The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Hello Phil,

There is a book by Michael Warth, 'Wings Over Wing' The Story of a World War Two Bomber Training Unit published by The Book Castle. It tells the story of Wing but it has virtually no photos of the airfield or the buildings on it, most of the photos are of the crews who trained there.

HTH Pauline.

Daveg4otu;145670 wrote:

Welcome to the group Phil. I am on the south coast at Torquay.

You may find my site about Devon Airfields interesting......
devonairfields.hampshireairfields.co.uk/index.html

Thanks for the link Dave. Looking forward to learning all about the airfields of Devon as well as my passion which is learning about RAF Wing in Bucks.

Best wishes

Phil

pauline;145688 wrote:

Hello Phil,

There is a book by Michael Warth, 'Wings Over Wing' The Story of a World War Two Bomber Training Unit published by The Book Castle. It tells the story of Wing but it has virtually no photos of the airfield or the buildings on it, most of the photos are of the crews who trained there.

HTH Pauline.

Thanks Pauline. Next task is trying to find a copy!

Best wishes

Phil

Just joined the community. Retired in 2012 after 46 years in aviation. 22 years in the RAF then 24 in civil aviation with British Midland Airways at EMA. Currently living in an ex MQ at Binbrook.Worked on Vulcan, Nimrod, Jet Provost, Gnat, Tornado then McDonnel Douglas DC9, Boeing 737, BAE ATP, Embraer 145, and finally Airbus A319/320/321.

I am in the book trade Phil, but I still found it a difficult book to find, my son eventually found a copy on Amazon for me, later on he had a message from them asking how much he would want for it if he should think of selling it again!! Just shows how sought after anything about Wing is I guess. Hope you will be lucky in your search.

Best wishes, Pauline.

Welcome to the forum, where were you based with the RAF and what did you do in you time with the Air Force

Welcome to Aix Rapidair65,

worked on Gnat. Boy that dates you (and me) so were you on an FTS then?

Any favourite airfields?

pauline;145700 wrote:

I am in the book trade Phil, but I still found it a difficult book to find, my son eventually found a copy on Amazon for me, later on he had a message from them asking how much he would want for it if he should think of selling it again!! Just shows how sought after anything about Wing is I guess. Hope you will be lucky in your search.

Best wishes, Pauline.

Hi Pauline,

Just found two copies on Amazon. One is about £35 the other is £125 and signed by the author...Just plucking up courage to buy the cheaper option.

Phil :shock:

Don't worry Phil. Get the cheap one and I will sign it.

Look on ABE books as well Phil, might be one there, £35 seems a bit steep to me!!