Airfields Of The Eighth Then And Now
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Author | : Roger Anthony Freeman |
Publisher | : After the Battle |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Air bases, American |
ISBN | : 9780900913099 |
This work is a nostalgic look at the airfields used by the Eighth in the United Kingdom during the World War II. Conceived in war, the airfields experienced their moments of glory and, when the war ended, were left empty and derelict to die. The few which remain virtually intact have only survived because some private or public concern has formed a practical use for them, although not always as airfields. Some of the more remote airfields still dot the countryside the same as when the last plane left their runways and the last truck departed through the main gate. They are bleak, windswept and mouldering but they retain the atmosphere of the fine, high endeavours of the people who inhabited them and the aura of ineffable sadness that hangs over memorials to fighting men.
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Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Air bases, American |
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Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : Roger Freeman |
Publisher | : After the Battle |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1978-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399076868 |
A unique, nostalgic look at the airfields used by the Eighth in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Conceived in war, the airfields experienced their moments of glory and, when the war ended, were left empty and derelict to die. The few which remain virtually intact have only survived because some private or public concern has formed a practical use for them, although not always as airfields. Some of the more remote airfields still dot the countryside the same as when the last plane left their runways and the last truck departed through the main gate. They are bleak, windswept and moldering but they retain the atmosphere of the fine, high endeavors of the people who inhabited them and the aura of ineffable sadness that hangs over memorials to fighting men. For such they are.
Author | : Roger Anthony Freeman |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780304357086 |
A must-have classic. Mostly taken by members of “Mighty” Eighth Air Force, this wonderful selection portrays the American aircraft and their crews deployed to Britain in 1942. The daring and danger of those days comes across in a uniquely personal perspective, in photos of bases, aircraft in action and on the ground, nose art, and airfields and countryside from high above. Nearly 600 photos, arranged alphabetically by home base. “A brilliant gallery of memories.”—Hobby Merchandiser.
Author | : Roger Anthony Freeman |
Publisher | : After the Battle |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Airports |
ISBN | : 9781870067355 |
Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was brief - some six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their lives while flying from them to attack targets on the Continent.
Author | : Roger A. Freeman |
Publisher | : Specialty Press (MN) |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
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Includes aircraft and crews from every U.S. Eighth Air Force base operational in Britain in WWII. The author is a leading historian.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996-02 |
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ISBN | : 9780900913945 |
Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now and UK Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now present a nostalic look at the airfields used by the USAAF Eighth and Ninth in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
Author | : Roger Anthony Freeman |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781854095312 |
The US 8th Air Force was based in the UK from 1942 onwards, spread exclusively across East Anglia and operating from over 40 locations. The remains of some of these sites can still be found and a few are still airfields. The 8th flew intensive bomber and fighter sorties over Europe. Over 2000 aircraft, mostly B-17s, B-26s and P-47s, involving 150,000 men and a vastly sophisticated supply chain, were engaged in a ceaseless war of high-altitude daylight precision bombing that did much to secure eventual Allied success.