Suggested books to read about aircraft accidents and crash sites, mainly UK high ground.

 

Some of the titles listed below are no longer in print, and even some of the publishers has ceased trading with the consequence that they can be hard to get.

 

 

ISLE OF MAN

 

Rough Landing or Fatal Flight - Steve Poole ISBN 1-901508-03  

Amulree Publications, 1999.

 

 

LAKE DISTRICT

 

Air Crashes in the Lake District - Michael J. Hurst ISBN 1-85310-874-X

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1997.

 

 

NORTHUMBERLAND

 

Air Crash Northumberland - Russell Grey, Jim Corbett, Jonathan Shipley & Neil Anderson ISBN 1846741122

Countryside Books, 2008.

 

 

NORTH WEST ENGLAND

 

North West Aircraft Wrecks - Nick Wotherspoon ISBN 1844154785

Pen & Sword Aviation, 2006.

 

 

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

 

Nottinghamshire Air Crashes - David Needham ISBN 1843064251

Lankmark Publishing Ltd, 2008

 

PEAK DISTRICT 

 

Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 - Ron Collier, Roni Wilkinson ISBN 0-85052-475-1

2nd Revised Edition ,Leo Cooper Ltd (Pen & Sword), 1997.

 

Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2 - Ron Collier ISBN 0-85052-336-2

2nd Revised Edition, Leo Cooper Ltd (Pen & Sword), 1998.

 

Dark Peak Aircraft Wreck Walks - John N. Merrill ISBN 1903627044

Walk & Write Ltd, 2001.

 

White Peak Aircraft Wreck Walks - John N. Merrill ISBN 1-84173-000-9

Walk & Write Ltd, 2004.

 

A Moorlands Dedication - Marshall S. Boylan ISBN 0-95205-580-5 - 

William H. Beech, 1992.

 

Peakland Air Crashes - The South - Patrick J. Cunningham ISBN 1-84306-186-4

Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2005.

 

Peakland Air Crashes - The Central Area - Patrick J. Cunningham ISBN 1-843062208

Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2006

 

Peakland Air Crashes - The North - Patrick J. Cunningham ISBN 1-843063301

Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2006

 

 

WALES

 

No Landing Place - Edward Doylerush ISBN 0-904597-57-1

Midland Counties Publications, 1985.

 

No Landing Place Volume 2 - Edward Doylerush ISBN 1-85780-090-7

Midland Publishing Ltd, 1999.

 

Fallen Eagles: Guide to Aircraft Crashes in North-east and Mid-Wales - Edward Doylerush ISBN 0-904597-66-0

Midland Counties Publications, 1993.

 

The Legend of Llandwrog - Edward Doylerush ISBN 0-904597-88-1

Midland Counties Publications, 1994.

 

Rocks in the Clouds: High-ground Aircraft Crashes of South Wales - Edward Doylerush ISBN 1-85780-281-0

Midland Publishing Ltd, 2007.

 

Down in Wales - Terence R. Hill ISBN 0-86381-283-X

Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1994.

 

Down In Wales 2 - Terence R. Hill ISBN 0-86381-401-8

Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1997.

 

Final Descent: Air Crashes in Wales and the Borders - Terence R. Hill ISBN 0-85052-659-0

Leo Cooper Ltd (Pen & Sword), 1999.

 

Aircraft Crash Sites and the Stories Behind Them - W. J. L. Roberts (for the Brecon Beacons National Park)

Brecon Beacons National Park Service, 1996.

 

 

ALL UK AND IRELAND

 

Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide - Nick Wotherspoon, Alan Clark & Mark Sheldon ISBN 1844159108

Pen & Sword Aviation, 2009.

 

Down in a Free State: Wartime Air Crashes and Forced Landing in Eire, 1939-1945, John Quinn ISBN 0952549654

Belfast Cultural & Local History Group, 1999.

 

High Ground Wrecks and Relics - David J. Smith ISBN 1-85780-070-2

Midland Publishing Ltd, 1989 & 1997.

 

Hell on High Ground - David W. Earl ISBN 1-85310-569-4

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1995.

 

Hell on High Ground Volume 2 - David W. Earl ISBN 1-84037-082-3

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1999.

 

 

For more general books about aircraft losses see my references page.

 

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