Author: Alec Brew Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445687216 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 174
Book Description
In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed within Staffordshire.
Author: Martyn Chorlton Publisher: British Airfields in the Secon ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
"Martyn Chorlton's book describes the history of each airfield, highlights some of the operations carried out from them, and puts them into the overall context of a country and nation at war. It will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to readers who recall the era when the country's skies never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft."--Jacket.
Author: Alec Brew Publisher: Through Time ISBN: 9781445687209 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
From some of the first ever airfields in Great Britain, through the municipal airports of Stoke, Walsall and Wolverhampton, to a total of eighteen RAF airfields in the Second World War, Staffordshire has always embraced aviation. Both Stoke and Wolverhampton were taken over for the use of Elementary Flying Training Schools, huge new airfields were built to house bomber Operational Training Units at Hixon and Lichfield, and to provide extra room for the Elementary Flying Training Schools, grass satellite airfields were built at Penkridge, Abbots Bromley and Battlestead Hill. Finally, Relief Landing Grounds for the storage of aircraft were created in the grounds of stately homes at Teddesley Park and Hoar Cross. Since the war the number has dwindled steadily, as agriculture reclaimed several and housing many others. Nowadays, only the ghosts of forgotten wings tell of the long lost heroes who flew at many of these airfields. In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed.
Author: Geoff Mills Publisher: Fonthill Media ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1069
Book Description
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: Aldon Patrick Ferguson Publisher: British Airfields in the Secon ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
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.
Author: Robin J. Brooks Publisher: Countryside Books (GB) ISBN: 9781853062599 Category : Air bases Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
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: David Berryman Publisher: ISBN: 9781846743139 Category : Air bases Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
David Berryman's thoroughly researched and action-packed book describes the history of each airfield. It will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and local readers who recall the era when the skies never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft.
Author: Martyn Chorlton Publisher: Countryside Books (GB) ISBN: 9781853068003 Category : Air bases Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
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: Robin J. Brooks Publisher: Countryside Books (GB) ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
An account of the part played by the airfields in Shropshire during the last war; the planes and pilots who flew them; and the local civilians who worked alongside them.
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