World War 2 by David Mondey The Curtiss P-40 1939 - 1945 by Anis Elbied and Daniel Laurelut Spitfire Evolution by Paul Beaver Spitfire Manual 1940 - Edited by Dilip Sarkar The Royal Air Force - Volume 2: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years 1930-1939 - By Ian Philpott Spitfire - The Autobiography by Jon E. Lewis Spitfire vs Bf 109 - Battle of Britain - By Tony Holmes The Battle of Britain - By James Holland Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain by Leo McKinstry War Planes of the Second World War - Fighters, Volume One by William Green The Battle of Britain: A Miscellany by Norman Ferguson The Hurricane Story by Peter R March The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay Bomber Boys by John Sweetman The Spitfire Story by Peter R March The Spitfire Story by Alfred Price Hawker Hurricane Mk I - V by Martyn Chorlton The Lancaster Story by Peter R March A Dictionary of the Battle of Britain by Geoff Simpson Battle of Britain Yearbook by Peter R March Defiant by Robert Verkaik The Mosquito Story by Martin W. Bowman Rare Birds - Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War by Charles R. G. Bain Battle of Britain by Patrick Bishop Boulton Paul Defiant - An Illustrated History by Alec Brew Haynes Battle of Britain Manual by Andy Saunders Spitfire - The History of a Legend by Mike Leping and Tom O'Neill Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera The Animal Victoria Cross by Peter Hawthorn Supermarine Seafire by Matthew Willis Defiant Mk I Combat Log by Hugh Harkins How the Spitfire Won the Battle of Britain by Dilip Sarkar The Fairey Battle - A Reassessment of its RAF Career by Greg Baughen The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II Battle of Britain by Dr Alfred Price Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 by Jon Lake Curtiss P-40 - Long-nosed Tomahawks by Carl Molesworth British Naval Aircraft Since 1912 by Owen Thetford Avro Lancaster by Richard Marks Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939 - 41 by Dr Alfred Price Battle of Britain - The Fight for Survival in 1940 by Michael JF Bowyer Hawker Typhoon by Tony Buttler Aircraft of the Royal Air Force by Owen Thetford Gloster Gladiator Aces by Andrew Thomas Vought F4U Corsair by James D'Angina The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain by Nigel McCrery and Norman Franks with Edward McManus The Battle of Britain Day by Day by the Battle of Britain Memorial Camouflage & Markings No. 2 The Battle for Britain - RAF May to December 1940 by Paul Lucas, Series Editor Neil Robinson Battle of Britain - The Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack' by Douglas C. Dildy R.A.F Squadrons by Wing Commander C.G. Jefford MBE RAF Spitfire Summer by Malcolm Brown The Turret Fighters: Defiant and Roc by Alec Brew The Battle of Britain: A Visual History by Anthony Richards Spitfire 75 - Flypast special Aeroplane - September 2011 Aeroplane - January 2013 Aeroplane Database - Westland Lysander Aeroplane Company Profile - Fairey Aeroplane Company Profile - Supermarine Aeroplane Company Profile - Vickers Flypast - January 2013 Aviation Classics - Hawker Hurricane Flypast - April 2016 Flypast - October 2013 Aeroplane Icons: Westland Lysander Aeroplane Company Profile - Avro 1910 - 1963 Military Types Flypast - October 2014 Flypast - November 2014 Britain at War - September 2014 Aeroplane Monthly - October 2014 Aeroplane Illustrated - Spitfire Aeroplane - UK Aviation Museums 2015 D-Day RAF - The RAF's Part in the Great Invasion by Clive Rowley Aviation Classics - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Famous Fighters of World War 2 Flypast - January 2012 Flypast - July 2012 Aeroplane - June 2015 Famous Fighters of World War 1 Aeroplane - May 2012 Aeroplane - August 2016 RAF BBMF Memorial Flight Club Magazine - Issue unknown RAF Salute - Battle of Britain Britain at War Magazine - Issue unknown Aeroplane Company Profile - Bristol Flypast Wellington Special Aeroplane UK Aviation