Books published by Crecy Publishing

Perhaps best known for their well-kept fleet of AEC lorries and for their ''Fletton brick'', the London Brick Company of Stewartby and Peterborough sold its products throughout the country. Through both good and bad times the company serviced the needs of the nation''s building industry, firstly by rail and then by road. In this book, noted transport historian Bill Aldridge describes the growth of the company, its many acquisitions and above all its delivery services. To explain this development, the brick making process is also briefly explained. Coverage is also given to recent events, including the take-over by the multinational Hanson Group who themselves began life as a small haulage company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.However, the second, fully revised edition of this remarkable and highly praised book not only looks at the London Brick Company delivery fleet, but also includes the range of ancillary vehicles operated by the company, including buses, fire engines, ambulances, refuse wagons and landfill site vehicles. This second edition also includes four extra colour pages.

The final volume in this monumental series, which records the grievous losses suffered by the men of RAF Bomber Command in the European theatre of operations during World War II, includes the master index of about 55,000 entries - the Roll of Honour - bringing together all aircrew mentioned in the previous volumes. The Roll of Honour provides for each airman; their surname, rank, Christian name, service number, date killed, squadron, the serial number of the aircraft involved, and the page and volume number where the loss is recorded.

This first volume will cover the aircraft and operations of the reconnaissance units from their origins in clandestine survey and photographic work over Poland and the United Kingdom in the late 1930s through to their first operational use during the Spanish Civil War. When World War II began, Aufklarungsflieger were involved on every front where the Luftwaffe fought. They were active in the skies across Europe, from Poland in the east to Britain in the west. They also played their part in the invasions of the Balkans and Russia.

PPL 1 Flying Training, the first book in AFE''s best selling PPL course series, follows the EASA PPL, LAPL and NPPL flying training syllabus and encompasses many issues concerning today''s pilots (wake turbulence, ATC procedures, transponders and radar, radio navigation, noise abatement, EFIS etc.) as well as those timeless airmanship issues that have always been vital to safe flying (lookout, carburettor icing, organising cockpit workload etc.). The book is presented in a straightforward manner, with no irrelevant theoretical material, and is illustrated throughout with diagrams, line drawings and photographs, including a step-by-step ''patter'' of each flight exercise with internal and external views to match.- Up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the EASA-PPL, LAPL and NPPL flying training course- Background Briefing for each flight exercise- ''Step-by-step'' explanation of all flight manoeuvres- Fully illustrated, easy-to-follow format- CAA recommended

This book charts in detail the development and operational record of the Horten Ho 229. One of the prototypes, V3, survives in the USA and the book includes specially commissioned photographs of this survivor.

Mosquito Victory is the final volume of the autobiographical trilogy which includes Wings Over Georgia and Lancaster Target. The anvil-top ahead of me was brilliantly white--whiter than a prince's pillow-case, or Caribbean teeth, or angel's wings. Pittam and I were flying at 25,000 feet, and it hung above us, dazzling in the April sun. Extract from Mosquito Victory.

This series has been of enduring interest over many years, and is still highly sought after. Apart from the obvious interest to aviation historians, many people researching family history find these books invaluable, as so many families had someone in an RAF bomber squadron, who failed to return from active service.With the interest in family history increasing all the time and with many now seeking detailed information about wartime careers of relatives, the series will continue to be used by those seeking to find out more about fathers, grandfathers and other relatives who flew with, and died in the service of Bomber Command during World War 2.

The art of successful night fighting was not something that could be easily learned. Pilot and navigator had to work together as a team, to think and move as one man. Lewis Brandon, a navigator throughout WW2, recounts his experiences.