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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1979
  • Latest Book:
    December 2018
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Full Series List in Order

633 Squadron

1 - 633 Squadron (Jan-1980)
2 - Operation Rhine Maiden (Nov-1999)
3 - Operation Crucible (Jul-2005)
4 - Operation Valkyrie (Jun-1979)
5 - Operation Cobra (Dec-1995)
6 - Operation Titan (Oct-1996)
7 - Operation Crisis (May-1995)
8 - Operation Thor (Dec-1994)
9 - Operation Defiant (Nov-1995)
10 - Operation Safeguard (Jun-2018)

Alan Saffron

1 - Saffron's War (Nov-2018)
2 - Saffron's Army (Dec-2018)
3 - Saffron's Trials ()

Book List in Order: 30 titles



  • February 1944, and Air Commodore Davies has just received one of Churchill's most feared ACTION THIS DAY directives. The Germans are shipping out a dangerous consignment of heavy water; once in Germany it will be processed in a bomb-proof installatio...



  • 633 SQUADRON GOES INTO ACTION IN "OPERATION RHINE MAIDEN”After a near-suicide mission to the Swartfjord, which claimed many lives, morale among the survivors of 633 Squadron was at its lowest ebb. Unbearable tension and problems with replacement re...



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    High up in the Italian mountains a gang of superbly trained deserters survive by attacking the supply convoys of both German and Allied armies. They are led by the mysterious and powerful Padrone -- Franz Kessler, a German. Beccione, a newcomer to ...





  • Soon after Kate Fielding arrives at Whitesands, a dark and brooding house on the Cornish cliffs, she finds herself threatened by a secret from the past. Her new love - and her life itself - is in deadly peril when an unknown, unseen force of evil beg...





  • The Mediterranean island that Michael Forbes is considering for his father's tourist agency looks peaceful enough, even with the evil tales of the Grotto of Tiberius. However, when Micheal falls in love with Cristina, he begins to recognise the force...



  • When Norman McConnell joins 55a Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps in Flanders, he is captivated by the charm of his commanding officer, John Seymour. Then McConnell falls in love with Helen, Seymour's wife, and finds another, darker side to his hero...








  • By the author of 633 Squadron... Steve Brand, a young Canadian skin diver on holiday in Norway, unwittingly brings the cold touch of fear to the tiny village of Indal, still bitter and resentful of a war time betrayal. To help a lovely girl prove her...



  • Victor Carnes finds it hard to love his adopted son, Danny, setting Danny down the wrong path. But his daughter, Beris, has a love for her brother which is of a more certain quality. She contrives both to redeem her brother in the eyes of the world a...



  • Riding Marengo, his white Arab steed, Napoleon paraded across the French forward slope. What army on earth could stop him? Spurring his horse to the edge of the ridge, Wellington raised two fingers to his cocked hat. The cheering from the British lin...



  • The Hunter is an implacable enemy determined to kill - the Hunted are Austrian pair, Anna and Carl Frandl and John Drayton, the English holidaymaker who has rather rashly befriended them. The setting is Sweden and the mysterious tundra of Lapland, a ...



  • Like the seven novels that precede it, this is a story of the lives, loves and sacrifices of men and women involved with the legendary633 SQUADRON IN WORLD WAR IIIt is late autumn and the Admiralty are complaining that a high-flying Junker 86P is kee...



  • It is late Summer 1944 and the Nazis have unveiled the first of their secret weapons. As V-1s packed with explosives drone high across the Channel and V-2s crash out of the skies on a defenseless Britain, the Allies wonder what other weapons might so...



  • January 1945 and American Flying Fortresses are being savaged by Germany’s revolutionary jet, the Messerschmitt 262. With no fighter that can match them, and unable to discover where they are being built, General Staines of the USAAF asks his old a...



  • Spring 1944: In a fortified chateau hidden deep in the valleys of France, the Nazis are in the final stages of developing a terrifyingly deadly new weapon. Success would mean sure destruction for much of England and would dash all Allied hopes for a ...





  • COUNTDOWN TO D-DAYThe immense Allied landing on the coast of France signals invasion to the enemy, and the mighty German panzer divisions begin a furious race northward to the beaches of Normandy. With the outcome of the war at stake, the daredevil p...











  • After the near-suicide mission to the Norwegian fjord, which had claimed so many lives, morale among what was left of 633 Squadron is at its lowest ebb. Unbearable tension, stupid wrangling among the survivors and problems with replacement recruits a...



  • It is Autumn 1943 and there is acrimony between the Air Staffs of Britain and America. With the 8th Air Force suffering crippling losses, accusations are coming from Washington that the RAF is not giving the B17s adequate support. Because of their di...



  • By the author of 633 Squadron. The strange liaison between RAF Flight Lieutenant Sean Hammond, DFC, a fighter pilot and confirmed atheist who volunteers in 1939 because his hatred of bullies outweighs his distrust of patriotism, and Linda Martin, a d...



  • A pilot replacement for 633 Squadron named Chalmont puzzles Frank Adams, the station’s intelligence officer. Why should a sensitive young poet volunteer to join a squadron with a warlike reputation? Chalmont is teamed up with Richards and both s...



  • A new series by the author of 633 SQUADRON, introducing Corporal Alan Saffron, RAF ...Only war could produce a story as bizarre as this. Alan Saffron, ex-aircrew, is desperate to get back into action, but instead he's posted to Cape Town as an instru...



  • SAFFRON’S ARMY -- THE MISFITS THAT NOBODY WANTED...A gang of bully-boys, service criminals and murderers. After a series of misfortunes Alan Saffron and his mate, Ken Bickers, find themselves thrown into the group.Saffron only wanted to get in so...



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    TREGARRAN - HOUSE OF SECRETS, HOUSE OF MENACE Margaret came to Tregarran as the new bride of Charles Trendennis, its master, and was enchanted with the elegance of the great English country house. But soon she learned something of the hates, hi...






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    Sergeant Alan Saffron, whose one wish was to get back into action, has found himself waiting in Sri Lanka with Corporal Ken Bickers, self-styled Communist and scrounger. This relationship is nearly as turbulent as the war itself. When the two men a...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frederick E. Smith has published 30 books.

Frederick E. Smith does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Saffron's Army, was published in December 2018.

The first book by Frederick E. Smith, Operation Valkyrie, was published in June 1979.

Yes. Frederick E. Smith has 2 series.