Derek Robinson (born 1932) is a British author best known for his military aviation novels full of black humour. He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1971 for his first novel, Goshawk Squadron. Robinson served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter plotter. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with military aircraft. ... Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with serious subjects – death, divorce, drug abuse, et cetera in a humorous manner. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

Robinson wrote three novels set in squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force) during the First World War. A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and...

• Goshawk Squadron (1971) is set in 1918 with the squadron flying the S.E.5a.
• War Story (1987) is set in 1916 with Hornet Squadron flying the F.E.2b.
• Hornet's Sting (1999) is set in 1917 with Hornet Squadron flying the Sopwith Pup and the Bristol F.2B Fighter.

Robinson has written three novels set in RAF squadrons during the Second World War. See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Hornet Squadron is the name of a fictional Royal Flying Corps, and later Royal Air Force, fighter squadron featured in a number of novels by British author Derek Robinson. ... F.E.2b in profile. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Sopwith Pup was a single seater biplane fighter aircraft used by the British in World War I. It was manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company and was officially named the Sopwith Scout. ... The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War flown by the Royal Flying Corps. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

• Piece of Cake (1983) is set during the Phony War and Battle of Britain with Hornet Squadron flying the Hurricane. There is a TV mini-series (1988) with the same name based on this book.
• A Good Clean Fight (1993) covers the Desert Air Force during 1942 with Hornet Squadron flying the Curtiss Tomahawk.
• Damned Good Show (2002) covers RAF Bomber Command's early bomber operations and has fictional No. 409 Squadron RAF flying the Handley Page Hampden.

Other books include: Piece of Cake is a 1983 novel by Derek Robinson which follows a fictional Royal Air Force fighter squadron through the first year of World War II. It was made into a television series. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ministry of Home Security Poster The Phony War, or in Winston Churchills words the Twilight War, was the phase of World War II marked by no military operations in Continental Europe, that followed the collapse of Poland. ... A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name for the attempt by Germanys Luftwaffe the German airforce to gain air superiority of British airspace andthe Royal Air Force (RAF). ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Desert Air Force (DAF) was a formation made up of squadrons from the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth air forces . ... This article is about the year. ... The Curtiss P-40 was an American fighter aircraft which first flew in 1938 and played a vital role in the crucial middle stages of World War II. Developed from the pre-war radial-engined P-36 Hawk, the P-40 became known as the Tomahawk, the Kittyhawk, and finally... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ... The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force that was one of the main front-line bombers at the start of World War II. Along with the Whitley and Wellington bombers, the Hampden bore the brunt of the early bombing war...

• Kentucky Blues (2002), about life in a nineteenth-century American town (his only non-military novel).

• Rotten with Honour (1973), about Cold War-espionage.

• Kramer's War (1977)
• The Eldorado Network (1979)
• Artillery of Lies (1991)

All three above books are about spying during the Second World War. See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

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