Steve Darlow is an author and documentary consultant, and currently developing three theatrical productions, which are set within the Second World War. In 2009 Steve founded Fighting High Publishing and he actively supports fundraising for military charities, most notably the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
Tonight marks the anniversary of one of the largest raids of the Second World War against V1 Flying Bomb sites in northern France. A total of 739 Bomber Command aircraft attacked seven targets. German nightfighters…
In 2011 I had the privilege of interviewing Jack Bromfield who served as a wireless operator on No. 158 Squadron with Bomber Command and was shot down in January 1945. Herewith is the video of…
Remembering today Great Escaper Gordon Brettell, one of the fifty Allied airmen murdered in the aftermath of the break out from Stalag Luft III. POW Arthur Darlow transcribed Gordon’s poem ‘Escape’ in his POW logbook.…
Remembering the Great Escape 50 who were murdered following their break out from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. My grandfather Arthur Darlow arrived at the prison camp in May 1944 and here is the…
Discussing my book ‘Flightpath to Murder’ with Paul Woodadge on his WW2TV youtube channel. One of the most challenging books that I’ve written, dealing with the capture and murder of an Allied pilot and the…
Thoroughly enjoyed talking through Bomber Command’s role in countering the V1 flying bomb with Paul Woodage of WW2TV. A comprehensive account of the Bomber Command campaign can be found in ‘Sledgehammers for Tintacks’.
(On 9th January 1941 the prototype of the Avro Lancaster flew it’s maiden flight. To mark the 80th anniversary here is a piece I wrote for the producers of ‘The Lancaster: Britain’s Flying Past’, when…
Earlier this week I received the news from the friends and family of Bomber Command veteran Henry Wagner that he had sadly passed away. Henry was quite a character and I’ll never forget the first…
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tony Pickering for the book ‘Five of the Few’, and in the sound recording herewith Tony describes being forced to bale out of his stricken aircraft, following combat with…
September 1940. While the Luftwaffe and the RAF fighter pilots fight for control of the skies over England during the Battle of Britain, a close eye is kept on German invasion preparations – Operation Seelöwe…