I know for a fact I’m just a figment of my own imagination. S’true, a bloke down the pub told me.

RFC airfield “somewhere in France” during WW1, or The Great War as it was then known of course. One of the most fascinating times in aviation, yet I feel we can never truly get a sense what it was really like. Any genuine film from that time is of course usually poor quality (by today’s standards) and too many movies seem to trivialise it all. Definite lack of historical material of all kinds, compared to later eras in aviation; just look at how rarely any WW1 topic comes up on these boards.

Years ago, a bloke at work claimed to have been a famous fighter pilot in the Polish Air Force early in WWII. Asked him what he flew and he claimed it was a Polish mass-produced fighter “Very much like Spitfire” but somehow he couldn’t remember what it was called. Funny too how his English suddenly seemed to fail him when I showed him a book telling how the only Polish fighter in service in any qauntity then was the PZL P11.

Add her to your “Blocked Buyer List” and you should be OK.

Wonderfully evocative and atmospheric pictures. Thanks for taking the time to share them.

In this era of cutbacks there must be a cheaper way around this. Maybe some young liberal-minded social worker could lend him a hand… :diablo:

Given where the thread’s got to, and not to dismiss Mr C’s input, rather than any more bald publisher* recommendations, let’s have suggestions with background – it could be good experiences (such as prompt, pro-active responses like Jay’s) bad (if repeatable!) or even publishers you rate because…

*I know what I meant, and have my own hair.

Fair point. Did that in my tea break at work, so no time for any more. Grub Street published my one and only book many moons ago, so a bit of a soft spot for them. Always seem to have a good catalogue of WW2 books, particularly the biog/autobiog types, so this might really suit them. I too remember that dilemma of whether to pitch it to more than one publisher at a time, especially as so many seemed to take forever to get back to me; very frustrating to wait 8 or 9 weeks, hope steadily building, only to get your stuff back with yet another “Not suitable for our lists” letter. Anyway, best of luck and hope you find a worthy publisher for what sounds an interesting read.

Wot, no one going to say they only watched in the hope of seeing the players swap shirts after the game? 😀