Wing Leader by Johnnie Johnson, phenomenal.

Really cool part about when they first encounter Focke Wulf 190's and nobody has any idea what the hell they are.

The prequels are brilliant! I read it in that order too, Dutch (Goshawk Squadron, then War Story and then Hornets Sting). BTW, if I were you, I'd buy Hornets Sting from Robinson directly. He self publishes now, which is far cheaper than the £60 Amazon charges! (he has his own website).

A favourite of mine is The Hardest Day by Alfred Price. It's a bit different in that it's an in-depth account of one day - 18th August 1940 - told from perspective of both sides with a great sense of drama (there's a great account of the low-level raid on Kenley by Do17s).

Bungay reused some of the material in his book (also a great read)

Yep I know philip thanks.:)

Was on his website recently. I really like his approach to all of this stuff.

I registered with Rise of Flight as 'Major Woolley' funnily enough, and after a couple of times flying online, someone asked me, 'not Major Stanley Woolley?'

I answered 'the very same!'.

He responded with 'Honoured to meet you sir!'

I said 'Bugger off.' Which I thought was appropriate!:grin:

Hahaha LOL that's excellent :grin: *fighting the temptation to give away elements of Wooley's earlier character* :cool:

+100
Absolute gem of a book,written from his memoirs during the big aerial fight of 1940.

I love the WWI book series as well, they just ooze Derek Robinson!

Strangely enough though, I never got on with the Piece of cake TV series made. It just lacked a certain something (Hurricanes aside) which the book captured brilliantly.

Funnily enough, it was the serious that led me to the books! I mean the book itself far exceeds the series, but I loved watching the series, and I still have the VHS box-set (which I have since upgraded to DVD). I know that many people couldn't get along with the characters, including certain veterans, and until Paul Richey passed away, there was an ongoing lawsuit with Robinson regarding the event where Hart's props snap (which Richey's lawyer claimed was taken from his book).
Whilst on the subject, Paul Richey's book is another brilliant read too (funnily enough, I was able to pick up the original version qute cheaply, and it's intersting to see how all the names are blanked out because of the war).

One more BoB book that's nice to own (you probably won't learn anything new)

The Battle of Britain Experience : Richard Overy
I scanned the back of the box it comes in to give you an idea...

It's main difference is it's facsimille documents. There are loads not mentioned on the back. Might be worth a look if you can find it.
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+1 .. reading the second half of this book at present. It's a good one. :-)