Dr Victoria Taylor
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain'(out now!) | Ed., Journal of Aeronautical History | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel | [email protected]
My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
It was an honour to present a new episode for the Imperial War Museum's YouTube channel on the Battle of Britain from the Luftwaffe's perspective - straight from the Operations Room at IWM Duxford! Link is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T8...
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It was an honour to present a new episode for the Imperial War Museum's YouTube channel on the Battle of Britain from the Luftwaffe's perspective - straight from the Operations Room at IWM Duxford! Link is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T8...
How did Nazi propaganda try to buck up fighting spirit in the Luftwaffe during the Blitz? By using poetry, of course! Check out my latest Substack article entitled "'It's Worth the Sweat!': Luftwaffe Poetry during the Blitz." It's free to read here 👇
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How did Nazi propaganda try to buck up fighting spirit in the Luftwaffe during the Blitz? By using poetry, of course! Check out my latest Substack article entitled "'It's Worth the Sweat!': Luftwaffe Poetry during the Blitz." It's free to read here 👇
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
Excited to announce that the paperback version of #EagleDays is now available to pre-order! You can get 25% off if you preorder with Waterstones by Friday 17th October. You can use the following link and the code "OCTOBER25" to redeem this offer today 🥳
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
October 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Excited to announce that the paperback version of #EagleDays is now available to pre-order! You can get 25% off if you preorder with Waterstones by Friday 17th October. You can use the following link and the code "OCTOBER25" to redeem this offer today 🥳
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
I've also been touched by some people at recent events asking if there's going to be another series of #Afterburners - I hope so! For those who have not yet got access to this exclusive 10-part audio lecture series, it's currently 50% off until tomorrow:
spitfirefillyaviation.com/afterburners
spitfirefillyaviation.com/afterburners
October 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I've also been touched by some people at recent events asking if there's going to be another series of #Afterburners - I hope so! For those who have not yet got access to this exclusive 10-part audio lecture series, it's currently 50% off until tomorrow:
spitfirefillyaviation.com/afterburners
spitfirefillyaviation.com/afterburners
Looking forward to attending
Chelsea History Festival today, Hereford Military Festival on Saturday & the Dublin Festival of History on Sunday:
chelseahistoryfestival.online.red61.co.uk/event/386:52...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Chelsea History Festival today, Hereford Military Festival on Saturday & the Dublin Festival of History on Sunday:
chelseahistoryfestival.online.red61.co.uk/event/386:52...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
September 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Looking forward to attending
Chelsea History Festival today, Hereford Military Festival on Saturday & the Dublin Festival of History on Sunday:
chelseahistoryfestival.online.red61.co.uk/event/386:52...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Chelsea History Festival today, Hereford Military Festival on Saturday & the Dublin Festival of History on Sunday:
chelseahistoryfestival.online.red61.co.uk/event/386:52...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
My next article is up on my #AllAndSundry Substack! it's entitled 'Right On The Chin: Operation MILLENNIUM', covering the RAF's first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' against Cologne:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My next article is up on my #AllAndSundry Substack! it's entitled 'Right On The Chin: Operation MILLENNIUM', covering the RAF's first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' against Cologne:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
Thrilled to receive these kind words from Professor Sebastian H. Lukasik of the
USAF Air Command & Staff College on #EagleDays! It was important to me that present-day air force personnel and airpower theorists also found the book informative. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book 😊
USAF Air Command & Staff College on #EagleDays! It was important to me that present-day air force personnel and airpower theorists also found the book informative. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book 😊
September 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thrilled to receive these kind words from Professor Sebastian H. Lukasik of the
USAF Air Command & Staff College on #EagleDays! It was important to me that present-day air force personnel and airpower theorists also found the book informative. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book 😊
USAF Air Command & Staff College on #EagleDays! It was important to me that present-day air force personnel and airpower theorists also found the book informative. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book 😊
Great to see you on Bluesky, @taitster.bsky.social ! Thank you so much for your kind words. It was a tremendous honour to give the speeches for the Defence Academy's Battle of Britain Dinner Night at Shrivenham - may we drink to #TheFew on this #BattleOfBritainDay! 🥃
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Great to see you on Bluesky, @taitster.bsky.social ! Thank you so much for your kind words. It was a tremendous honour to give the speeches for the Defence Academy's Battle of Britain Dinner Night at Shrivenham - may we drink to #TheFew on this #BattleOfBritainDay! 🥃
A pleasure to present a new project for IWM Duxford today - looking forward to sharing the final result in due course! 🎥 Also just had to take a picture with this Bf 109 E that is crumped just like the one on the front cover of #EagleDays... @headofzeus.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A pleasure to present a new project for IWM Duxford today - looking forward to sharing the final result in due course! 🎥 Also just had to take a picture with this Bf 109 E that is crumped just like the one on the front cover of #EagleDays... @headofzeus.bsky.social
Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry!
