Fighting High Publishing

18/04/2025

Great feature in today's edition of RAF News about Jeannie Benjamin and Sean Feast's book 'Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber'.

Titled 'Daughters tribute to Mossie Master Bomber DFC Dad', the feature describes the book as 'excellent' and a 'moving and powerful story'.

Further details about the book can be found here

The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin DFC & Bar by Jeannie Benjamin and Sean Feast Hardback - 160pp - 234 x 156mm. Approx 45 black and white photographs. World Rights - Fighting High Ltd. ISBN - 978-1-8380687-4-5. Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an ac...

27/03/2025

Epitaphs of Bomber Command

Recently I have been working on a book about epitaphs that feature on the headstones of Bomber Command airmen, who were killed in the Second World War. (The book, written with Dave Gilbert, is due out at the end of April.)

At 8pm this evening a short film will be released on the Fighting High YouTube channel, featuring epitaphs that appear on some of the headstones at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Brookwood Military Cemetery.

I have had the pleasure of working with my great friend David Fairhead (Director of the recent Spitfire and Lancaster films) to produce the film, and the brilliant Rebecca Hurford composed the original music. (Rebecca also composed the music for the recent 'A Memory Owed' film.)

A warm thank you also extends to the following for providing the voices of crewmates and next of kin - Louie Darlow, Charlotte Dunn, Jennifer Flatau-Brown, Katie Anna, Tom Hilton, Emma Kemp, Trent Monkman, Peter JG Pearson, and Louise Young

Filmed at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England.A short film with actors reading from letters or official correspondence giving the background to the ...

06/03/2025

Yet another great review of Jeannie Benjamin's and Sean Feast's 'Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber' in the recent issue of Flypast magazine.

04/03/2025

Great to see Jeannie Benjamin's and Sean Feast's 'Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber' receiving well deserved recognition with a lovely 5 star review from Army Rumour Service.

Full review here https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/main-force-to-mosquito-master-bomber-the-story-of-wing-commander-eric-benjamin-dfc-bar-by-jeannie-benjamin-and-sean-feast.319519/

28/02/2025

Great to see Jeannie Benjamin on the panel for the forthcoming International Bomber Command Centre Book Festival - Women in War.

I had the delight to work with Jeannie on her father's biography, 'Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber - The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin DFC & Bar', which I published through Fighting High Publishing.

Further details of the IBCC event on

The Women in War Book Festival is being held in March to honour the service of women in the Second World War

07/12/2024

All set up at the Shuttleworth Trust Old Warden Christmas market with the Fighting High Publishing stand, ready to delight the discerning public with a wonderful array of great books. What's not to like about a Fighting High book for Christmas.

29/11/2024

CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT NOW LIVE.

20% discount on all books bought through the Fighting High website - www.fightinghigh.com. Use the code XMAS24 at checkout.

31/10/2024

Delighted to present the cover of a new book, which we will be releasing at the end of April 2025. Titled 'Epitaphs of Bomber Command', and written with co-author Dave Gilbert (of the International Bomber Command Centre), we have selected one hundred poignant and emotive epitaphs that feature on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones of personnel who served with RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.

It has already been a moving and fascinating process, planning the book, visiting grave sites, and carrying out the initial research. Not only do we give details about the casualty but we also explore the choice of words that feature on the epitaph.

The book will be released by Fighting High Publishing in the run up to the 80th anniversary of VE-Day, providing a direct and sombre insight into the cost of war at a personal level.

Further details about the book here https://fightinghigh.com/collections/2020-books/products/epitaphs-of-bomber-command

18/10/2024

Picture from a visit to Brookwood military cemetery yesterday, researching Canadian Bomber Command casualties. So peaceful. The scent of pine on a slight breeze. The maple leaves turning red.

11/10/2024

Another excerpt, somewhat amusing, carried out when writing the book Victory Fighters.

Canadian Spitfire Ace Andrew MacKenzie DFC flew with 403 Squadron over the beachheads during the D-Day Normandy campaign of 1944. In this excerpt Andy recalls the day his Spitfire was shot down by friendly fire!

From the 2005 interview with Steve Darlow for the book 'Victory Fighters'. (www.stevedarlow.com) published by Grub Street Publishing

https://youtu.be/wzkIoCTtu1I

Canadian Spitfire Ace Andrew MacKenzie DFC flew with 403 Squadron over the beachheads during the D-Day Normandy campaign of 1944. In this excerpt Andy recall...

10/10/2024

Dam Busters Failed to Return - another Fighting High book with 'Review Ace' status (5 or more ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️reviews). Written by Dr Robert Owen, Steve Darlow , Sean Feast and Arthur Thorning, the book tells the story of some of those lost on the famous May 1943 Dam Busters raid.

02/10/2024

Just posted another on Youtube. I had the pleasure of sharing Jan's company at many commemorative events and lunches, and he often supported us at signing events. Jan served as an air gunner with Bomber Command and here he recalls the crash of his Wellington bomber on 2nd October 1942, during which he would suffer severe burns. (At some point I will also post Jan talking about his meeting with plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe, becoming one of his 'guinea pigs'.)

Polish Bomber Command air gunner Jan Stangryciuk Black recalls surviving the crash of his Wellington on 2nd October 1942, during which he would suffer sever...

27/09/2024

In 2011 I had the opportunity to spend a fascinating couple of hours with Bomber Command pilot Squadron Leader Ian Brownlie DFC. Ian flew Whitleys early in the war and then started a second tour on Halifaxes. In this excerpt Ian describes the fateful night of 17/18 January 1943 when his No. 35 Squadron Halifax was attacked by an enemy nightfighter.

https://youtu.be/OdU0hgOkPJ0

(If you do link through to youtube, please do give the channel a follow. There's other veteran excerpts already available with many more to come.)

Bomber Command pilot Squadron Leader Ian Brownlie DFC describes the fateful night of 17/18 January 1943 when his No. 35 Squadron Halifax was attacked by an e...