References | Classic Warbirds

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
The Whitley Boys: 4 Group Bomber Command Operations 1939 - 1940 by GL "Larry" Donnelly
Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command by Michael Napier
Britain's Wonderful Fighting Forces
Battle of Britain Airfields Under Attack: 19 August 1940 - 6 September 1940 by Dilip Sarkar
Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book 1939 - 1945 by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July - 10 August 1940 by Brian Cull
Air Battle for Dunkirk - 26 May - 3 June 1940 by Norman Franks
Dunkirk 1940 - Operation Dynamo by Douglas C. Dildy

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
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
Flypast Spotlight - Handley Page Halifax - June 2012
Aeroplane - October 2020
Aeroplane - October 2019
Aeroplane - December 2021
Aeroplane - September 2020
Flypast - November 2024
Flypast - June 2023
Flypast Spotlight - Consolidated Catalina - November 2015
Flypast Spotlight - Bristol Beaufort - February 2017
Flypast Spotlight - Bristol Beaufighter - December 2014
Flypast - May 2016
Bristol Blenheim - The RAF's Wartime Workhorse
Flypast Spotlight - Consolidated B-24 Liberator - November 2014
Flypast Spotlight - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 - August 2012
Aeroplane Database - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley - May 2012
Aeroplane - June 2024
D-Day RAF - The RAF's Part in the Great Invasion 1944 - 2024 80th Anniversary
D-Day in the air Commemorative 75th Anniversary Edition
Spitfire at 90 1936 - 2026

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
International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive
No. 433 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 466 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 301 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 304 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 34 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 19 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 418 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 157 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 431 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 53 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 12 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 142 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 22 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 23 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 3 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 264 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 139 Squadron Operations Record Book
The Tangmere Logbook - Autumn 2012
No. 48 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 500 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 88 Squadron Operations Record Book
No. 415 Squadron Operations Record Book

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historyofwar.org
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p40warhawk.com
mustangsmustangs.com
boeing.com
centuryofflight.net
raf.mod.uk
fleetairarmarchive.net
nationalmuseum.af.mil
militaryairshows.co.uk
warbirdalley.com
aero-web.org
warbirddepot.com
miltaryplanes.co.uk
hawkertempest.se
voughtaircraft.com
fighter-collection.com
ww2total.com
bywat.co.uk/cantitle.html
uh.edu/engines/epi2431.htm
unrealaircraft.com
abacuspub.com
olympicflightmuseum.com
fantasyofflight.com
navalaviationmuseum.org
aeroflight.co.uk
military-aircraft.org.uk
aviastar.org
ww2drawings.jexiste.fr
clavework-graphics.co.uk
war-paint.net
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warbirdsresourcegroup.org
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vicflintham.co.uk
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