Beryl E. Escott

Squadron Leader Beryl E. Escott was born in Newfoundland and educated in Guernsey, South Wales, Lancashire, Yorkshire and at Durham University. She joined the RAF in 1961 and in her spare time edited magazines and wrote books for the service. On leaving the RAF in 1986, she started work on her first book in civil life,'Women in Air Force Blue' a history of the service, followed by 'Mission Improbable', about SOE WAAF Agents (Special Operations Executive, Women's Auxiliary Air Force Agents). Then came 'Our Wartime Days', '20th Century Women of Courage', and some others. Widely recognised as the leading WAAF historian, she lives in Warwickshire.

AUTHOR OF Buffy Bear Stories (Illustrated) Published by Stockwell 1957.

RAF Publications. History of RAF Church, High Wycombe. Published by RAF BC 1967 History of RAF High Wycombe Published by RAF BC 1968 Ed3'70 Springfield Lodge, CinC's House Published by RAF BC 1969 Art Works of Officers Mess RAF High Wycombe Published by RAF BC 1969 Story of Halton House. Published by RAF Halton in 1984 Ed4'08 Means of Victory (Article) Published by RAF BCA. 1992

Civilian Publications. Women in Air Force Blue 1918-89 Published by Patrick Stephens in 1989 Ed 1&2 Mission Improbable (SOE WAAF) Published by Patrick Stephens in 1991 Our Wartime Days Published by Alan Sutton 1995 Our Wartime Days Published by History Press 2009 Ed.2 20th Century Women of Courage Published by Alan Sutton 1999 Ed2'10 New Dictionary of National Biography (3 Articles) Published by OUP 2004 Ed2'08 WAAF in WW2 - A Brief History Published by Shire Books 2004 Ed2'08