Bibliography
Reference Material
A.V. Roe and General Early Aviation
The Old Flying Days by Major CC Turner. Sampson Low, Marston & Co c1922
The World of Wings And Things by Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe. (Autobiography) Hurst & Blacket, 1939.
A. V. Roe A Biography of Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe Pioneer of British Aviation by Edward Lanchbery. (Biography) The Bodley Head, 1956.
The Challenging Sky by Lawrence J. Ludovici. (A. V. Roe biography) Jenkins (London) 1956.
Of Flight & Flyers by Oliver Stewart. Newnes 1964
Aviation The Creative Ideas by Oliver Stewart. Faber & Faber 1966
British Aviation The Pioneer Years by Harald Penrose. Putnam 1967
Triplane to Typhoon. Aircraft produced by factories in Lancashire and the North West by James H Longworth. Lancashire County Development 2005
Aviation in Manchester, a short history by Brian Robson. Royal Aeronautical Society Manchester Branch
Avro & A.V. Roe & Co
Avro Aircraft Since 1908 by A. J. Jackson. (Co. history) Putnam (1st edition) 1956.
Avro Aircraft since 1908 by A. J. Jackson. (Co. history) Putnam (2nd enlarged edition) 1990.
Avro an Aircraft Album by Eric A. Harlin & George A. Jenks. (Co. history) Ian Allen 1973.
Avro: The History of an Aircraft Company by Harry Holmes, Airlife Publishing (Shrewsbury) 1994.
Avro – Archive Photographs compiled by Harry Holmes. (Photo album) Chalford Publishing (Stroud) 1996. ISBN 0 7524 0653 1
Avro Aircraft – Britain in old photographs by Rodger Jackson. (Photo album) Budding Books (Stroud) 1995.
Pioneering Years 1918-1961 by CE Fielding. Autobiography. British Aerospace Plc Manchester Division.
Wings over Brooklands. The story of the Birthplace of British aviation by Howard Johnson. Whittet Books 1981. ISBN 0 905483 40 5
Avro Aeroplanes
Lancaster
Avro Lancaster 50th Anniversary 1941-1991 by the Manchester Branch RAeS 1991 ISBN 0 903409 83 6
Avro Lancaster Bitain's Greatest wartime Bomber by Peter C Smith. Midland (Ian Allan Publishing) 2008. ISBN 978 85780 269 6
Lancaster at War and Lancaster at War 2 by Mike Garbet & Brian Goulding. Ian Allan 1971 & 1979
Avro Lancaster Combat Legends by Harry Holmes. The Crowood Press Ltd, October 2002, 96 pages. ISBN 9781840373769
Avro Lancaster Portfolio A Brooklands Aircraft Portfolio by RM Clarke. Brooklands Books ISBN 1 869 826 167
Lancaster The Biography by Tony Iveson and Brian Milton. Andre Deutsch ISBN 978 0 233 00270 5
Vulcan
Avro Vulcan Britain's Cold War Warrior by Philip Birtles. Midlands (Ian Allan Publishing) 2007. ISBN 10 1 85780 269 1
Vulcan 607 by Rowland White. Corgi Books ISBN 9780552152297
Avro Test Pilots
Avro Test pilots since 1907 Vol1 From Alliott Verdon-Roe to 'Sam Brown' by Peter V Clegg. GMS Enterprises 1997
ISBN 1 870384 54 7
The Quiet Test Pilot. Jimmy Orrell by Peter V Clegg. Bookmag 1989
Souvenirs
Eightieth Anniversary of AV Roe at Brooklands. 80th Anniversary of AV Roe's first hops at Brooklands. June 5th 1988 by Sir Peter Masefield
AV Roe, The Man, The Company and its Aircraft 1910-1990 by Harry Holmes. 90th Anniversary Souvenir Booklet. British Aerospace 1991
Centenary of British Aviation. AV Roe 1908-2008 by British Aviation 100 in Association with Brooklands Museum
Manuals & Catalogues
The Aviator's Storehouse. Catalogue of products. A.V. Roe & Co. Brownsfield Mills. Various editions 1910 -1911
Erecting and Aligning Avro Biplanes Type 504 by AV Roe& Co. 1917 (blue cover) & 3rd edition 1918 (green cover)
Instruction Book for the Avro Trainer Type 621 by AV Roe & Co. 1st Edition 1931 (buff cover)
Pilot's Notes for Anson 1 by Air Council. AP1525A April 1943
Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes Lancaster. Air Council AP2062A May 1944, AP2062C, AP2062F
Avro Canada
The Avro Arrow Story. The revolutionary Airplane and its Courageous test Pilots by Bill Zux. Altitude Publishing Canada.
2004 ISBN 1 55153 978 0
Requiem for a Giant. AV Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow by Palmiro Campagna. Hounslow Books 2003 ISBN 1 55002 438 8
Avrocar Canada's Flying Saucer by Bill Zuk. The story of Avro Canada's secret projects. The Boston Mills Press, 2001.
Saunders-Roe
From River to Sea the Marine Heritage of Sam Saunders by Raymond Wheeler. Cross Publishing 1993 ISBN 1 873295 05 7
From Sea to Air the Heritage of Sam Saunders by AE Tagg and RL Wheeler. Cross Publishing 1989 ISBN 0 9509739 3 9
Saunders and SARO Aircraft since 1917 by Peter London. Putnam 1988
Saunders-Roe Anglesey Ltd Builders of the World's Lightest Buses by Gerald Truran. Bryngold Books 2009 ISBN 978 1 905900 10 7
Images of Aviation. Saunders-Roe by Raymond L Wheeler. Tempus Publishing ISBN 0 7524 1075 X
SRA1
Outlines SRA/1 Fighter Flying Boat by Richard Bateson. ISO Publications ISBN 0 946784 05 1
