Colin Burgess

A truly comprehensive account of 617 Squadron, RAF, ​who carried out one of the most dangerous and audacious aerial bombing raids of World War II....

From the author of bestselling Sisters in Captivity, seven remarkable stories of men who served from WWI to Korea–their wartime exploits and achievements through aviation.

Sisters in Captivity is the incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of hospital ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra....

In this harrowing story of the Allied airmen who experienced the true horrors of Nazism firsthand, Colin Burgess personally interviewed or corresponded with dozens of the surviving airmen from a number of nations, including their valorous leader....

Australia's Greatest Escapes is a collection of stories about the most hazardous aspect of the prisoner of war experience - escape....

The story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon....

Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany’s infamous "escape-proof" wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape....

Footprints in the Dust offers a thorough, engrossing, and multifaceted account of the Apollo missions....

Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA....

It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama....

On January 28, 1986, NASA space shuttle orbiter Challenger lifted off into the clear blue skies over Florida on mission STS-51L, carrying a crew of seven, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. Just 73 seconds into the launch, a massive explosion tore Challenger apart....