Eagle Squadron

Working on my own Eagles story at the moment….

Bigmal, that would be wonderful. I’ll PM you.

Daz,
I have a copy of a book entitled “The Eagles Roar” and is the story of Byron Kennerly as told to Graham Berry-it says its a first edition copyright 1941.It has 16 illustrations some of which are XR coded hurricanes.You’re welcome to it.

Bigmal

With that endorsement, I shall have to look it up!

I can recommend ‘Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Warm Beer’ by Philip D. Caine.

Excellent read!

Moggy

Will do.

Try and get a copy of The Debden Eagles,4th fighter group in world war 2 by Garry Fry.1970.

This was a softback book published sometime before the hardback book he did with Jeff Ethel.

isbn 0-9600376-1-6.

It has many rare photos from early days on Hurricanes,through to end of war p-51s.

As the spitfire interests you Daz it contains lots of picture of early aircraft with the odd sized roundels and a picture of a Mk Vb still operated at debden long after the base had converted onto the P-47.
I highly recommended it,try and get yourself a copy.

Thanks for that one, I’ll look it up.

I can recommend ‘Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Warm Beer’ by Philip D. Caine. This is the story of LeRoy Gover and is a very ‘human’ tale which not only describes his military service with the RAF (133 Sq) and the USAAF but also includes his ‘off duty’ adventures. (The latter describes how his Air Force cap got burnt when he used it to shade a light bulb whilst on ‘manoeuvres’ with his girl-friend!)

I believe the book was published in 1995 and the ISBN number is 0-02-881115-1

According to a note in the book, Caine also wrote two others that may be of interest – (‘American Pilots in RAF’ and ‘The WWII Eagle Squadrons’) – but I have no other information on these books.

Thanks, Tom.

Any help, as always, appreciated!

Daz, for some pics and a few stories try Ervin Miller’s chapter on the Eagles in Alfie Price’s book on the Spit, some great pics in there, he’s a great old boy and can really tell a story 😉

have a look here too:

http://www.eaglesquadrons.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=5

Tom

if not look in waterstones, thats where i got it.
cheers

Thanks for that. I’ll try and find it on Amazon….

its called mustang ace: don gentile.

very, very interesting read!! the story how he crashed ‘shangri la’ is nothing short of outrageous!!

As I thought, I do have it. Thanks for the suggestion, Kev. Dunno if I’ve even read it! :rolleyes:

Cheers, Mark.

Kev, I think I have that one already. Will investigate….

Tumult in the Clouds by James A Goodson.

think you’ll like it Daz, well written and with a very poignant piece about a visit to the Home Guard.

Regards,

kev35

its in the cupboard at my old dears house. as soon as i find it i’ll give you a shout.

Thanks for the replies, folks. Keep ’em coming, if you can.

Mark, what’s the title of it?

alright daz

i read the don gentile biography through the summer, and although its not all about eagle squadran, there’s a fair chunk of it based around it. it kept me quiet for a few days in sorrento sun i can tell you that!! 😀