Books by Ken Delve

Service that spanned 50 years, over 60 RAF squadrons, license-built in the US (the B-57) and Australia, combat from the Suez War to the Vietnam War, conflicts in India, Africa and the Falklands, Cold War veteran, record breaker in height and distance, NASA use; the Canberra design of the mid-1940s was all this and more, an aviation legend.

A Reference to the Men Aircraft Operational History. Includes Commanders, Aircraft, Orders of Battle, Group overviews, airfields, squadron histories, a reading list and a heritage trail.A unique approach containing all the fundamental information the aviation enthusiast or historian is likely to require.Over 200 illustrations and colour profiles of aircraft.

Summer 1942 and the war in the Middle East is in the balance; Rommel’s Axis forces are poised on the borders of Egypt and all that is needed is one last push. For that to succeed, Rommel needs supplies and for the Allies to be denied supplies. With Malta still active and disrupting the Axis shipping routes across the Mediterranean he is denied those supplies. Meanwhile, the Allied build-up continues, and Montgomery holds at El Alamein and then counter attacks. Rommel is pushed back and then, in a double blow, the Allies land in Tunisia. The collapse of North Africa leads to the invasion of Italy and contributes to the final Axis defeat.But what if Rommel had won?In this alternate history, Ken Delve proposes that with a few strategic changes by the Axis powers and poor decision by Allied Commanders, the outcome of could have been very different. In this scenario, the Allied invasion in Tunisia fails, Rommel defeats Montgomery and seizes Egypt, leaving the Germans well-placed to sweep up through the Middle East, capturing oil installations and joining up with German forces in Russia.

Ken Delve explores the roles of leadership, external support and community spirit and the parts they played during one of Maltas most challenging eras.

Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sitesComprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft typesList of HQ units based at the airfieldDetails of memorialsMaps and plans of almost every airfieldLocation detailsSelection of period photographs

Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sitesComprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft typesList of HQ units based at the airfieldDetails of memorialsMaps and plans of almost every airfieldLocation detailsSelection of period photographs

Looks at the military airfields of the British Isles. This work contains: history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sites; comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; list of HQ units based at the airfield; details of memorials; maps and plans of almost every airfield; and more.

A series that provides a look at the military airfields of the British Isles, aimed at historians and tourists. Each book includes a number of counties on a regional basis. Entries cover various military airfields within the counties, beginning from WW1. This third fourth title focuses on Northern England, where WWII bomber airfields dominated.