Download or read book Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War written by Martyn Chorlton and published by Airfields in the Second World War. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe in 1938, construction work began on two of Cumbria's biggest aircraft maintenance units - at Kirkbride and Silloth. Throughout the war these two airfields would handle between them literally thousands of aircraft, preparing new ones for the front-line and modifying and repairing others. Cumbria and the Isle of Man had early on been marked down as suitable places to build flying schools because of their relatively uncluttered skies and generally good weather. The Isle of Man also had an abundance of both bombing and air-to-air ranges which attracted an Air Gunnners School (Jurby and Andreas), Ground Defence Gunners School (Ronaldsway) and various bombing and gunnery schools located on the island throughout the Second World War. This book describes the history of the different airfields and the varied but vital role they played in Britain's overall war effort. It also records the lives of the people caught up in the titanic struggle - both military and civilian. Martyn Chorlton has had a life-long interest in aviation, served in the RAF for nearly 13 years and is the author of Leicestershire & Rutland Airfields in the Second World War and Airfields of North-East England in the Second World War.
Download or read book Cumbria at War 1939 45 written by Ruth Mansergh and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive view of the important part Cumbria played in WWII, including a detailed look at the warships built in the Barrow Yard.” —Firetrench The outbreak of war marked a new era for the people of Cumbria. Many young men and women enlisted in the Forces, while older people joined the Home Guard or became Air Raid Precaution Wardens. Children from cities were sent to Kendal to escape the threat of bombing raids, members of the Women’s Land Army began to arrive on at the local farms, and Silloth airfield near Carlisle trained thousands of pilots from allied countries. The first sign of German interest in the important shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness was in May 1936, when a rigid airship and passenger aircraft flew very low and slowly over the Furness rooftops. Vickers shipyard became a target for enemy bombing and eventually more than 10,000 houses were damaged or destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the Barrow Blitz that took place during April and May 1941. Extensively researched, the book takes a detailed look at the ships built in Barrow, memorials in the city of Carlisle and towns and villages across Cumbria, and remembers the brave dead of Second World War. Overall, this is a poignant testimony to the momentous efforts, bravery, self-sacrifice and determination of the people of Cumbria during the Second World War, who sought to find normality in a reality so far removed from anything they had ever known. “In this fascinatingly good read, Ruth has captured the spirit and uncertainty of all Cumbrians in those stressful years.” —Cumbria Family History Society
Download or read book RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War written by Geoff Mills and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Airfields of the D Day Invasion Air Force written by Peter Jacobs and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area—in this case Kent, Surrey, East Sussex, Essex and Greater London. The South east of England emerged from six years of war with a rich diversity of RAF bomber and fighter airfields used by the 2nd Tactical Air Force, both before and after the D-Day landings. Much of this proud legacy is now threatening to disappear. However, the tourist can combine visits to an abundance of disused and active airfields, country houses and museums with countless attractions, imaginative locations and broadland and coastal hideaways that have no equal.The airfields and other places of interest include Northolt, Manston, Sculthorp, Dunsfold, Swanton Morley, Hunsdon, Gravesend, Detling, Biggin Hill, Kenley, Redhill, Gatwick, Heston, Hornchurch, Chailey, Coolham, Horne, West Malling and Newchurch.This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains today and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would have sought well-deserved entertainment and relaxation. Other museums and places that are relevant will also be described and general directions on how to get them included.
Download or read book Windermere Grasmere in the Great War written by Ruth Mansergh and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windermere and Grasmere in the Great War is an expert account of these Lake District town's fascinating contributions to the Great War effort from the outbreak of war in 1914, to the long-awaited Allied victory in 1918. The book is designed to be accessible to all, and for this reason it includes the history of the South Lakes area of Cumbria, where the scarcity of visitors was felt during the Great War. Interesting stories include Lake Windermeres setting as a watery runway, rumors that a German airship was operating from a secret base near Grasmere, the double life of Arthur Ransome, and Cumberland Wrestlings postwar boom. The book also takes a detailed look at the graduates of the Lakes Flying Company, the Hardistys, VAD nurse Nellie Taylor, the Baisbrowns, the boatmen who sewed bags for sand, the gunpowder carts, Beatrix Potters opinions, conscientious objectors, landowners and gentry, Cobby the horse, railwaymen, and prisoner of war Frederick Mallinson. It acts as a reference guide to local war memorials, and a chronological guide to Belgian refugees in south Lakeland whose homes included Ellerthwaite Lodge, Windermere, Calgarth Park auxiliary hospital, Troutbeck Bridge, and the village of Finsthwaite. St Martins next to the Old England Hotel, Windermere, has more memorials than any other church in Cumbria including the Cathedral (Carlisle). Overall, this is a poignant testimony to the bravery, self-sacrifice and determination of the people of Windermere and Grasmere during the Great War, who sought to find normality in a reality so far removed from anything they had ever known.
Download or read book Oxfordshire Airfields in the Second World War written by Robin J. Brooks and published by British Airfields of World War. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full account of the part played by Oxfordshire's airfields during the Second World War, including Abingdon, Brize Norton, Kidlington, Upper Heyford and Benson. 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.
Download or read book Kent Airfields in the Second World War written by Robin J. Brooks and published by British Airfields of World War. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Berkshire Airfields in the Second World War written by Robin J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scottish Airfields in the Second World War The Lothians written by Martyn Chorlton and published by British Airfields in the Secon. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the part played by the airfields in the Lothians during the Second World War; the planes and pilots who flew them; and the local civilians who worked alongside them.
Download or read book Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War written by Robin J. Brooks and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Haunted Second World War Airfields Southern England written by Christopher Huff and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 15 years, the author has been studying RAF airfields and the paranormal that have been reported from over 250 haunted RAF airfields in the UK. Volume One covers Southern England including Avon, Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, London, Somerset, Surrey and Sussex. Each airfield has a description of events, the squadrons which were based there and the ghostly accounts associated.
Download or read book Wiltshire Airfields in the Second World War written by David Berryman and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full account of the part played by Wiltshire's airfields during the Second World War, including Boscombe Down, Hullavington, Lyneham, Old Sarum, Thruxton, Larkhill and Wroughton. 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.
Download or read book Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War written by Martyn Chorlton and published by British Airfields in the Secon. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book Suffolk Airfields in the Second World War written by Graham Smith and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of RAF Millom written by John Nixon and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the airfields' wartime service from 1941 and brief reoccupation of the station in 1953 to its eventual conversion into HMP Haverigg. Extensively illustrated with over 260 photographs and including over 50 first-hand accounts of life at RAF Millom, Cumbria, England. This extremely accessible history will engage a broad readership and provide a historical treasure for future generations. The units' primary purpose was the training of aircrew for Bomber Command and those airmen who passed through the station went on to have many and varied experiences of aerial warfare. At the heart of them all lies a small and windblown airfield which served Sovereign and country through the dark days of WWII and beyond. Drawing on extensive historical, official and anecdotal material in this, his fourth and final book recording the history of the South Cumbrian airfields, the author has, without doubt, produced his finest and most comprehensive work to date.
Download or read book British Airfields of the Second World War written by Stuart Hadaway and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2020 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sussex Airfields in the Second World War written by Robin J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
