Books Sought for the Club Library

Our volunteer librarians take great care of the Club Library, helping to ensure that all Members can enjoy its collection. Members are welcome to borrow a book to read in their bedroom during their stay; we simply ask that books are returned to the front desk when checking out.

If you would like to take a book out of the Clubhouse, please complete a loan form, available on the librarians’ desk.

Following a recent stock check, we are hoping to reunite a number of Club Library books with their shelves. Unfortunately, we do not have a record of who borrowed them. Club Library copies can usually be identified by a bookplate inside the cover, often accompanied by a classification label on the spine. There are no fines for overdue books, and we would be very grateful for the return of any of the books listed below.

Books sought:

• Global Defence: Procurement and the F35 Strike Fighter — Bert Chapman
• De Havilland Comet — P J Bentley
• Pictorial History of the RAF Volume 1: 1918–1938 — J W R Taylor
• Riding in the Shadow of Death — Chris Keltie
• Croydon Airport & The Battle for Britain — Bogle, Cluet & Learmonth
• Royal Australian Air Force: A Brief History — Doak
• A WAAF at War: Wartime Jottings of a WAAF Driver — Diane Lindo
• McIndoe’s Army: The Story of the Guinea Pig Club and its Indomitable Members — Edward Bishop
• Test Pilots — Don Middleton
• In Confidence: The Jackspeak Tri-Service Guide — Rick Jolly
• GCHQ — Richard Aldrich
• RAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medals — C Brooks & J Routledge
• The Buildings of Green Park — Andrew Jones
• The Battle of Britain, July–Oct 1940: An Oral History of Britain’s Finest Hour — M Parker
• The Bomber Offensive — Anthony Verrier
• It Started With Dunkirk — Peter Mayhew & Carol Taylor
• Team Tornado — John Peters & John Nichol
• Great Mysteries of the Air — Ralph Barker
• Battle Over Britain — Francis K Mason
• The Great Air War: The Men, The Planes, The Saga of Military Aviation 1914–1918 — Aaron Norman
• Global Security in the New Millennium — RUSI
• The Clouds Remember — Leonard Bridgman
• British Air Power — Peter Gray (ed.)
• Glider Pilots at Arnhem — Mike Peters & Luuk Buist
• Arnhem Lift: A Fighting Glider Pilot Remembers — Louis Hagen
• I Flew for the Führer — Heinz Knoke
• Boz: Aviator, Farmer, Schoolmaster — Neville Clark
• The Cry of the Jets — J Du Cane
• The Room on Rue Amelie — Kristin Harmel
• War with Russia — Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff
• Gallipoli: The Landing — Hugh Dolan & Mal Gardiner
• Behind the Cockpit Door — Arthur Whitlock
• A Willingness to Die: Memoirs from Fighter Command — Brian Kingcombe

If you have one of these Club Library books, or would be willing to donate your own copy, we would love to hear from you. Please email the library team at library@rafclub.org.uk. We would also be delighted to hear about any other books Members may wish to donate.

When getting in touch, please include the book’s title, author and year of publication. Donations are welcome in excellent to good condition.

Thank you for helping our volunteer librarians care for the Club Library and keep its collection available for Members to enjoy.

Kind regards,

Dr Peter Elliott
Chief Librarian