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Author | : Martyn Chorlton |
Publisher | : Countryside Books (GB) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781853068003 |
Download Leicestershire & Rutland Airfields in the Second World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A full account of the part played by Leicestershire & Rutland airfields during the Second World War including Woolfox Lodge, Husbands Bosworth, Melton Mowbray, Castle Donington and Saltby. The history of each airfield is described with the squadrons and aircraft based at them and the main operations flown. The effects of the war on the daily lives of civilians, and the constant dangers from raids and night bombing are also detailed. Fully illustrated.
Author | : Geoff Mills |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 1069 |
Release | : 2022-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
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Download RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the USAAF as they carried the war to German-occupied Europe. The airfields that were constructed took many different forms from training airfields and Advanced Landing Grounds to grass fighter airstrips and vast complexes used to accommodate heavy bombers. This book charts the history of each Second World War airfield in and around the UK providing a unique insight in to the construction, operational life and post-war history of each airfield. Alongside detailing the history of each airfield, this work comprehensively records the details of each unit that operated from airfields around the UK. The information provided in this meticulously researched book is supported by a wealth of 690 photographs providing an illustration into the life of each wartime station.
Author | : Martyn Chorlton |
Publisher | : Airfields in the Second World War |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Air bases, British |
ISBN | : 9781853069833 |
Download Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe in 1938, construction work began on two of Cumbria's biggest aircraft maintenance units - at Kirkbride and Silloth. Throughout the war these two airfields would handle between them literally thousands of aircraft, preparing new ones for the front-line and modifying and repairing others. Cumbria and the Isle of Man had early on been marked down as suitable places to build flying schools because of their relatively uncluttered skies and generally good weather. The Isle of Man also had an abundance of both bombing and air-to-air ranges which attracted an Air Gunnners School (Jurby and Andreas), Ground Defence Gunners School (Ronaldsway) and various bombing and gunnery schools located on the island throughout the Second World War. This book describes the history of the different airfields and the varied but vital role they played in Britain's overall war effort. It also records the lives of the people caught up in the titanic struggle - both military and civilian. Martyn Chorlton has had a life-long interest in aviation, served in the RAF for nearly 13 years and is the author of Leicestershire & Rutland Airfields in the Second World War and Airfields of North-East England in the Second World War.
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Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Rutland |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Martyn Chorlton |
Publisher | : British Airfields in the Secon |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Scottish Airfields in the Second World War: The Lothians Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An account of the part played by the airfields in the Lothians during the Second World War; the planes and pilots who flew them; and the local civilians who worked alongside them.
Author | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781846743290 |
Download Berkshire Airfields in the Second World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1264 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Austin J. Ruddy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2014-10-27 |
Genre | : Leicester (England) |
ISBN | : 9780857042514 |
Download Tested by Bomb and Flame Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
During a series of sharp air raids on Leicester in 1940 and 1941, the Luftwaffe killed over 100 citizens and wounded almost 300 more. But against this carnage, a well-organised and planned Air Raid Precautions organisation bravely responded. The result of fifteen years' exhaustive research, this book uses an array of local, national, and international archival records, some only recently declassified, to reveal the true story of the air raids on Leicester.
Author | : Graham Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : |
Download Suffolk Airfields in the Second World War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Stuart Hadaway |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781784423940 |
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