Derek James
Wing Commander Derek James is a serving Royal Air Force officer with broad experience as a military staff officer and instructor, principally within air operations and reconnaissance analysis. For six years he was the RAF’s senior instructor responsible for teaching target planning processes, balancing military necessity with acceptable collateral damage estimation within the Laws of Armed Conflict.Wing Commander James has served on several operational deployments and has earned a Master of Arts degree in Intelligence and Security. More recently, he has been part of the Directing Staff of the RAF Division at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham and is currently serving in a NATO post. His interest in the Montecassino operations began in 2002. Since then he has visited the battlefield area numerous times.
Books
- Plumes of Smoke : The Destruction of Montecassino 1944 Author
