Beverley Books
Geoff Gladstone
I’ve been unable to contact Geoff about his book. Has anyone had any lunck in finding out about publication?
Geoff is putting together a new book about the Beverley. He is going to take a different approach to that of the late Bill Overton. He intends to knit the book together with a large amount of stories and anecdotes by anyone who served on the Beverley, but to include any other aspect to do with the Beverley that he can obtain.
‘Blackburn Beverley’ by Bill Overton
Published 1990, ISBN9-780904-597622
The late Bill Overton wrote books about the Beverley and the Vickers Valetta. The Beverley book tells the story of the Beverley from its inception as the GAL60 Universal Freighter to its scrapping. The work of the Beverley around the world is well written about, and the many pictures illustrate the type of work it did. Each Beverley Squadron and OCU has its own chapter, and other chapters look at the Beverley and the Army, and the makers of the aircraft. The book is still available from some Internet dealers.
‘No Other Aircraft’ by Blackburn Aircraft
Printed in 1961 by White & Farrell Ltd of Hull
A short booklet by the makers of the Beverley. The words “No other aircraft” grace the cover of the booklet, words that were often said about the Beverley. The content is a brief description about what the Beverley had being doing since its introduction into the RAF. Illustrations show the Beverley around the world, and with cargoes such as three City of London State Coaches which were taken to a trade fair in Helsinki in 1957. I do not know where this booklet may be available. I found my copy in the on-line catalogue of a bookseller in Australia.