Alfred Price (author)

Alfred Price FRHistS (1936 – January 29, 2017) was an author on aviation and related topics. He wrote over 40 books and 200 magazine articles.

Early life and education

Price served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an Air Electronics Officer (AEO).

In the Royal Air Force he flew in the V-bomber force and specialised in electronic warfare. Over 15 years he flew over 4,000 flying hours.

Price received a PhD in history from Loughborough University.

Writing Career

After his retirement from the air force, Price wrote extensively on aviation and military topics and over 40 of his books were published. As a result, he became a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Selected works

• Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945. London: Allan, 1969. ISBN 0711001006
• Focke Wulf 190 at War. New York: Scribner, 1977. ISBN 0684153238
• Instruments of Darkness: The History of Electronic Warfare. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1977. ISBN 035401062X
• Battle of Britain 18 August 1940: The Hardest Day. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979. ISBN 0586036539
• The Spitfire Story. London: Jane's, 1982. ISBN 0867206241
• Air Battle Central Europe. New York: Warner Books, 1990. ISBN 0446360473
• The Last Year of the Luftwaffe, May 1944 to May 1945. London: Arms and Armour, 1993. ISBN 1854091891
• Late Marque Spitfire Aces: 1942-45. London: Osprey, 1995. ISBN 1855325756
• Spitfire Mark V Aces, 1941-45. London: Osprey Aerospace, 1997. ISBN 1855326353
• Sky Battles!: Dramatic Air Warfare Actions. London: Cassell, 1998, 1993. ISBN 0304351032
• Targeting the Reich: Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Over Europe, 1939-1945. London: Greenhill, 2003. ISBN 1853675466
• Battle Over the Reich: The Strategic Air Offensive Over Germany. Hersham: Classic, 2005. ISBN 1903223474
• Luftwaffe: Birth, Life and death of an air force. New York: Ballantine, 1970. ISBN 0345278976

Death and legacy

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and died on January 29, 2017.

References

External links

Media related to Alfred Price at Wikimedia Commons