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Post by pjw4118 on Jan 13, 2016 13:47:07 GMT 12
I have had a notice through email , advertising this book by B. Hope . The listed cost is UKP 25 .Has anybody seen a copy to review?
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Post by pjw4118 on Jan 13, 2016 14:57:36 GMT 12
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Post by errolmartyn on Jan 14, 2016 11:31:45 GMT 12
I have had a notice through email , advertising this book by B. Hope . The listed cost is UKP 25 .Has anybody seen a copy to review? The booklet is mentioned on the FB page for The Control Tower (old North Creake Airfield). It is quoted there as one of its sources of info. I tried to get some info on the book via their FB page but it was a bit like drawing teeth. Finally got this: He (Barry Hope) has done a huge piece of research for the whole of bomber command's losses. The [sic] prints and binds them by squadron or airfield. You should talk to him as we only have the booklets for 199 and 171 Squadrons (i.e. the ones based here at RAF North Creake)
Have asked if they have a contact for Mr Hope. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 14, 2016 13:16:00 GMT 12
Errol, Barry Hope posts to Facebook as Buzz Hope. He has been advertising similar books covering many other Bomber Command squadrons too and I seem to recall he's stated that he has worked for well over 20 years compiling his material, mainly from official records. here's a post he made about this book to the "Remember The Short Stirling Bomber" Facebook page,if you're a member there: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201785130070483&set=gm.10152527978115914&type=3&theater |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 14, 2016 13:17:15 GMT 12
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Post by errolmartyn on Jan 14, 2016 13:35:04 GMT 12
Errol, Barry Hope posts to Facebook as Buzz Hope. He has been advertising similar books covering many other Bomber Command squadrons too and I seem to recall he's stated that he has worked for well over 20 years compiling his material, mainly from official records. here's a post he made about this book to the "Remember The Short Stirling Bomber" Facebook page,if you're a member there: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201785130070483&set=gm.10152527978115914&type=3&theaterLooks like months of research rather than years. This from his FB page: Of the 135 Bomber Squadrons and a single Flight, assigned to Bomber Command during World War Two I have researched, compiled and analysed statistics of 22 Front Line Bomber Squadrons over the past 21 months. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 14, 2016 13:42:58 GMT 12
OK, I may have mis-remembered that then, it was ages ago I read the comments on his books. This No. 75 (NZ) Squadron book has been out since at least 2014.
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