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Andrew has emerged in the last decade as a prolific author with his books A Separate Little War and Coastal Dawn casting a new light on the men who flew in RAF Coastal Command campaign’s. Drafts for A Separate Little War began in 1993 and was finally published in London by Grub Street an award-winning small, niche independent publisher in August 2003. His first historical work A Separate Little War: The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945 (Grub St), became a Glasgow Herald and Mail on Sunday top ten best seller and an instant success in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The book has subsequently, been republished in paperback (2005 and 2008). September 2012, Grub Street published his second boo Andrew has emerged in the last decade as a prolific author with his books A Separate Little War and Coastal Dawn casting a new light on the men who flew in RAF Coastal Command campaign’s. Drafts for A Separate Little War began in 1993 and was finally published in London by Grub Street an award-winning small, niche independent publisher in August 2003. His first historical work A Separate Little War: The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944-1945 (Grub St), became a Glasgow Herald and Mail on Sunday top ten best seller and an instant success in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The book has subsequently, been republished in paperback (2005 and 2008). September 2012, Grub Street published his second book Coastal Dawn: Blenheim’s in Action from the Phoney War Through the Battle of Britain, this is the first account of events dealing with RAF Coastal Command Bristol Blenheim Fighter’s in 1940. Covering the ill fated Norwegian Campaign, air combat over Holland, the evacuation of the Dutch Royal Family, Battle of France, and Dunkirk thought to October 1940. Coastal Dawn went straight into the Amazon top ten, reaching the No. 3 spot [2012] and continues to be in the Top 100 Titles for the Battle of Britain in 2015. Andrew Bird’s latest book, ‘White Knight’s’, is currently being written. Andrew, has also taken part in several historical TV documentaries: In May 2005, he presented a film called Davenport & Day for NRK Ostafjells by Stine Hanson and also took part in 1945-2005 Night on BBC Aberdeenshire. In 2012 he was a consultant and presenter on War Heroes In My Family with Lisa Faulkner (Series 1) on Channel 5, made by 360 Productions, with Series Producer Michael Wadding. He was a series consultant and contributor for Who Do You Think You Are (Series 10) for Wall-to-Wall Media, episode 3, featuring Hollywood actress Minnie Driver. Then contributed towards the ‘Billy’ Connelly episode 9 in Series 11. He was one of the consultants used by the BBC for the launch of the corporations BBC’s World War One At Home – Local Stories from a Global Conflict. Andrew was a contributor on BBC Radio Berkshire being interviewed by Janice Hunter on the Royal Flying Corps training in WW1 that took place on the Reading University Campus, which was transmitted in the summer of 2014 and has subsequently appeared on BBC South To-Day News in August and September 2014 with Nikki Chapman talking about the School of Aeronautics in Reading during WW1. April 2015: Saw Andrew carry out some of the initial historical research for BBC One VE Day 70, Remembering Victory, and also supply images for this programme and regional BBC News and associated websites. He participated as historical consultant sourcing photographs for BBC Radio Berkshires VE Day Special – Memories of VE Day celebrations from BBC Radio Berkshire listeners. Andrew diversifies between being a writer and producer with freelancing as a creative designer, and has worked for an eclectic mix of people: Sir Julian Rose – Hardwick Estates Organic’s, George Harrison, John Mortimer, Robert Hardy, Vince Hill and Rachel Goswell (of Slowdive, Mojave 3) to Reading Outreach Programme, HRR, Leander Club, Henley Town Regatta, Open-Spaces, Thames Valley Police – Pub Watch Scheme, The Guardian Media Group, Harrods, Waitrose (part of the John Lewis Partnership) 3 Mobile, David Bent, the Royal Air Force Museum and the singer, Robin Gibb, campaign to build a permanent memorial in the capital for veterans of Bomber Command, Sir Peter Jackson, The Vintage Aviator Ltd (TVAL), Internationally acclaimed artist Dryden Goodwin drew Andrew as one of his subjects for his ‘Open’ exhibition in 2010. He lives in the novelist Elizabeth Taylor’s mid-terrace house in Berkshire with his family ...more

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