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Author | : Christopher Huff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2016-01-21 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781781550991 |
In this volume the emphasis shifts from Fighter command and USAAF to the RAF and the RCAF and the Bomber airfields of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, together with a few examples from Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Here we find Bomber command at its most active, and from where it suffered most of the losses, and indeed where some of the most haunted airfields in Britain are to be found. Here we find famous names like East Kirkby, Scampton, and Coningsby, where the Battle of Britain Flight is now based. The RAF Bomber Command Memorial lists 55,573 names, a Bomber Command crew member had a worse chance of survival than an infantry officer in World War I. Old Bomber airfields are lonely atmospheric places, and anyone who has visited a Second World War control tower on a bomber airfield will perhaps have experienced the sadness that seems permeates the place, or the sense of waiting or of loss, or the strange coupling of a coldness on a warm day with the feeling of not being alone there. This volume details researched accounts, personal communications from witnesses and my own investigations on what are probably the most haunted of our airfields.
Author | : Christopher Huff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2015-02-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781781550984 |
Part two of a comprehensive survey of the paranormal and haunted happenings on Second World War airfields in the UK including a historical timeline for each airfield
Author | : Christopher Huff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781781552124 |
Christopher Huff has studied the occurrence of paranormal phenomena on RAF airfields Convincing reports of ghosts and inexplicable happenings have radiated from these sites since the First World War, and continue to do so today, but why are so many air fields haunted? A fascinating and informative guide to this country's historic airfields.
Author | : Jack Currie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781910809495 |
More so than even the sea, the world of aviation has spawned an amazing store of tales of ghosts, the supernatural and inexplicable events, ghostly bombers and phantom aircrew on long-deserted airfields, prophetic warnings from beyond the grave, restless spirits apparently drawn back to places from which they flew. This book looks in dispassionate detail at many of these stories. More than just repeating well-worn legends and myths, Echoes in the Air relates the background to these ghostly tales, based on eye-witness accounts and historical facts. The Montrose ghost, the haunted watch tower at East Kirby and the messages from the doomed R101 crew are all investigated. So too are the specters of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, the phantom Polish airman at Lindholme, the North Weald ghosts, and stories from the author's own experiences as a WWII bomber pilot. The book is illustrated throughout with historical material, and specially commissioned photographs taken at the haunted airfields themselves. Reprinted, the final work from the renowned aviation author Jack Currie, Echoes in the Air is set to become the classic collection of aviation ghost stories.
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.
Author | : Alan C. Wood |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2010-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445625229 |
The first ever ghostly gazetteer of military manifestations both here and abroad.
Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : 9781841146539 |
From the author of the highly successful book, Echoes of East Anglia, comes this new volume containing even more fascinating pictures of wartime East Anglia. In Ghost Fields Martin Bowman takes the reader on a visual tour of the surviving SecondWorldWar airfields, exploring through photographs, and the stories of those who were there, these long-abandoned bases. Alongside rare images of wall art (much of which has now been lost forever but for the author¿s work in capturing it on camera), are aerial photographs of the airfields themselves, and on the ground the ivy-clad ruins of all that remains. Martin Bowman is among the best-known aircraft photographers in the country. The photographs in this new book will fascinate many thousands who visit the area each year in search of this aspect of our military heritage. This book honours those who briefly made East Anglia their home and is a fitting tribute to their comradeship and bravery.
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 | : Stuart Orme |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2012-01-31 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0752481533 |
Peterborough has a rich and fascinating history, stretching back 3,500 years to the Bronze Age. The city is a vibrant place with a new town surrounding an ancient town centre, still dominated by its Norman cathedral. But the city has a sinister and spooky side... Written by the creator and guide of the city's popular ghost walks, discover the spooky side of Peterborough's past. Uncover the eerie secrets of the city, from apparitions of monks to ghostly children; from a slaughtered Cavalier to a phantom lorry. This book explores many of the city's historic buildings and their ghost stories, including Peterborough Cathedral precincts. It also covers in print, for the first time, detailed accounts of the spectres, stories and sightings at Peterborough Museum, one of Britain's most paranormally active buildings.
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.