Biography

Geoff has enjoyed a long career in journalism and public relations.

He has been researching the history of the RAF since the 1980s, initially as a hobby. He has met and corresponded with several hundred of the RAF airmen who flew in the Battle of Britain in 1940 and many others who saw service in the Second World War.

As well as hundreds of articles and the books, A Dictionary of the Battle of Britain, and A dictionary of Bomber Command, Geoff has written a number of booklets. They include:

A Good Aggressive Fighter Pilot (self published, 2000), the story of Pilot Officer Richard Hogg from Jersey, who was killed in action in the Battle of Britain.

Mortal Danger (Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, 2003), a collection of anecdotes and nicknames from 1940.

Dakotas at Down Ampney (The Co-operative Group, 2004), the story of a wartime RAF Transport Command airfield.

Geoff is a Trustee of the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, a former Council Member of the Friends of the Imperial War Museum and a member of the RAF Historical Society, and the Society of Authors.

In 2008 he received the annual award of the London at War Study Group, voted for by members for the best article of the year in the Group's journal, London Calling – an account of his father's wartime service in the Royal Artillery, including action at Dunkirk, Alamein, Salerno and Anzio. He received this award again for a range of contributions.