Background
Anne Salmond was born just before the outbreak of World War I, the daughter of Geoffrey Salmond who later became the professional head of the Royal Air Force.
Anne Salmond was born just before the outbreak of World War I, the daughter of Geoffrey Salmond who later became the professional head of the Royal Air Force.
She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and lived with her father and mother in both Egypt and India.
She has written:
Morning Star (1972), The life of Florence Baker, wife of the explorer Sir Samuel Baker
Wings over Kabul (1975), Account of the Kabul Airlift, co-written with Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
A Question of Honour (1996), The Fall and Rise of Colonel Valentine Baker
From Biplane to Spitfire: The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond (2003).