Books by John Nichol

The story of the legendary Lancaster bomber and its brave pilots

RAF Flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first airborne mission of the Gulf War. This book tells the story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussien's regime.

The epic story of the Tornado during Operation Desert Storm, by the bestselling author of Spitfire and Lancaster, who was himself shot down during that conflict

Spitfire: A remarkable aircraft flown by very brave men. This is their story.

Previously published as After the Flood.Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood.The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more than seventy years.On the 17th May 1943, 133 airmen set out in 19 Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams. 56 of them did not return. Despite these catastrophic losses, the raid became an enormous propaganda triumph. The survivors were feted as heroes and became celebrities of their time.They had been brought together for one specific task - so what happened next? Of the 77 men who made it home from that raid, 32 would lose their lives later in the war and only 45 survived to see the victory for which they fought.Few are aware of the extent of the Dambuster squadron's operations after the Dams Raid. They became the 'go to' squadron for specialist precision attacks, dropping the largest bombs ever built on battleships, railway bridges, secret weapon establishments, rockets sites and U-boat construction pens. They were involved in attempts on the lives of enemy leaders, both Hitler and Mussolini, created a 'false fleet' on D-day which fooled the Germans, and knocked out a German super gun which would have rained 600 shells an hour on London.In 'After The Flood', John Nichol retraces the path of 617 Squadron's most dangerous sorties as their reputation called them into action again and again.

Da helikopterpiloten Jack Griffiths forlader RAF for at gå ind i den private militærstyrke Decisive Measures, håber han, at han for altid har lagt de brutale etniske konflikter bag sig, som han var vidne til i Bosnien og Kosova, især mindet om den katastrofale mission, der endte med tab af mange uskyldige liv.Hans nye job fører ham til Sierra Leone, hvor han udfører rutinemæssige bevogtningsopgaver i diamantminerne. Her møder han Layla, som er læge og arbejder for en lokal velgørenhedsorganisation. Men et spirende venskab mellem dem bliver ødelagt, da der udbryder borgerkrig. Jack bliver sendt ud på mission og må endnu en gang konfrontere konsekvenserne af sin fejltagelse.Da Decisive Measures overlader minearbejderne til deres skæbne, bliver Jack og Layla nødt til at træffe en barsk afgørelse om, hvor deres loyalitet ligger…En actionmættet letlæst spændingsroman … spændingsplottet og historien fungerer med en lidt åben slutning og er ligesom forholdene i det afrikanske land skildret med atmosfære. En traditionel spændingsroman til en bred læserskare. - Bibliotekernes lektørudtalelse