Airborne Books
RECOMMENDED READING
"PRELUDE TO GLORY" by Group Captain Maurice Newnham OBE DFC
The definitive story of the creation and development No 1 Parachute Training School, Ringway during the period
1940-1945
"GO TO IT!" by Peter Harclerode
The Illustrated History of The 6th Airborne Division
"AIRBORNE WARFARE 1918-1945" by Barry Gregory & John Batchelor
Fascinating history of the rise of airborne forces up to the climax of the Second World War,
"PARA!" by Peter Harclerode
Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment
"KALANYOT - LETTERS FROM PALESTINE" by Alan Mead
Alan Mead, served with the 3rd Battalion in Palestine during period 1945-48.
"Billy's War" by Vincent Atherton
An historic novel based on the stories Bill Atherton told his son Vincent of his time in the British Army from 1942 to 1946.