RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War

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.

Welsh Military Airfields Through Time

Author: Alan Phillips
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144563208X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151

Book Description
An interesting look at the Welsh Military Airfields locations used during the war.

Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War

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.

British Airfields of the Second World War

Author: Stuart Hadaway
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784423963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built over; others have become museums, industrial estates or parkland; and some have been adapted and remain in operation today. In this beautifully illustrated history, aviation historian Stuart Hadaway explains the crucial part airfields played between 1939 and 1945, detailing their construction and expansion; their facilities and equipment; the many functions they housed from command and control to maintenance and bomb-loading; how the airfields were used both for defence and offence; and how they changed during the war. He also explores what life was like on the airfields, as well as listing some of the remaining sites and what can be seen today.

North Wales Airfields in the Second World War

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.

Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War

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.

Wales in World War 2

Author: Quintin Deakin
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1800995369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
A comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in WWII and the conflict's impact on every area of the country and all involved: civilians, factory workers, children (those evacuated to and those from Wales), national and regional politicians, soldiers, pacifists, writers, filmmakers and artists.

Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War

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.

Defending Wales

Author: Alan Phillips
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445620324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
The exciting stories of the brave flight crews who protected Wales during the First and Second World Wars.

Secret Wartime Britain

Author: Colin Philpott
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526735482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
The secret military facilities hidden across Great Britain are revealed and investigated in this fascinating WWII history. During the Second World War, thousands of facilities across Britain were requisitioned to support the war efforts. Beyond that, countless others were built from scratch. Often the purpose of these locations was a closely guarded secret, even from those living close by. In Secret Wartime Britain, Colin Philpott has compiled a fascinating collection of sites that still exist in some form today. They include underground factories, storage sites and headquarters; spy and communication centers; interrogation and POW camps; dummy sites; research facilities such as the sinister Porton Down; treasure stores in stately homes and even royal retreats in the event of invasion, such as Madresfield Court. Where were these sites and why were they needed? How successfully were they kept secret? What has happened to them since? Were they returned to their owners? Answers to these and other questions make Secret Wartime Britain a riveting and revealing read.