A Royal Air Force squadron leader from Weston-super-Mare has compiled a cookbook of celebrities' favourite recipes in an attempt to raise £100,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.

Jon Pullen, 43, an engineer based at the Ministry of Defence offices at Abbey Wood, Filton, Bristol, set himself the ambitious fundraising target after he was involved in the rescue of injured servicemen and women during the Iraq war in 2007.

He and seven RAF colleagues have spent the last 18 months appealing to celebrities to contribute their best-loved recipes to the book, called Food for Heroes, which will be formally launched later this month on Armed Forces Day.

The team managed to attract star names including actors Ewan McGregor and Sir David Jason, as well as 111-year-old World War I veteran Harry Patch to contribute to book.

Mr Pullen's personal favourite from the book is the 'Dad's Chicken Korma' recipe contributed by Paul Gayler, the executive chef at London's prestigious Lanesborough Hotel, whose son was injured in Afghanistan.

A former pupil at Priory School in Weston-super-Mare, Mr Pullen says 10,000 copies of the book have already been sold and believes it will go on to sell 38,000 copies and raise £100,000 for the charity.

Mr Pullen and his team of friends and RAF colleagues collected all the recipes from more than 100 contributions from sporting heroes, war veterans, politicians, serving military personnel and celebrity chefs, cooked all the food and photographed it all for the book, which has been published by Accent Press.

In the book, each of the celebrities reveal the names of their personal heroes and suggest recipes they would serve to them.

The recipes range from military staples like egg and chip banjo (a fried egg and chip buttie) to Ainsley Harriott's Herby Couscous Salad with Hot Paprika Chicken and Cucumber Mint Yoghurt dressing.

After witnessing the plight of wounded soldiers in Iraq, Mr Pullen returned from his tour of duty in Basra and decided he wanted to raise money for Help for Heroes, which was launched in 2007.

The charity supports wounded servicemen and women.

Father-of-two Mr Pullen, who lives in the Harbourside, Bristol during the week and at his family home near Stratford-upon-Avon at weekends, was based in Basra in 2007 working for the helicopter force.

Part of his role involved managing a team which recovered injured servicemen and women from the field and took them to hospital.

Mr Pullen said: "As an RAF Engineer who had operated a long way from the front I had never been so close to so many injured men and women and so the book was born.

"This book has been an amazing journey. I've learned many things along the way. I've also discovered a lot about the world of agents, business managers, secretaries and publishing. But one thing I've also learned is that with a bit of team work and determination one mad idea can become reality."

● Officers from Avon and Somerset police's Underwater Search Unit have raised more than £1,500 for Help for Heroes after climbing 15 mountains in 16 hours.

Sgt Mac MacGregor, PC Dave Allen, PC Mike Beck, PC Clive Bush, PC Mike Loveless, PC Steve Marsh, PC Tim Jones and PC Stuart Mitchell took part in the Welsh 3000s on Saturday June 6, in severe weather conditions.