For any of you - like me - who prefer a paperback, today's the day! MOSQUITO is now officially a Penguin Books UK paperback!

Excited to share the news that MOSQUITO is about to become a whole lot easier to pick up. The paperback is published on Thursday! It will be, as they say, available in all good bookshops. Or you can pre-order and have it posted through your letter box on publication day ...

Tay Keith and Mosquito by Rowland White 🤎

Find it here: bit.ly/485T6iE #lookstobooks #grammys #books #booktwitter Tay Keith Transworld Books

My old friend Chris Cartledge has died, aged 100. Chris was one of the last of The Kamikaze Hunters — the British fighter pilots who saw action in the Pacific and over Japan in 1945 as the Second World War reached its climax. 1/4

Really thrilled to bits with this generous review of MOSQUITO in the new FlyPastMag 🙏 (in an issue with a Swordfish on the front too!) If only there were somewhere, if it convinces you to take a punt, you could buy it for less than half price ... oh ... amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/178763…

Enjoy Masters of the Air folks. Always thought the Fortress looked pretty dashing sporting Coastal Command duds too ...

Who needs Airwolf when you’ve got Airelephant! Indian Alouette IIIs give it the full Dumbo in 1969 …

Because you can never see enough photographs of Ethiopian Air Force Fireflies

‘The literary equivalent of injecting pure adrenaline into your brain via your eyeball’ So says TheAviationHistorian 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 about Paul Tremelling’s HARRIER. And who doesn’t want a bit of that?
Nice one Tremmers!

De Havilland Dash-ed …

Rowland White Q400!

Cor, nice landing gear …

Thrilled to report that the last few days have been very de Havilland-ey …

Mike Sadler was a wonderful man, pictured here with my wife and son; the last of The Originals. ‘These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth. The years had given them kindness. Dawn was theirs, And sunset… All this is ended.’

A detour from Cassino and am now knee-deep in the story of the Battle of the North Cape and the sinking of the Scharnhorst, a cornered bear if ever there was one. Really, just how good were the Royal Navy in the war? WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Ever wondered what the view from a Typhoon cockpit towards a couple of F35s looks like? You’re welcome 🙏🏼

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Rowland White Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 James Holland Jas Storrar gave the 610 County of Chester Squadron pilots tankards, I believe when the squadron disbanded in about 1957.

This one belonged to my late father, who is sitting two places to the right of Jas in the picture above (I believe taken at RAF Hooton Park).

Oh, that’s fantastic! What a great pic. Thanks so much for sharing it. I’ll be sure to show it to Jas’s family

Not your average plane spot …

Today's WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk listener encounter, Jar. 'Look what I just bought' he said. James Holland Rowland White