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry!
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
SO very excited that myself & Principal Curator James Taylor be taking a group around IWM London tomorrow on the 85th anniversary of #EagleDay! Our private tour will be covering the #BattleOfBritain and #TheBlitz. Thank you to everyone who has made it a sold-out event 🥹♥️
August 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
SO very excited that myself & Principal Curator James Taylor be taking a group around IWM London tomorrow on the 85th anniversary of #EagleDay! Our private tour will be covering the #BattleOfBritain and #TheBlitz. Thank you to everyone who has made it a sold-out event 🥹♥️
#EagleDays will be officially released in the US and Canada a week today! What better way to mark this than to fly out to 🇺🇸 for some book events? If you're around the Midwestern United States this week, come say hi at one of the following events...🥰♥️
July 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#EagleDays will be officially released in the US and Canada a week today! What better way to mark this than to fly out to 🇺🇸 for some book events? If you're around the Midwestern United States this week, come say hi at one of the following events...🥰♥️
It was an honour to deliver Royal Aeronautical Society Bedford's 60th Anniversary Lecture. Most grateful to the Society for hosting the event and to HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire for an inspiring talk on local aerospace investment. Thank you also for the kind flowers and engraved aerofoil!
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It was an honour to deliver Royal Aeronautical Society Bedford's 60th Anniversary Lecture. Most grateful to the Society for hosting the event and to HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire for an inspiring talk on local aerospace investment. Thank you also for the kind flowers and engraved aerofoil!
SUPER excited to announce that we will be taking #EagleDays to the USA this summer! Honoured to be speaking on the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain at EAA's AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, as well as talks & signings at
Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg, IL and Marian University.
See you there! ✈️ #OSH25
Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg, IL and Marian University.
See you there! ✈️ #OSH25
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
SUPER excited to announce that we will be taking #EagleDays to the USA this summer! Honoured to be speaking on the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain at EAA's AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, as well as talks & signings at
Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg, IL and Marian University.
See you there! ✈️ #OSH25
Barnes & Noble in Schaumburg, IL and Marian University.
See you there! ✈️ #OSH25
"A scholarly work looking at the aspects covered in EAGLE DAYS needed to be written. It has been a very long time coming, but in this, her first book, Taylor has produced an absolute masterpiece." So unbelievably touched by
Andy Saunders' review of #EagleDays in History of War Magazine ♥️
Andy Saunders' review of #EagleDays in History of War Magazine ♥️
July 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"A scholarly work looking at the aspects covered in EAGLE DAYS needed to be written. It has been a very long time coming, but in this, her first book, Taylor has produced an absolute masterpiece." So unbelievably touched by
Andy Saunders' review of #EagleDays in History of War Magazine ♥️
Andy Saunders' review of #EagleDays in History of War Magazine ♥️
If you haven't yet grabbed a copy of this month's
BBC History magazine, my extended feature 'Channel Sickness' explores the immense combat strain that the Luftwaffe under during the #BattleofBritain - from clashing with Fighter Command, to overcoming the English Channel
BBC History magazine, my extended feature 'Channel Sickness' explores the immense combat strain that the Luftwaffe under during the #BattleofBritain - from clashing with Fighter Command, to overcoming the English Channel
June 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If you haven't yet grabbed a copy of this month's
BBC History magazine, my extended feature 'Channel Sickness' explores the immense combat strain that the Luftwaffe under during the #BattleofBritain - from clashing with Fighter Command, to overcoming the English Channel
BBC History magazine, my extended feature 'Channel Sickness' explores the immense combat strain that the Luftwaffe under during the #BattleofBritain - from clashing with Fighter Command, to overcoming the English Channel
"An extremely compelling book, very different to anything this reviewer has ever seen on the battle before...the author's assessments throughout are fair, balanced, thoroughly referenced and very well-argued." Delighted that #EagleDays is #AeroplaneMonthly Magazine's 'Book of the Month' ♥️ ✈️
June 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"An extremely compelling book, very different to anything this reviewer has ever seen on the battle before...the author's assessments throughout are fair, balanced, thoroughly referenced and very well-argued." Delighted that #EagleDays is #AeroplaneMonthly Magazine's 'Book of the Month' ♥️ ✈️
"Comprehensive, multi-layered & filled with rich detail & contemporary eyewitness accounts, many translated into English for the first time. A riveting & timely read from one of our finest young historians." Lovely to see this #EagleDays review in the Daily Express/Daily Mirror!
