About the Author

Roger Freeman was born in 1928 in Suffolk. He was educated at Colchester Boys' High School and in 1944 went into the family farming business. The author of over 50 books on World War II aviation, as well as numerous pamphlets and magazine articles, he specialised in American air force history and aircraft. He had worked for radio and television, writing a script for a BBC documentary on old airfields, and has also published books of humorous country stories. He was also a Technical Adviser on the David Puttnam movie Memphis Belle.

Roger A. Freeman died on October 7, 2005. He was married with two daughters and a son.