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Richard Townshend Bickers


Born
in Shillong, India
July 05, 1917


Richard Leslie Townshend Bickers has written more books about the RAF and its predecessor, the RFC, than any other author past or present - some under a pseudonym. Being multilingual, he does his own research in foreign archives and by interviews and correspondence. His short stories and newspaper articles were first published and broadcast while he was a serving RAF officer. By the time he left the RAF his first four novels had appeared. His biography of his friend "Ginger" Lacey, the top-scoring pilot in the Battle of Britain, was published to acclaim in 1962.Bickers volunteered for the RAF on the outbreak of war and served, with a Permanent Commission, for eighteen years. In England he operated with Fighter and Coastal Commands; in North ...more

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TROUBLE IN THE WIND a WW1 a...

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Ginger Lacey: Fighter Pilot

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The Cauldron

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UNDER A SHRIEKING SKY a sti...

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THE FATEFUL DAWN a stirring...

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Trial By Fire (The Daedalus...

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Battle Climb

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The Desert Falcons

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THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS FILE...

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“He led by constantly instilling into everyone the basic principle of self-respect, the determination in every man never to let himself down.”
Richard Townshend Bickers, FURY IN THE SKIES fourteen gripping WW2 novels from the master of aerial warfare fiction

“incessant heel-stamping, frantic saluting, a morbid obsession with parades and button-polishing, and general fear and obsequiousness were not essential for the achievement of obedience and a high professional performance”
Richard Townshend Bickers, FURY IN THE SKIES fourteen gripping WW2 novels from the master of aerial warfare fiction

“Small minds with high ambitions, when they were also ruthless, could evince an essential heartlessness which left its victims bewildered, indignant and vitriolic.”
Richard Townshend Bickers, FURY IN THE SKIES fourteen gripping WW2 novels from the master of aerial warfare fiction

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