France, May 1940. Seated in the cockpit of his Hurricane, Sergeant George Yeoman—young, eager, and innocent in the ways of war—is on his way to join his first operational squadron. Meanwhile, the German Panzers advance unchecked through the Ardennes, and as the allied bombers plead to strike at them, the Luftwaffe is already set to launch a decisive blow. Disaster beckons and Yeoman and No. 505 Squadron soon find themselves courting death in a series of increasingly desperate sorties as the allied army begins its retreat towards Dunkirk. There are only a handful of them against the might of Hitler’s war machine, and with each sortie the ranks of the Squadron grow ever more depleted. The odds stacked against them are hopeless… A vivid tale of a fighter squadron at war, Hurricane Squadron is told with painstaking accuracy, charting a young man’s rise to maturity in the face of combat and sudden death. 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Hurricane Squadron is the first book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series.

Summer 1940, and the Battle of Britain is about to begin. After his time in France and the nightmare of Dunkirk, Sergeant George Yeoman of No. 505 Squadron R.A.F. no longer has any illusions about the war he is fighting. Those months’ service have left Yeoman a battle-wearied flying ace, but if it is rest he’s after, then he is sorely mistaken. His commission finally through, Yeoman finds himself presented with new responsibilities and challenges when he is temporarily attached to a Polish fighter squadron. Meanwhile Lieutenant Joachim Richter, Yeoman’s great adversary and opposite number in the Luftwaffe, is readying his men for the storm to come. Hurled across the Channel, the Luftwaffe begins to pound away at the defences, and with no reserves left the Few are all that stands between Britain and defeat. Squadron Scramble is a classic adventure story of the Second World War in the air. Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full-time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Squadron Scramble is the second book in the George Yeoman series.

Will George Yeoman defeat his toughest challenge yet? April 1941. As Rommel’s Africa Korps thunder towards Tobruk, the last bastion of British defence in North Africa, Flying Officer Yeoman is assigned to defend the dwindling British lines. The blazing African sky is studded with Stukas, Fiats and hellish anti-aircraft fire. While on the ground, the desert is littered with mine-fields and German armour. The RAF in North Africa are as much at their wit’s end as they were over the channel during the Battle of Britain. The fighting is just as ferocious. The Germans appear just as unstoppable… Target Tobruk is the next instalment in the heart-racing George Yeoman series. Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Target Tobruk is the third book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.

May, 1942. With enemies on all sides, the war-torn island of Malta—a vital strategic position in the Mediterranean—was at the point of defeat. In a desperate attempt to win time for essential supplies to reach the island without being bombed, Flight Lieutenant George Yeoman and a force of 64 Spitfires were flown in from aircraft carriers. Despite the 13 victories already to his credit, Yeoman knew that they would have to fight as never before ... outnumbered by Italian and German Air Forces determined to unleash a continuous onslaught on the island. Hitler is furious that anyone would dare to shield Malta and he has chilling plans... Time is running out to protect the island from invasion and conditions are horrific, crowds of ragged children chase the pilots for pennies and local young men are shot for the smallest of errors. As the haunting beauty of the land is disturbed and shattered by bombs, the pilots endure great uncertainty and realise that grave personal sacrifices must be made if the mission is to be a success. The odds are severely stacked against them. Yeoman is also deeply troubled by memories of his lover, newspaper correspondent Julia Connors who has been swept up in the war effort elsewhere. Disheartened and wondering if he will make it home at all, he doubts he will ever see her again. When he meets Lucia Manduca, daughter of a baron, he makes an impulsive decision during a raid at Lucia’s request which places them both in danger... The fate of Malta is in the hands of the pilots, but will all of them survive and what will be the personal consequences of this tragic war?

Summer 1943. The Battle of Britain is over. But the Battle of Germany has just begun. By night and day, RAF and USAAF bombers drive deep into enemy territory, striking at the heart of Germany’s war effort. Squadron Leader George Yeoman, veteran of the skies, has orders to protect the bombers on their long-range missions. He and his men will support in the elusive de Havilland Mosquito, a versatile plane made from wood but capable of stinging the Luftwaffe and sucking the fight from its airmen. Across the channel, Major Joachim Richter, Yeoman’s counterpart and adversary, bravely leads his squadron out each night to intercept the Allied bombers before they destroy German cities. The fight will be long and gruelling, but engineers behind the scenes on both sides are racing to build a plane that may soon decide the battle, the fighter jet. Will Yeoman survive the fight or will this be his last? Mosquito Squadron is a classic WWII adventure story. 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Mosquito Squadron is the fifth book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.

