# Charles E. MacKay Books

> Independent aviation, military, and Scottish history publisher in Glasgow, Scotland (A Mackay (Publisher) Ltd, company number SC858624). Direct mail-order bookstore for all 22 books written or edited by aviation historian Charles E. MacKay, with Royal Mail dispatch from Glasgow.

## Core Pages

- [Home](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/): Full 22-title catalogue, new releases, and multi-buy savings (5% on 2 books, 10% on 3).
- [All Books](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books): Complete catalogue with ISBNs, page counts, and archival scope.
- [Collections & Finding Aids](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/collections): Subject collections across Scottish aviation, WWI, WWII, Cold War jets, naval aviation, and biographies.
- [Historical Articles](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles): 24 primary-source articles accompanying the books.
- [About Charles E. MacKay](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/about): Author biography, archival research background, and publisher details.
- [Shipping & Postage](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/shipping): Royal Mail UK and international postage rates from Glasgow.
- [Product Feed (Google & Microsoft Merchant Center XML)](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/products.xml): Structured product feed with direct checkout links.

## Multi-Volume Book Series (3)

- [This Was the Enemy Series](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/series/this-was-the-enemy): This Was the Enemy series by Charles E. MacKay: The Luftwaffe 1945, Volume Two and the Volume Three supplement, with the Fedden Mission report.
- [Clydeside Aviation Series](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/series/clydeside-aviation): Clydeside Aviation by Charles E. MacKay: Volumes One and Two, from the early pioneers to 1939, and Sabres from the North on the Cold War.
- [German Aircraft in the Great War Series](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/series/german-aircraft-in-the-great-war): German Aircraft in the Great War by Charles E. MacKay: German air power 1914-1918, with Flying for Kaiser Wilhelm as Volume Two.

## Published Books by Charles E. MacKay (22)

- [This Was the Enemy Volume Two: Aeroplanes, Armament, Bombs, Downfall](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/this-was-the-enemy-volume-two): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056797). Luftwaffe procurement 1934-1945: aircraft industry, underground factories, front-line types, Rheinmetall and Mauser armament. 300+ pictures.
- [Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/beardmore-aviation): £12.93 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344303). Beardmore Aviation (1913-1930): HMS Argus carrier ops, airship programme, Beardmore Tornado engine and R101 coverage with archive-based production tables.
- [Clydeside Aviation: Volume One The Great War](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/clydeside-aviation-vol1): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344389). Clydeside aviation WWI: Beardmore, Weir, Denny production. Sopwith Camel, BE2c, Handley Page V/1500, Inchinnan airships. Archive production figures.
- [Clydeside Aviation Volume Two Between the Wars](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/clydeside-aviation-vol2): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344372). Clydeside aviation 1919-1939: 602 Squadron, Renfrew airlines, Weir and Cierva autogiros, the first British helicopter. Spitfire, Gauntlet. 300+ pictures.
- [German Aircraft in the Great War](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/german-aircraft-great-war): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056742). German Air Force 1914-1918: Fokker D.VII, Richthofen autopsy, Marine-Fliegerabteilung, Riesenflugzeuge bombers. Inter-Allied Control Commission records.
- [British Aircraft of the Great War: Fighters Bombers Seaplanes Trainers Flying Boats](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/british-aircraft-great-war): £12.93 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056704). British WWI aircraft: RFC, RNAS and RAF procurement 1914-1918. Fighters, bombers, seaplanes, flying boats. Ministry of Munitions archive.
- [The Sycamore Seeds: Early British Helicopter Development](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/sycamore-seeds): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344334). Early helicopter history: Cierva autogyro, Focke Achgelis, Sikorsky, Weir W5 and W6. Company records, 300 rare pictures. Pre-1960 rotorcraft.
- [Captain of the Clouds: A tribute to Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/captain-eric-brown): £7.54 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344365). Captain Eric Brown: world record 487 aircraft types, the steam catapult, Me 163 flights, HMS Perseus. Carrier aviation lecture included.
