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John Batchelor

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Born in Essex in 1936, John Henry Batchelor witnessed dogfights over the Thames estuary at an early age and thus was born a hands-on fascination with military hardware that has never left him.

He left home at 16, travelling for two years before his National Service with the RAF. Completing this, he worked for the technical publications departments of, successively, Bristol Aircraft Co., Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. and Saunders-Roe Ltd. Later, as a freelance, he contributed to many technical magazines as well as The Eagle.

Later still, he was heavily involved in the production of Purnell's History of the Second World War and History of the First World War part-works, contributing over 1,100 illustrations.

Beginning in the 1980s, he has produced a...more

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Books by John Batchelor

Average rating: 4.00 · 65 ratings · 8 reviews · 84 distinct works

	Artillery by John Batchelor, Ian V. Hogg (Illustrator) 433 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	Complete Encyclopedia of Flight: 1848-1939 by John Batchelor, Malcolm V. Lowe 500 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Ainu and Their Folklore 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Complete Encyclopedia of Flight Volume 2 by John Batchelor, Malcolm V. Lowe 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Complete Encyclopedia of Steamships: Merchant Steamships 1798-2006 by John Batchelor, Christopher Chant 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Complete Encyclopedia of Sailing Ships: 2000 BC - 2006 AD by John Batchelor, Christopher Chant 300 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sea Power by John Batchelor, Antony Preston 400 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	The Complete Encyclopedia of Warships: 1798 - 2006 by John Batchelor, Christopher Chant, Chris Chant 400 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Mervyn Peake 350 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Land Power 500 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating: