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Richard Townshend Bickers

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in Shillong, India

July 05, 1917

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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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	Ginger Lacey: Fighter Pilot 4.37 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1969 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TROUBLE IN THE WIND a WW1 aviation action adventure thriller 4.09 avg rating — 472 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cauldron 4.03 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UNDER A SHRIEKING SKY a stirring WWI aviation novel of courage, camaraderie, and the dawn of air warfare (Heracles Trilogy Book 3) 4.32 avg rating — 346 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE FATEFUL DAWN a stirring WWI aviation novel of courage, camaraderie, and the dawn of air warfare (Heracles Trilogy Book 2) 4.19 avg rating — 303 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trial By Fire (The Daedalus Quartet Book 1) 3.88 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Climb 4.18 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Desert Falcons 4.05 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time For Haste (The Daedalus Quartet Book 2) 4.13 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dawn Patrol (The Victory Trilogy Book 1) 3.89 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

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“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

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“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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