1944: The Second World War still rages, engulfing the entire world. For George Yeoman of the 380 Squadron of Mosquito fighter-bombers, it often feels like the war has gone on forever, with no end in sight. Most of the men he began serving with at the start of the war are long dead, with replacements appearing almost every day to take the place of the casualties. Like many of his fellow pilots, Yeoman is overworked and on edge, a hair’s breadth from collapsing entirely. But, as is the nature of war, he must keep on for Queen and country and the victory of the Allied world… When intelligence is smuggled from the Continent to England that reveals the Germans have constructed a deadly new weapon, Yeoman and his fellow airmen face a desperate new challenge. The devastating V-1 robot bomb threatens plans for an Allied invasion. Capable of causing appalling damage to a London wearing of bloodshed and war, the bomb’s menace returns Londoners to a state of fear worse than that experienced during the Blitz. Powerful, dangerous, and seemingly unstoppable, the V-1 poses a challenge to the brave aircrews of the Allied forces, who seek to destroy Germany’s latest invention without destroying themselves in the process. The countermeasures against the V-1 flying bomb campaign are dubbed Operation Diver. Yeoman’s squadron is tasked with wrecking German launching pads and blowing up undergrown arsenals, a dangerous mission in itself that threatens death by flak, but one far less perilous than trying to take out the bombs after they have been launched. If the Mosquitos mistime their aerial attacks on the V-1s, death can come even sooner. Yeoman must keep up not only his own spirits, but those of his men, through some of the war’s darkest days. Yet those in power keep him in the dark about the true nature of some of his missions, the truth about which he must never know… Praise for Robert Jackson 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Operation Diver is the sixth book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.

November, 1944. As the Germans pursue their last great offensive in the Ardennes in an effort to drive a wedge between the British and American land forces and to capture the vital port of Antwerp, the once all-powerful Luftwaffe are being systematically swept from the skies by the RAF and USAAF. Based at Eindhoven, Wing Commander George Yeoman, DSO, DFC, DFM, is unknowingly pitting the hard-won skills of his squadron of Hawker Tempests—the RAF’S fastest and most effective fighters—against his wily old enemy, Oberstleutnant Joachim Richter, who commands the élite Jagdgeschwader 66. Squadron leader Tim Phelan and the remarkably brave Simon Wynne-Williams, who has recently been discharged from the Burns Unit at East Grinstead, are part of a fearless operational squadron determined to make the mission a success. Whether that means that they will return home is another matter... they never lose sight of their target. But Yeoman knows his luck cannot hold out much longer. The Battle of the Ardennes stretches out relentlessly and prospects seem bleak. In cut-and-thrust combat high over the snow-covered land, Yeoman’s Tempests are battling as much against the common enemy of cruel weather and nervous strain as against Richter’s Focke-Wulfs. And when Yeoman is forced to crash-land in enemy territory, he is certain of only one instant, fiery death. For even if he survives the landing, the rest of his section must blow up the remains of his aircraft to prevent the new British radar equipment falling into enemy hands... Praise for Robert Jackson 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Tempest Squadron is the seventh book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.

Germany, April 1945 Nazi Germany is collapsing in crushing defeat. In east and west, the battered remnants of the Luftwaffe are being relentlessly swept from the skies by swarms of Allied fighters as the last battles are fought over the ruins of Berlin. Into this turmoil comes Wing Commander George Yeoman, commanding a squadron of brand-new Meteor jet fighters—and the stage is set for the long-awaited confrontation with his old adversary, Joachim Richter. Unknown to Yeoman, British Intelligence is hot on the trail of the top scientists who have been working on Germany’s atomic bomb project. The men are in hiding in Berlin, encircled by the Russians, and at all costs they must be prevented from falling into Russian hands. When the scientists attempt to escape in an old German flying-boat from one of Berlin’s lakes, Yeoman’s Meteor squadron is given the task of intercepting them and forcing them to land in Allied territory—even if it means shooting down any Russians who try to stop them. The Last Battle is a captivating story of bravery and duty in the claustrophobic confines of war. As proud men fearlessly face old enemies, everything is at stake and nothing is off limits ... Praise for the “… with precise, controlled writing, Mr Jackson has made a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the air war …” - The New York Times About the Robert Jackson was born in 1941 and educated at Richmond School, Yorkshire. He has been a full-time author since 1969, specializing in aviation and military history. During his life he has travelled extensively, and speaks five languages; he has flown a wide variety of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. He is the author of Fighter Pilots of World War I, Air Heroes of World War II, Fighter!, Bomber! and Strike From the Sea.