- [Sabres from the North: Mutual aid during the Cold War](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/sabres-from-north): £12.94 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056735). F-86 Sabre in RAF, RCAF and Luftwaffe Cold War service: Canadair variants, MDAP, NATO, Burns-Templar intelligence, U-2 overflights. 300+ pictures.
- [This was the Enemy: The Luftwaffe 1945](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/enemy-luftwaffe-1945): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056780). Luftwaffe history 1919-1945: Condor Legion, Battle of Britain, Jumo and BMW gas turbines, U-234 capture. 288 pages, profusely illustrated.
- [Flying for Kaiser Wilhelm 1914-1918: Aces Aeroplanes & Defeat](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/flying-for-kaiser): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056759). German WWI aces and defeat: Pour le Merite pilots, Armistice aircraft lists, training schools. Nearly 300 pictures, original documents.
- [Soaring with Wings - Percy Pilcher Wants To Fly: For Dieter Dengler](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/soaring-with-wings): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056766). Percy Pilcher biography: glider pioneer at Cardross and England, 1895-1899, Lilienthal influence, Wright Brothers data. Coroner report, archive research.
- [Mother of the Few - The Aviation Interests of Lucy Lady Houston DBE](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/mother-of-the-few): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056711). Lucy Lady Houston biography: Schneider Trophy 1931, Houston Mount Everest Flight 1933, Rolls-Royce R engine development. 287 pages.
- [Skyraider 04 Down Dieter Dengler The Man The Ship The Plane](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/dieter-dengler): £12.40 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056773). Dieter Dengler: first escape from Laos 1966, USS Ranger, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, VA-145 squadron. CIA reports, 102 pages.
- [Shavings for Breakfast: The History of the Morris Furniture Company, Glasgow](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/modern-furniture): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344310). Morris Furniture Glasgow 1914-1975: Queen Mary furnishing, Highball bouncing bomb, Cierva Air Horse rotor blades, Mosquito balsa plywood.
- [1945 Statements on the Atomic Bomb](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/birth-atomic-bomb): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344396). Atomic bomb 1945: Churchill, Truman, Oppenheimer statements. MAUD Report, Quebec Agreement, ALSOS mission, Silverplate B-29. 192 pages.
- [Beardmore Built HMS Argus 1914 to 1947: The World's First Flat-Top Aircraft Carrier](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/aircraft-carrier-argus): £12.93 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344358). HMS Argus: world first flat-deck aircraft carrier, Beardmore 1917. Operation Torch, Russia Hurricane supply. 175 pages, 330 illustrations.
- [Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland 1803: Illustrated and Revised Pocket](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/dorothy-wordsworth): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344327). Dorothy Wordsworth 1803 Scotland tour with William Wordsworth and Coleridge. Seventh printing, clear text, colour pictures.
- [Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/adolf-rohrbach): £12.89 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781838056728). Adolf Rohrbach all-metal aircraft pioneer: Zeppelin Staaken, Roland airliner, stressed-skin construction influence on Boeing, Douglas and Northrop.
- [Sonic to Standoff: The Evolution of the British Nuclear Deterrent](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/sonic-to-standoff): £13.96 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9780957344341). British nuclear deterrent: Blue Steel, V-bombers (Victor, Vulcan, Valiant), German rocket origins to Polaris and Thor. Original research and photographs.
- [This Was The Enemy Volume Three: Supplement](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/this-was-the-enemy-volume-three): £15.03 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781066634507). This Was the Enemy Volume Three: Luftwaffe statistics 1923-1945, Goering de-briefs, the Limoges raid, the Aden cannon and the Dumbarton mine. 218pp.
- [The Fedden Mission to Germany Final Report](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/fedden-mission): £14.95 GBP (In stock, ISBN 9781066634514). Fedden Mission to Germany Final Report. British inspection of the German aircraft industry, 1945. 214 pages, 132 illustrations. Published 21 Oct 2026.

