Martin Bowman is the author of 132 books on military and commercial aviation as well as photographic books on a variety of subjects. An accomplished aerial and landscape photographer, he has had several photographic books published including Piston Powered Propliners, The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Jetliner Generation, Wild Blue Yonder: Glory Days of the 8th AF in England, and more recently, Airs and Graces, which features a collection of his evocative air-to-air shots and two further photographic essays, Norfolk: Above and Beyond and Echoes of East Anglia.