I am delighted to announce that on 21 May 2026 I signed the contract with the Air World imprint of Pen and Sword Books to write a new book. This book will be will be titled Mosquito Intruders and the End of the Third Reich. It will be the fourth and final book in my quadrilogy about RAF Intruder operations during the Second World War. With it, I will complete the story of the RAF Intruders told through the histories of the aircrew and operations of Nos. 23, 418 (RCAF) and 60

My father, Ben Walsh, was still not seventeen when he lied about his age at the RAF Recruitment office. He reported for duty in early February 1941 and volunteered as aircrew. He was trained as a pilot and was awarded his 'wings' just two months after his eighteenth birthday. Ben was 'above average' with his night flying and was invited to train as an intruder. By the time he was just eighteen-and-a-half, he had joined No. 418 (RCAF) Squadron and was working up to operational

Warrant Officer John Joseph Stephen Yanota RCAF, Observer (Navigator) Johnny Yanota was born in Bankhead, Alberta, Canada, but raised in Blairmore. After completing high school and training in forestry, Johnny worked in the mine before he was called up in 1941 and trained as a navigator. On arrival in the United Kingdom in 1943 he was posted to 60 Operational Training Unit at RAF High Ercall for the Mosquito Night Intruder Course. There, he was teamed up with New Zealander Pi

Before the Second World War, Lionel Vivien Hudson, known as 'Bill, was a journalist with The Sydney Sun newspaper in Australia but by 1941 he was a sergeant pilot with 11 Squadron. On 29 July 1944 he arrived at RAF Yelahanka in India as an Acting Wing Commander, taking command of No. 82 Squadron. Bill was tasked with converting the squadron from the Vultee Vengeance dive-bomber to intruder Mosquitos. His views on his rapid promotion were clear. ‘It was fairly easy to get ran

One of the great excitements for me is when a new book is published and I receive my first copies. At that stage, maybe two or three year's work is suddenly crystalised. For the first time I see what my readers will actually see. It is hugely fulfilling and then I await my readers' reactions! The day the first copies arrive! Jacky Reid, RAF Pilot, 605 Squadron ‘It has been an interesting course and I have quite enjoyed it – dying to get on to the next stage now! However, for