Country Bibliographies

This is a guide to the most reliable, comprehensive and authoritative published sources for British aircraft and aviation, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Suggestions for additional titles would be welcomed.

Additional titles covering British aircraft types can be found in the Aircraft Types bibliography, and on British air combat operations can be found in the Air Wars bibliography.

Further details on all the books listed here can be found in the 'Bookfile' shareware database of aviation books. For more information on 'Bookfile' click here.

A comprehensive survey of British aviation and defence magazines is also available.

Aeroflight is member of the Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk Associates Programmes, and this means that many of the books listed here can be ordered directly from Amazon in the USA or UK, simply by clicking on the appropriate link. Readers from North America should click the blue links, readers from the UK and the rest of Europe should click the red links. Some titles may now be out of print, but Amazon will attempt to find a copy for you.

This guide is divided into:

• General Overviews
• Regional Studies
• The Aviation Industry
• Preserved Aircraft
• Civil Aviation
• Military Aviation
• Suggested Future Titles

Military Aviation

This guide covers the following organisations:

• Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
• Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)
• Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF)
• Fleet Air Arm (FAA)
• Army Air Corps (AAC)
• Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA)
• Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)