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Philip Birtles started work as an engineering apprentice at the de Havilland Aircraft Company in September 1957. Following the completion of his training, he was appointed as PA to John Cunningham—the famous Second World War night-fighter ace. Philip held a number of marketing positions over the remainder of his career in the aerospace industry, taking early retirement when Hatfield Aerodrome finally closed at the end of 1993. He spent over forty years as a trustee of the de Havilland Aircraft Museum, and he has written over thirty-five books.

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Harrier: The World’s First V/STOL Jet Combat Aircraft

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The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

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A comprehensive record of John Cunningham’s achievements in Second World War combat and pioneering jet airliner development.

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The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

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Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

A comprehensive history of Hawker Hunter development and global service, illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs.

£30.00

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The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington served with distinction with Bomber Command, RAF Coastal, Transport and Training Commands.

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The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

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Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

The untold story of the iconic Hawker Hurricane and its young pilots that saved Britain from enemy invasion to win the Battle of Britain.

£40.00

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De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

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De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

A comprehensive and illustrated history of de Havilland and Hatfield Aerodrome from 1936 until closure in 1993.

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RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

The USAAF in Suffolk

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940

RAF Acklington: Guardian of the Northern Skies

Northern ‘Q’: The History of Royal Air Force Leuchars (paperback edition)

A History of RAF Drem at War

Lympne Airfield At War and Peace

A Detailed History of RAF Manston (bundle)

British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century

SBAC Farnborough: A History

A Detailed History of RAF Manston: 1931-1940 Arise to Protect

Tempsford Academy: Churchill's and Roosevelt's Secret Airfield

Tales from the Control Tower

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945: Invicta - The Undefeated

Coastal Patrol: Royal Navy Airship Operations during the Great War 1914-1918

The Perfect Aerodrome: A History of RAF Chivenor 1932-1995

The History of the Biggin Hill International Air Fair

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1910-1935

Kent's Own: The Story of No. 500 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1916-1930: The Men Who Made Manston

From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station

Churchill's and Stalin's Secret Agents: Operation Pickaxe at RAF Tempsford

Haunted Second World War Airfields: Volume One: Southern England

From War to Peace: A Photographer’s View of British Aviation during the 1940s

Haunted Second World War Airfields: Volume Three: Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland

Haunted Second World War Airfields: Volume Two: East Anglia to Wales

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

Northern ‘Q’: The History of Royal Air Force Leuchars (hardback edition)

A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s (paperback)

RAF Coningsby in the Second World War

Hawker Typhoon and Tempest - published by Fonthill Media

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Hawker Typhoon and Tempest: A Formidable Pair

The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest were unbeatable in the hazardous ground attack role during the Second World War.

£35.00

The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

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De Havilland Mosquito: The Original Multirole Combat Aircraft

The ultimate illustrated history of the Second World War de Havilland Mosquito, the first multirole combat aircraft.

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