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06/09/2025

And we're off. First book signed at Imperial War Museum Duxford show. If you're at Duxford, come and see us on the The People's Mosquito stand. Looks like a great day ahead.

04/09/2025

📚Exciting weekend ahead at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Airshow!

Tomorrow we’ll be setting up for the book signings, kindly hosted by our friends

✍️ Steve Darlow & Dave Gilbert will be signing 'Epitaphs of Bomber Command'
✍️ Sean Feast & Jeannie Benjamin will be showcasing 'Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber'

If you’re visiting, come and say hello, grab a signed copy, and check out the incredible work of The People’s Mosquito. It’s going to be a cracking weekend!

02/09/2025

📚 Book Launch – IWM Duxford, Sat 6 & Sun 7 September

This weekend sees the official launch of Epitaphs of Bomber Command by Steve Darlow and Dave Gilbert.

✍️ Meet the authors and pick up your signed copy stand.

Not at Duxford? You can still order a signed copy here 👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/collections/bomber-comman

01/09/2025

📸 Fighting High – Photo of the Week

This week we share an iconic moment: John Gillespie Magee receiving his Wings at No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Uplands, Ottawa – June 1941.

Just six months later, while flying a Spitfire, John was tragically killed in a mid-air collision. He left behind the immortal poem High Flight.

His remarkable story is told in Roger Cole’s book 'High Flight – The Life and Poetry of John Gillespie Magee', with signed copies available from the Fighting High website.

01/09/2025

📖 This weekend sees the official launch of 'Epitaphs of Bomber Command' by Steve Darlow and Dave Gilbert War Museum Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow.

During the research for the book, Steve visited Brookwood Military Cemetery and, with film director David Fairhead, created a short film about some of the airmen buried there and their poignant epitaphs.

🎥 Watch the film: https://youtu.be/UGK1acfG6lg?si=O3z2KyJ37s2_yA6O

Steve and Dave will be on stand at Duxford. If you can’t make it, signed copies are available here 👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/collections/bomber-command

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

28/08/2025

📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚

We’re giving away a FREE copy of 'Artie: Bomber Command Legend' by Vincent Ashworth to one of our followers.

How to enter:
1️⃣ Make sure you’re following the Fighting High page
2️⃣ Like this post

That’s it! One winner will be chosen at random from our followers at midday (UK time) on Thursday 4th September.

📖 Artie tells the remarkable story of Wing Commander Artie Ashworth DSO, DFC and Bar, AFC and Bar, MID and this is your chance to win a copy for free.

Good luck — and thank you for supporting Fighting High!

27/08/2025

📚✨ Introducing Author Day at Fighting High!
Every Wednesday we’ll shine a spotlight on the remarkable writers behind our books – their stories, passions, and dedication to history.

We’re kicking things off with Dr Robert Owen – a historian dedicated to uncovering the human stories at the heart of aviation and military history.

Discover more about his journey and work in his recent interview with Sean Feast 👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/blogs/news/the-history-boy

Sean Feast speaks to Fighting High author Dr. Robert Owen about advertising, the 617 Squadron Association, and why there has never been a biography of Willie Tait. As the Official Historian to the 617 Squadron Association, it’s fair to say Rob Owen knows a fair amount about the Dam Busters and Bom...

26/08/2025

New on the Fighting High Blog!

We’ve begun sharing a series of fascinating articles exploring forgotten heroes, daring raids, historic mysteries, and fresh insights from WWII.

📚 Take a look at our latest features:

Gazing Into the Abyss – A mythic journey into the lives of young Bomber Command airmen who flew into fire and returned forever changed. (Aug 21, 2025)
👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/blogs/news/gazing-into-the-abyss-the-heroes-of-bomber-command

The Peenemünde Raid: Triumph, Tragedy & the Lost Graves – The 1943 raid that shook N**i Germany’s rocket programme—and the men whose resting places are still lost. (Aug 17, 2025)
👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/blogs/news/the-peenemunde-raid-triumph-tragedy-and-the-lost-graves

What’s in a Name? – A new look at where Gerry Anderson’s 'Thunderbirds' really came from. (July 18, 2025)
👉 https://fighting-high-books.myshopify.com/blogs/news/whats-in-a-name

by Steve Darlow Called to the skies in their youth, they crossed into a realm of fire and fear, endured unthinkable trials, and returned changed – unseen heroes whose journey echoes the oldest myths, and whose legacy still asks to be understood. Such is the story of the airmen of Bomber Command. ....

25/08/2025

📸 Fighting High – Photo of the Week
Every week we’ll share a standout image from one of our books, providing a visual insight into the human experience behind the history.

First up: a poignant photo from Adam Purcell’s 'Into the Silence' chapter in Bomber Command: Failed to Return. It shows the crew of Squadron Leader Smith and his No. 467 Squadron RAAF Lancaster, lost on the night of 10/11 May 1944, with only one survivor.

24/08/2025

Exciting day ahead at Little Gransden Charity Air & Car Show! All set up with authors Steve Darlow , Sean Feast and Andrew White — looking forward to signing books, sharing stories, meeting people, and soaking up the atmosphere.

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