The Second World War is over, but not for everyone… Veteran Wing Commander George Yeoman is still flying Spitfires. Yeoman and his men are working with the Malayan government to fight the Malayan Communist Party. It is a brutal guerrilla war, right in the heart of the jungle. After a carefully calculated sequence of bloody murders—British policemen and planters, their wives and children—the government of Malaya can no longer avoid open conflict with the Malayan Communist Party, whose strength lies in its guerrilla regiments operating from deep within the jungle. A state of emergency is declared and British reinforcements are flown in overnight. War veteran Wing Commander George Yeoman is one of those hardened fighter pilots posted to Kota Balang to command a tactical air support wing of Beaufighters and Spitfires. Their task is to draw the guerrillas out of their impenetrable cover and eradicate them before the whole country is subject to their ruthless terrorism. Operating in tandem with the highly trained Ferret Force, an army unit skilled in jungle warfare, the RAF have little time to acclimatize themselves before the first Communist offensive takes place in their zone. In their own terrain the guerrillas are unbeatable, and those who fall into their hands can expect no mercy. Yeoman and his team quickly discover that their action is every bit as dangerous—and important—as any of the great battles of the Second World War. For the man with the sword, the man known only as Yoke, the war isn’t over either and he will make the British pay for what they’ve done, to him and to his country. Praise for Robert ‘The descriptions of weaponry…are authentically detailed.’ - Publishers Weekly 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill. Robert Jackson was born in 1941 in the North Yorkshire village of Melsonby. A former pilot and navigation instructor, his active involvement with aviation lasted many years. Following his retirement from the RAFVR in 1977 as a squadron leader, he became a full-time aviation writer and aerospace correspondent and lectured extensively on strategic issues. He speaks five languages, including Russian, and has written more than forty nonfiction works on military affairs. Operation Firedog is part of the thrilling Yeoman series.

In June 1950, North Korean forces storm South Korea, precipitating a war between the United Nations and Communist states. The UN know that it is not a war that can be won on the American and Australian forces fight in the air, in newly-engineered high powered jets. One of the men tasked with their own squadron is George Yeoman of the RAF, a highly respected British Wing Commander, who must introduce pilots to a new fighter plane, in order to counter the increasing threat of the North Korean Forces’ Soviet built and dangerously effective MiGs. With merciless Russian General Krylenko commanding airstrike operations, Yeoman is all too aware of the perils he faces, especially with a young family waiting for him back in England. And the enemies have a new weapon, in the form of the MiG 15, their most capable fighter pilot yet. Yeoman and his comrades must intercept the attacks from North Korean and Chinese forces, something made especially difficult by the unofficial involvement of extremely talented Soviet pilots. Will Yeoman and his squadron manage to avoid the perils of aerial warfare, and succeed in bringing down the relentless Krylenko? Or will Yeoman fall, and be another forgotten casualty in The Forgotten War? A story of comradeship, of victory and of loss and of a new, terrifying type of military warfare, Korean Combat is the thrilling ninth book in the immensely popular Yeoman series. Praise for Robert Jackson 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Korean Combat is part of the Sergeant George Yeoman series.

The Second World War is long over, but George Yeoman is about to be flung into a new crisis. The Suez Crisis. Based in Cyprus and commanding two squadrons of de Havilland Venom fighter-bombers, Wing Commander George Yeoman is the first to be called into the clash between Anglo-French forces and the Egyptians over the Suez Canal. Operation Musketeer, in which combined air-attack forces demolish the Egyptian airfields west of Suez, is soon over, but there is still action for the Venoms in an unexpected area. The tiny, oil-rich state of Muramshir has asked for British support against invasion by its powerful neighbour, Khorat, and Yeoman’s Venom squadron is despatched to show some air strength. To their amazement they face not the usual outdated British war planes of the Gulf states but the latest Russian-built MiG fighters, with speed and range infinitely superior to the Venoms. Yeoman’s Middle East assignment turns into a battle to the death, and into it he has to lead young RAF pilots who have never before encountered such gruelling conditions combined with such grimly determined opponents. Praise for Robert Jackson “The descriptions of weaponry…are authentically detailed.” - Publishers Weekly Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Venom Squadron is part of the George Yeoman series which began in Hurricane Squadron.

Summer 1960: Group Captain George Yeoman is about to be thrown into battle once more... As Officer Commanding at RAF Rheinbrücken, Yeoman is preparing a squadron of Hawker Hunters for a forthcoming NATO air defence exercise. But orders are given to take his Hunters to the Congolese Republic. British uranium interests are being threatened by a fanatical politician, Nkrombe, who is believed to be planning an invasion of the small neighbouring state of Warambe where the mines are situated. Nkrombe, backed by highly skilled mercenary pilots and Sabre Jet fighters, is a formidable threat to Yeoman’s Hunter squadron: especially as Warambe turns out to be only a side-show Nkrombe seeks to control the whole empire of Central Africa. In a fierce air battle over the jungle, Yeoman encounters his old wartime enemy, Colonel Joachim Richter, now a mercenary in opposition to the British force. Cut off from communications and unaware that their orders have changed, Yeoman and Richter find themselves besieged by approaching rebel forces. And secrets lie behind Yeoman’s misson… Praise for Robert Jackson 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a fulltime writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Hunter Squadron is the eleventh book in the Sergeant George Yeoman series. Hurricane Squadron is the first.