Book on No.6 Naval Squadron

stoney · 9 May 2006, 04:30 PM

The Schiffer web site details a new book to published in July '06 entitled: "A HISTORY ON No.6 SQUADRON" by Mike Westrop.

Mike also did the Schiffer book on No.10 Squadron, so I expect it to be quite good.

Paddy · 24 May 2006, 10:29 AM

I just found out about this book and am very excited about getting a copy. It appears that it will be available in July. I've always liked the Nieuport 17bis and have always been interested in 6 Sqn RNAS's use of it. Sounds like I will learn quite a bit more from this book.

stoney · 24 May 2006, 04:23 PM

If it's as good as No.10 (Naval) was, then it will be quite good.

Paddy · 25 May 2006, 08:45 AM

I had exchanged e-mails with Mike O'Connor, who writes the Airfields & Airmen series. He had told me that he had submitted an article to Cross & Cockade about Flt Lt. Ernest Norton of 6Sqn. I was wondering if anyone knows if this has been published yet and if so, in which vol.?

MikeW · 25 May 2006, 09:41 AM

Thanks for the interest chaps, Schiffer told me that the book should be back from the printers (Schiffer are "publishers", not "printers") at the beginning of June, so not long now.

Absolutely next to nothing has been published about Naval 6's fighter days, though Cross & Cockade did run a couple of features on 206 Squadron RAF. A large lump of the squadron's records are missing from the Naval 6 "box" at the National Archives and I suppose this put authors off. I found the missing stuff in an RFC Wing War Diary, I just couldn't believe my luck.

Mark Miller has again produced a memorable cover depicting the above mentioned EW Norton vs Herman Göring (I suppose the final result was even as Göring brought FSL Fletcher down, then Norton severed Göring's rudder controls forcing him to land. Lots of Mark's Nieuport 17Bis profiles as well - a beautiful looking aeroplane but drastically flawed.

Paddy,

C&CI has a surfeit of "people" material so it might be some time before Mike O'Connor's piece on Norton gets published - on the other hand it might be out quite soon! I supoose it all depends on how it fits into the melting pot. "Technical" articles get pushed through quite quickly but biographical stuff can hang around a bit.

Mike

Paddy · 25 May 2006, 01:40 PM

Mike W.: Thanks for responding- I am looking forward to the book- I'll be calling the dealer tomorrow. Sounds like exactly the kind of difinitive work one could hope for on this subject.