## Historical Articles & Research Guides (24)

- [Beardmore at Dalmuir: Airships, HMS Argus and Aero-Engines](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/beardmore-aviation-scottish-industrial-giant): How William Beardmore and Co built HMS Argus, the R34 airship, the Tornado engine behind R101 and more aircraft in Scotland from 1913 to 1930.
- [How Glasgow's Shipyards Built Aircraft in the Great War](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/clydeside-aviation-revolution): Glasgow Clydeside shipyards built aircraft, airships and aero engines in the Great War: Beardmore, Weir, Denny, the R34 and Red Clydeside, fully sourced.
- [From the Fokker Eindecker to the D.VII: How German Aircraft Developed, 1914-1918](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/german-aircraft-great-war-development): How German Great War aircraft evolved from the Fokker Eindecker to the Albatros fighters and the Fokker D.VII, 1914-1918, by Charles E. MacKay.
- [The RFC and RNAS in the Great War: Britain's Fighters, Bombers and Seaplanes, 1914-1918](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/british-aircraft-great-war-rfc-rnas): How Britain built its Great War air arm: RFC and RNAS fighters, bombers, seaplanes and flying boats, 1914-1918, and the procurement system behind them.
- [Messerschmitt Me 262: The First Operational Jet Fighter, 1944-1945](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/me262-jet-fighter-revolution): The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first operational jet fighter, entering Luftwaffe service in 1944. Development, combat record, and why it came too late.
- [The British Nuclear Deterrent in the Jet Age: V-Bombers and the Cold War](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/jet-age-aviation-cold-war-development): How Britain built its Cold War nuclear deterrent: V-bombers, German rocket origins, Blue Steel, Polaris and Thor. Charles E. MacKay aviation history.
- [North American F-86 Sabre: The RAF's Cold War Swept-Wing Fighter](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/f86-sabre-cold-war-fighter): How the Canadair-built F-86 Sabre armed RAF squadrons in 1950s NATO Germany. Korea, MiG Alley and the Bechers Brook ferry flights explained.
- [The Luftwaffe in 1945: Jets, Fuel, Pilots and the Final Collapse](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/luftwaffe-1945-final-year): How the Luftwaffe collapsed in its final year: Me 262 jets grounded for fuel, synthetic oil output destroyed, and a pilot force gutted by undertraining.
- [Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown: Test Pilot, Carrier Landings and the Records That Still Stand](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/test-pilot-biography-eric-brown): Captain Eric Winkle Brown flew 487 aircraft types and logged 2,407 carrier landings. Inside his records, the first jet deck landing and the steam catapult.
- [Arado Ar 234 Blitz: The World's First Operational Jet Bomber and Reconnaissance Aircraft](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/arado-ar234-jet-bomber): The Arado Ar 234 Blitz was the first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Its design, the Normandy sortie of 2 August 1944, and Remagen.
- [Scottish Aviation History Books: A Reader's Guide to Clydeside, Beardmore and HMS Argus](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/scottish-aviation-history-books-guide): A reader's guide to Scottish aviation history books on Clydeside, Beardmore, HMS Argus, airships and early aircraft production.
- [Luftwaffe History Books: A Reader's Guide to German Aircraft, Jets and Industry, 1914-1945](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/luftwaffe-history-books-guide): A reader's guide to Luftwaffe history books on German aircraft, jets, procurement, armament and the collapse of the aircraft industry.
- [HMS Argus: Beardmore's Flat-Deck Aircraft Carrier and the Making of Naval Aviation](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/hms-argus-aircraft-carrier-history): A guide to HMS Argus: her Dalmuir conversion from Conte Rosso, early deck flying, wartime service, and the 175-page illustrated Charles E. MacKay study.
- [Adolf Rohrbach and the All-Metal Aeroplane: His Designs and the Beardmore Connection](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/adolf-rohrbach-metal-aircraft): A guide to the all-metal aircraft of Adolf Rohrbach: the Roland, Zeppelin Staaken and the Rohrbach-Beardmore link, from Charles E. MacKay's research.
- [Renfrew, 602 Squadron and Scotland's Early Helicopters, 1919-1939](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/clydeside-aviation-volume-two-between-wars): A guide to Clydeside aviation between the wars: Renfrew airlines, 602 Squadron, Weir helicopter work, Abbotsinch and 1939 production.
- [The Fedden Mission to Germany, 1945: Inside the Defeated German Aircraft Industry](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/fedden-mission-german-aircraft-industry-1945): Roy Fedden's May-July 1945 mission to inspect defeated Germany's jet engines, wind tunnels, Nordhausen underground plants and swept-wing research.
- [From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/early-british-helicopter-development-sycamore-seeds): Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.
- [Flying for Kaiser Wilhelm, 1914-1918: German Aces, Industry and the Armistice Handover](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/flying-for-kaiser-wilhelm-german-air-service-1914-1918): German WWI air power 1914-1918: growth from 12 to 33 aircraft firms, von Hoeppner's 1916 reorganisation, Pour le Merite aces and the Coblenz handover.
- [Mother of the Few: How Lucy, Lady Houston Financed the 1931 Schneider Trophy and the 1933 Everest Flight](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/lucy-lady-houston-schneider-trophy-everest-flight): How Lucy, Lady Houston funded the 1931 British Schneider Trophy team, the Rolls-Royce R engine and the 1933 Houston Mount Everest Flight.
- [Tube Alloys, the MAUD Report and ALSOS: The August 1945 Allied Statements on the Atomic Bomb](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/1945-statements-atomic-bomb-tube-alloys-maud-alsos): Restored August 1945 UK, US and Canadian statements on the atomic bomb: Churchill on Tube Alloys, the MAUD Report, Quebec Agreement, ALSOS and Silverplate.
- [Percy Pilcher at Cardross, 1895-1899: The Hawk Glider, Otto Lilienthal and Early Flight in Scotland](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/percy-pilcher-cardross-glider-pioneer): Percy Sinclair Pilcher's 1895-1899 gliding experiments at Cardross and in England, the Hawk glider, Otto Lilienthal and his yachts on the Firth of Clyde.
- [Skyraider 04 Down: Dieter Dengler, USS Ranger and the Douglas A-1 Skyraider in 1966](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/dieter-dengler-skyraider-04-down-laos-1966): Dieter Dengler's 1966 shoot-down and first escape from Laos: Attack Squadron VA-145 aboard USS Ranger (CV-61), the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and CIA reports.
- [From the Queen Mary to the Mosquito and Bouncing Bomb: Morris Furniture of Glasgow, 1914-1975](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/morris-furniture-glasgow-queen-mary-mosquito-aircraft): How H. Morris and Co. of Glasgow furnished the Queen Mary and Royal Yacht Britannia and built Mosquito balsa plywood, Highball casings and rotor blades.
- [Dorothy Wordsworth's 1803 Tour of Scotland: The Journal of Her Journey with William Wordsworth and Coleridge](https://charlesmackaybooks.com/articles/dorothy-wordsworth-1803-scotland-tour-recollections): Dorothy Wordsworth's 1803 journal of her tour through the Scottish Borders and West of Scotland with William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.