Yorkshire Airfields In The Second World War
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Author | : Peter Jacobs |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2017-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473870054 |
As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the accomplished military author and former RAF Officer Peter Jacobs takes us to the county of Yorkshire and to its many bomber airfields of the Second World War.From the opening day of hostilities, RAF Bomber Command took the offensive to Nazi Germany and played a leading role in the liberation of Europe. Yorkshires airfields played a key part throughout, initially as home to the Whitley squadrons of No 4 Group and then to the four-engine Halifax heavy bombers; indeed, Bomber Commands first night operation of the war was flown from one of the countys many bomber airfields. Then, as the bombing offensive gathered pace, Yorkshire welcomed the new all-Canadian No 6 (RCAF) Group, after which all of Bomber Commands major efforts during the hardest years of 1943/44 against the Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin involved the Yorkshire-based squadrons.Most of Yorkshires wartime bomber airfields have long gone, but many have managed to retain the flying link with their wartime past. For example, the former RAF airfields of Finningley and Middleton St George, and the factory airfield of Yeadon, are now the sites of international airports, while Breighton, Burn, Full Sutton, Pocklington and Rufforth are still used for light aircraft flying or gliding and Elvington is home to the magnificent Yorkshire Air Museum.From airfields such as these came countless acts of personal courage and self-sacrifice, with two men being awarded the Victoria Cross, Britains highest award for gallantry. Stories of both men are included, as are tales of other personalities who brought these airfields to life. The stories of thirty-three airfields are told in total, with a brief history of each accompanied by details of how to find them and what remains of them today. Whatever your interest, be it aviation history or more local, the county of Yorkshire has rightly taken its place in the history of Bomber Command.
Author | : Patrick Otter |
Publisher | : Countryside Books (GB) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Air bases, British |
ISBN | : 9781853065422 |
A full account of the part played by Yorkshire'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 illustrated.
Author | : Patrick Otter |
Publisher | : Countryside Books (GB) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781853064241 |
A full account of the part played by Lincolnshire'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 illus
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 | : Paul Bright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In most accounts of the air war over Britain in summer 1940, the events over East Yorkshire are mentioned only in passing, yet it was there, on August 20th, that the first enemy aircraft fell to the guns of a Polish fighter squadron in the RAF, less than a mile from where these words are being written. It was also where the 'north-east town', as Hull was identified in the news bulletins of the day, suffered its prolonged agony under the bombs of the Luftwaffe. Indeed, the very last British civilians to die as a direct result of Luftwaffe bombs in World War II were killed in Hull on March 17th, 1945. As the home of much of the RAF's night-bombing force, East Yorkshire was also frequently the scene of Luftwaffe night intruder raids. This book, based on years of in-depth research into primary sources, personal accounts and experiences, reveals many new facts and gives long-overdue recognition to the events and people who fought, lived and all too often, died, in East Yorkshire during 1939-1945.
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.
Author | : Barry Abraham |
Publisher | : Tempus Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2002-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780752423906 |
This is a pictorial history of the county's airfields. Military bases like Leconfield, Leeming, and Linton-on-Ouse are all covered, along with civil airfields such as Bagby, Breighton, and Beverley. Forgotten airfields like Carnaby, Catfoss, and Cottam are remembered too.
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 | : 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 | : 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.