Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War

Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War
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.

Sussex Airfields in the Second World War

Sussex Airfields in the Second World War
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.

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

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

North Wales Airfields in the Second World War

North Wales Airfields in the Second World War
Author: David Berryman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013-07-11
Genre: Air bases
ISBN: 9781846743139

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.

Devon and Cornwall Airfields in the Second World War

Devon and Cornwall Airfields in the Second World War
Author: Graham Smith
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Air bases
ISBN: 9781853066320

A full account of the part played by Devon & Cornwall's airfields during the Second World War including Chivenor, Winkleigh, Exeter, Falmouth, Portreath and St. Mawgan. 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.

Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War

Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War
Author: Martyn Chorlton
Publisher: British Airfields in the Secon
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

"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.

Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War

Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War
Author: Robin J. Brooks
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

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.

Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now

Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now
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.

Landscapes Past and Present

Landscapes Past and Present
Author: Graeme J. White
Publisher: University of Chester
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-10-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1908258470

Stretching from the Peak District to the Welsh border and the Irish Sea, Cheshire has a rich diversity of landscapes, some of which it shares with neighbouring counties. This volume, which marks the 30th anniversary of Chester Society for Landscape History, celebrates that diversity, both in and beyond Cheshire, through a series of papers based on members' original research. It covers features dating from the twelfth century to the twentieth, all of which can still be seen today.

Lancashire Airfields in the Second World War

Lancashire Airfields in the Second World War
Author: Aldon P. Ferguson
Publisher: British Airfields in the Secon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781853068737

A full account of the part played by Lancashire's airfields during the Second World War. 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 illustr