Museums Guide 2017 Flypast - August 2011 Flypast - April 2012 Flypast - February 2017 Flypast - August 2015 Aeroplane Company Profile - de Havilland RAF BBMF Official Yearbook 2016 RAF Salute 2015 Flypast Aviation Guide 2018 Aeroplane - January 2018 Flypast - February 2015 Aeroplane - September 2013 Flypast - June 2013 Aviation Archive Battle of Britain - RAF and Luftwaffe Aircraft of the Battle Flypast - March 2014 Aeroplane - June 2016 Flypast - June 2018 Spitfire at 80 Aeroplane - January 2019 Flypast - January 2017 Aeroplane Company Profile - North American Aeroplane - February 2019 Aeroplane - April 2019 Flypast - September 2017 Flypast - June 2019 Aeroplane - September 2012 D-Day 75 - The RAF's Part in the Great Invasion Aviation Classics - Battle of Britain Aeroplane - September 2010 Flypast - August 2018 Flypast - November 2013 Flypast - December 2015 Aeroplane Icons - Short Sunderland Aeroplane Company Profile - Curtiss Aeroplane Company Profile - Junkers Aeroplane - November 2020 Aeroplane - April 2020 History of War - August 2020 Flypast - August 2014 de Havilland 100 Anniversary Special Aeroplane - March 2014 Aviation Archive - RAF Inter-War Bombers Fleet Air Arm Aircraft of World War 2 - Aeroplane Collections Archive Aviation Archive - Special Duties Aircraft of WW2 Flypast - December 2012 Spitfire at Eighty Hawker Aircraft - 100th Anniversary Special Flypast - April 2014 Aeroplane - June 2019 Aeroplane - July 2021 Flypast - September 2009 Flypast - March 2021 Flypast - April 2013 Aeroplane - October 2018 Flypast - May 2020 RAF Salute 2017 Britain at War Magazine - October 2012 Britain at War Magazine - March 2018 Aeroplane Database - Allison-engined NAA Mustangs - June 2011 Aeroplane Database - Hawker Tempest - March 2013 Aeroplane Database - Curtiss P-36/Hawk 75 - April 2019 Flypast Spotlight - Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - July 2013 Flypast Classics - Short Stirling - December 2021 Flypast Spotlight - Short Stirling - March 2011 Flypast - October 2020 Flypast - December 2019 Flypast - May 2015 Flypast Spotlight - Hawker Tempest - December 2016 Flypast Spotlight - Avro Lincoln - August 2017 Flypast - June 2021 Flypast - April 2015 Aeroplane - July 2012 Flypast - October 2012 Aeroplane - October 2011 Spitfire at 85 Flypast Spotlight - Boulton Paul Defiant - August 2013 Flypast - September 2020 Aeroplane - January 2023 Aeroplane - November 2014 Flypast Spotlight - Hawker Sea Fury - September 2017 Aeroplane Database - North American B-25 Mitchell - May 2013 Aeroplane - June 2022 Battle of Britain Special Edition Luftwaffe Eagles Flypast - March 2022 Flypast Spotlight - Westland Whirlwind - May 2017 Aeroplane Database - Hawker Nimrod - February 2019 Aeroplane Database - Supermarine Spiteful & Seafang - January 2023 Aviation Archive - RAF Fighter Command Aviation Archive - Battle of Britain Flypast - December 2023 Aeroplane Database - Morane-Saulnier MS.406 - April 2017 Flypast Spotlight - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - May 2014 Other Resources 2011 Duxford Airshow programme Boulton Paul Association Duxford Battle of Britain DVD 2014 Duxford D-Day Airshow Programme Royal Air Force Museum, Midlands Battle of Britain Trail, Kent brochure Aviation Memorials in Nottingham brochure Sydney Morning Herald - 5th July 1950 Dunkirk and the Battle of France and Flanders 1939 - 1940 Archive British Radio Recordings Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge No. 131 Squadron Operations Record Book Air Historical Branch - The Second World War Campaign Narratives - Campaign in France and the Low Countries Sep 1939 - Jun 1940 Appendices and Maps Air Historical Branch - The Second World War Campaign Narratives - Air Defence of Great Britain Vol II - The Battle of Britain Jul - Oct 1940 No. 83 Squadron Operations Record Book Air Historical Branch - The Second World War Campaign Narratives - Campaign in France and the Low Countries Sep 1939 - Jun 1940

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