Bayley Brothers Books
A family drama encompassing both world wars Sergeant Mark Bayley was a flying ace before he was shot down over German lines in 1918. As he falls in love with German nurse Karolina, things look perfect ? even for his motherless son John, whom Karolina adopts. As long as Karolina lives there is harmony, but after her death, their son Max finds himself seduced by the German Fatherland. The brothers will fight on opposite sides of the coming war . . .
The second instalment in the thrilling RAF series, continuing the saga of the Bayley family Following the surrender of France in 1940, Nazi Germany begins to plan the invasion of Great Britain ? for which it needs complete air superiority. Thus the Luftwaffe is launched on a collision course with Fighter Command of the RAF, a conflict that will lead to the Battle of Britain, the first truly decisive battle of World War II. Flying a Messerschmitt 109 is Lieutenant Max Bayley, son of flying ace Mark Bayley and his aristocratic German wife ? and already, at the age of twenty-one, one of the Luftwaffe's leading pilots. He is well aware that flying a Spitfire for Fighter Command is his older half-brother, John, son of Mark and an Englishwoman. When Max joined up he had had no concept that Germany and England would ever go to war, and now however much he secretly regrets his decision, he remains loyal to his comrades: like most German airmen, he has little understanding of the true depravity of the Nazi regime. The dramatic story follows adventures of the brothers, both in the air and on the ground, often close to each other but never actually meeting until the climactic last battle.
The third novel in the thrilling RAF series depicting the saga of the Bayley brothers - Opting for his mother's nationality before World War II began, Max has become one of Germany's leading fighter pilots. But in 1941 he is banished to a remote Norwegian station when he falls out with the SS. Meanwhile, English half-brother John is shot down over France and has to make the dangerous journey home as an Evader . . . Are the two brothers destined to remain on opposite sides of the war, or will their family bonds join them at last?
The fourth novel in the Second World War saga of the Bayley brothers - Winter 1942: General Max Bayley, son of an RAF World War I ace and a German mother, seems to have chosen the wrong side in this war. His Luftwaffe superiors have realized the war cannot be won without the formidable RAF Mosquito, so they target the wife of Squadron Leader John Bayley, Maxs half-brother, and will stop at nothing to get the specifications.. .