He won the
Daily Express Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.
After leaving school, he joined the RAF (Royal Air Force) at the beginning of World War II and was stationed at an airfield not far from Hollywood. He later flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.
He also wrote under the
nom de plume, Bruce Carter.
Among the 90 books he wrote were:
- Into a Strange Lost World (1952), aka The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World
- The Kidnapping of Kensington, aka The Children Who Stayed Behind