Sussex Airfields in the Second World War
Author | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781846743290 |
Author | : Geoff Mills |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 1069 |
Release | : 2022-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : Countryside Books (GB) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781853062599 |
This title describes the airfields of Sussex during the last war, the planes and the pilots who flew them, and the local civilians who worked alongside them. It is fully illustrated.
Author | : Clifford Mewett |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2018-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473855608 |
From the Dunkirk evacuation, Sussex became a front-line County and a likely invasion area if the German's launched their feared attack.This book takes an in depth look at the fortification of the County, the plight of the evacuees who were hurriedly moved from London to escape the threat of the capital being bombed and who were re-evacuated when German air attacks caused much damage and loss of life. The Luftwaffe's tip and run raids were particularly feared.Many thousands of Canadian troops were stationed in Sussex, from where they launched the disastrous raid on Dieppe. Sussex was also heavily involved in the build up to D Day and suffering badly from the much feared Doodlebugs, Hitler's revenge weapon.When victory was secured in 1945 Sussex celebrated as Prisoners of War came home and soldiers, sailors and airmen were demobbed.Sussex at War 1939–1945 also looks at the role played by the civilian population, voluntary organisations and the spirit of defiance which swept the County.If you are interested in wartime Sussex history, local history of the second world war or Britain's war effort and life on the home front, then this is the book for you.
Author | : John Grehan |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848846614 |
From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the countys coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britains southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land transportation and the seas that define the borders of our nation aided, rather than deterred, the invader.
Author | : Robin J. Brooks |
Publisher | : British Airfields of World War |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
A full account of the part played by Kent's airfields during the Second World War. The history of each airfield is described with the 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 | : Stuart Hylton |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2004-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844150844 |
In June 1940, Britain's front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler's forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled desperately to recover from the disaster and miracle of Dunkirk. Occupation of these islands was nearer than for almost nine hundred years. Kent and Sussex 1940, tells the story of the communities that found themselves in the front line, placing their experience within the context of huge historic events.
Author | : Kim Leslie |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An historical atlas of Sussex
Author | : Aldon Patrick Ferguson |
Publisher | : British Airfields in the Secon |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An account of Cheshire's airfields during the last war; the planes and pilots who flew them; and the local civilians who worked alongside them.