June 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Comprehensive, multi-layered & filled with rich detail & contemporary eyewitness accounts, many translated into English for the first time. A riveting & timely read from one of our finest young historians." Lovely to see this #EagleDays review in the Daily Express/Daily Mirror!
If you've not yet seen last night's 'Who Do You Think You Are?', it's on pop star #WillYoung & is available on BBC iPlayer. A privilege to take Will through the RAF Museum #Cosford & show him the bomber his grandfather flew in WWII: the Handley Page Hampden.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
June 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you've not yet seen last night's 'Who Do You Think You Are?', it's on pop star #WillYoung & is available on BBC iPlayer. A privilege to take Will through the RAF Museum #Cosford & show him the bomber his grandfather flew in WWII: the Handley Page Hampden.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I am SO excited to announce a truly unique event! In honour of #EagleDays, myself & IWM Principal Curator #JamesTaylor will be conducting an exclusive, personalised tour of IWM London's Second World War Galleries on 13 August. Tickets available here:
www.iwm.org.uk/events/my-iw...
www.iwm.org.uk/events/my-iw...
June 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I am SO excited to announce a truly unique event! In honour of #EagleDays, myself & IWM Principal Curator #JamesTaylor will be conducting an exclusive, personalised tour of IWM London's Second World War Galleries on 13 August. Tickets available here:
www.iwm.org.uk/events/my-iw...
www.iwm.org.uk/events/my-iw...
Good morning all! We will be at the fabulous
#AcesHighAviationGallery
this morning, where I'll be in conversation with Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson on #EagleDays & signing copies of the book (& where you'll get to check out the amazing #BattleOfBritain artwork!). Can't wait to see you soon ♥️
#AcesHighAviationGallery
this morning, where I'll be in conversation with Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson on #EagleDays & signing copies of the book (& where you'll get to check out the amazing #BattleOfBritain artwork!). Can't wait to see you soon ♥️
June 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Good morning all! We will be at the fabulous
#AcesHighAviationGallery
this morning, where I'll be in conversation with Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson on #EagleDays & signing copies of the book (& where you'll get to check out the amazing #BattleOfBritain artwork!). Can't wait to see you soon ♥️
#AcesHighAviationGallery
this morning, where I'll be in conversation with Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson on #EagleDays & signing copies of the book (& where you'll get to check out the amazing #BattleOfBritain artwork!). Can't wait to see you soon ♥️
A tremendous honour to give a talk about #EagleDays and present copies of the book to officers & crew on board #HMSQueenElizabeth! Very touching as the granddaughter of two #RoyalNavy veterans. Thank you for the tour - and thanks #OspreyBooks & #BloomsburyBooks for arranging the day! ⚓️✈️
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A tremendous honour to give a talk about #EagleDays and present copies of the book to officers & crew on board #HMSQueenElizabeth! Very touching as the granddaughter of two #RoyalNavy veterans. Thank you for the tour - and thanks #OspreyBooks & #BloomsburyBooks for arranging the day! ⚓️✈️
"From the moment I turned the first page of this lovely book, I realised I was in for a treat." Thank you so much,
@lovereadinguk.bsky.social for your wonderful review of #EagleDays! So very glad you enjoyed it 🥰
@lovereadinguk.bsky.social for your wonderful review of #EagleDays! So very glad you enjoyed it 🥰
May 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"From the moment I turned the first page of this lovely book, I realised I was in for a treat." Thank you so much,
@lovereadinguk.bsky.social for your wonderful review of #EagleDays! So very glad you enjoyed it 🥰
@lovereadinguk.bsky.social for your wonderful review of #EagleDays! So very glad you enjoyed it 🥰