age ~56
from Birmingham, AL
Derek Robinson (born 1927) is a British trade unionist. Formerly a convenor and shop steward within British Leyland for much of the 1970s, he was commonly...
ISBN #
2
Derek Robinson (born 1932) is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He has also written several books on some of the...
ISBN #
1
The war to end all wars, people said in 1918. Not for long. By 1919, White Russians were fighting Bolshevik Reds for control of their country, and Winston Churchill (then Secretary of State for War) wanted to see Communism "strangled in its cradle". So a volunteer R.A.F. squadron, flying Sopwith Cam...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
349
Publisher
MacLehose Press
ISBN #
6
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
MacLehose Press
ISBN #
1780878095
EAN Code
9781780878096
ISBN #
1
The Battle of Britain could not stop Operation Sealion, the planned German invasion. The historians got it wrong. This is a big claim to make, yet the reasoning behind it is remarkably straightforward. In Invasion 1940, author Derek Robinson asks why historians have dovetailed the Battle of Britain ...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
320
Publisher
Da Capo Press
ISBN #
0786716185
EAN Code
9780786716180
ISBN #
10
They joined an R.A.F. known as 'the best flying club in the world', but when war pitches the young pilots of 409 Squadron into battle over Germany, their training, tactics and equipment are soon found wanting, their twin-engined bombers obsolete from the off. Chances of completing a 30-operation tou...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
400
Publisher
MacLehose Press
ISBN #
0857051172
EAN Code
9780857051172
ISBN #
9
Flight Lieutenant Silk, a twice-decorated Lancaster pilot in WW II, rejoins the R.A.F. and qualifies to fly the Vulcan bomber. Piloting a Vulcan is an unforgettable experience: no other aircraft comes close to matching its all-round performance. And as bombers go, it's drop-dead gorgeous.But there's...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
8
Publisher
MacLehose Press
ISBN #
8
It's 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously.Distractions from the brutality of the air war include Br...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Kindle Edition
Publisher
MacLehose Press
ISBN #
7
Vivid and unforgettable, this popular novel follows an RAF fighter squadron during the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain. These pilots are real human beings, not two-dimensional heroes. Unconvinced of the wisdom of their leaders, they concentrate only on staying alive and on forgetting the...
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
569
Publisher
Knopf
ISBN #
0394532929
EAN Code
9780394532929
ISBN #
5
June, 1916. Fresh out of public school and setting the skies as his limit, Oliver Paxton is convinced that his king and country are relying on him to "smite the hun". Leading his first solo flight, Oliver's mission is to take a convoy of much-needed biplanes across the Channel.
Author
Derek Robinson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
295
Publisher
Knopf
ISBN #
0394563891
EAN Code
9780394563893
ISBN #
4
Author
Derek Robinson
ISBN #
0002180774