BOOKS
David Earl
Books written by David Earl can be ordered from his website Hanover Publications
David`s interest in aviation history stems from the discovery of wreckage of a wartime bomber on moors close to his hometown of Stalybridge at the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District in 1972. In 1990 he began research on both this and other aircraft he had heard of that had crashed in the mountains of the UK and in 1994 self published a little booklet entitled `THEIR FINAL MISSION` covering stories on eight B-17 Flying Fortress losses.
Further research and a number of articles submitted to newspapers and magazines led to two books on the subject, `HELL ON HIGH GROUND` volumes 1 & 2 published by Airlife Publishing Ltd in 1995 and 1999. Other books entitled `ALL IN A DAY`S WORK` on the pioneering days of RAF Mountain Rescue in Wales and `MUDVILLE HEIGHTS` about US Navy anti-submarine missions in Devon, were to follow, the latter published by his own small publishing company Hanover Publications, established in 2011 following redundancy from a career spanning 33 years in the printing industry.
David`s interest in aviation history stems from the discovery of wreckage of a wartime bomber on moors close to his hometown of Stalybridge at the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District in 1972. In 1990 he began research on both this and other aircraft he had heard of that had crashed in the mountains of the UK and in 1994 self published a little booklet entitled `THEIR FINAL MISSION` covering stories on eight B-17 Flying Fortress losses.
Further research and a number of articles submitted to newspapers and magazines led to two books on the subject, `HELL ON HIGH GROUND` volumes 1 & 2 published by Airlife Publishing Ltd in 1995 and 1999. Other books entitled `ALL IN A DAY`S WORK` on the pioneering days of RAF Mountain Rescue in Wales and `MUDVILLE HEIGHTS` about US Navy anti-submarine missions in Devon, were to follow, the latter published by his own small publishing company Hanover Publications, established in 2011 following redundancy from a career spanning 33 years in the printing industry.
Lorraine Evans
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Coming in 2026........
The study of aviation graveyards is a much maligned area of death research. The final resting place of sizeable non-organic beasts is routinely overlooked, yet it is still, in every respect, a graveyard and deserves to be recognised as such. From an extensive desert necropoli to a war-torn underwater mausoleum, very little of the world remains untouched by the boneyard phenomenon, and less has been written about these remarkable cemeteries. With a significant percentage still languishing in ‘Top Secret’ facilities, hidden behind barbed wire-fences and gated perimeters, it is hardly surprising. Nonetheless, advancements in technology has enabled those with an adventurous spirit, armchair or otherwise, to peel back these layers of secrecy and take a sneaky peak at the skeletal remains of once aeronautic marvels, the findings of which are truly astonishing. Boneyards of Steel - Exploring the World’s Aircraft Graveyards aims to take the reader on a flight of discovery, a mechanical odyssey of detection, unearthing the remains of aircraft in some of the planets most inhospitable regions, breathing new life into a wide-ranging collection of machine-driven detritus, metaphorically speaking, and, more significantly, to bring awareness to an often forgotten yet invaluable heritage. This book will be available from Pen and Sword. |