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 Staffordshire Airfields Through Time written by Alec Brew and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed within Staffordshire.
Download or read book Staffordshire Airfields Through Time written by Alec Brew and published by Through Time. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From some of the first ever airfields in Great Britain, through the municipal airports of Stoke, Walsall and Wolverhampton, to a total of eighteen RAF airfields in the Second World War, Staffordshire has always embraced aviation. Both Stoke and Wolverhampton were taken over for the use of Elementary Flying Training Schools, huge new airfields were built to house bomber Operational Training Units at Hixon and Lichfield, and to provide extra room for the Elementary Flying Training Schools, grass satellite airfields were built at Penkridge, Abbots Bromley and Battlestead Hill. Finally, Relief Landing Grounds for the storage of aircraft were created in the grounds of stately homes at Teddesley Park and Hoar Cross. Since the war the number has dwindled steadily, as agriculture reclaimed several and housing many others. Nowadays, only the ghosts of forgotten wings tell of the long lost heroes who flew at many of these airfields. In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed.
Download or read book The Lichfield Book of Days written by Neil Coley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Lichfield Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the cathedral city. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Lichfield's archives and covering the social, political, religious, agricultural, criminal, industrial and sporting history of the region, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Wings Over Meir written by William Cooke and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly readable and meticulously researched account of the Potteries' now largely forgotten aerodrome.
Download or read book Staffordshire and Black Country Airfields written by Alec Brew and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staffordshire boasted one of the first dedicated aerodromes in Great Britain when, in 1910, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, hosted the first ever All British Flying Meeting. Since then, flying has always featured in the county. In the First World War Dunstall Park was joined by other aerodromes at Perton and Halford Lane, Smethwick, and even during the demise of flying in the 1920s, itinerant joy flight operators and flying circuses still operated. During the 1930s municipal airports were established at Walsall, Stoke and Wolverhampton, where the new Boulton Paul Aircraft Factory was built. The Second World War saw an explosion of airfield construction across Staffordshire as important training bases were built. After 1945 only RAF Lichfield remained in use, although RAF Hixon was used as a sub-site for the RAF Depot at Stafford. Then, in 1956, Boulton Paul reopened disused airfields in the area when they made RAF Seighford their Test Flight Centre. Since then, although the three municiple airports have closed, private flying is becoming ever more popular and airfields such as Tatenhill, Penkridge and Halfpenny Green are thriving once more. This fascinating collection of over 200 photographs vividly chronicles the highs and lows of flying in Staffordshire and the Black Country. From pictures of an early aviation meeting at Burton on Trent to the frenetic activity of the Second World War and the microlights of today.
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 Stafford at War 1939 1945 written by Nick Thomas and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stafford at War is a vivid many-sided portrait of a county town during one of the extraordinary periods in English history. In his wide-ranging narrative Nick Thomas looks at the impact of the Second World War on the townspeople - how it affected their daily lives, their work, their families. And he recalls the contribution Stafford made to the war effort at home and abroad. The story he tells gives a fascinating insight into wartime life and it is a moving record of the sacrifices made by local people. His detailed and fully illustrated account will be fascinating reading for everyone who knows Stafford and wants to find out about its history.
Download or read book Staffordshire s Military Heritage written by Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the military heritage of Staffordshire from Anglo-Saxon and Viking times to the present day.
Download or read book Flypast written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War written by Aldon Patrick Ferguson and published by British Airfields in the Secon. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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 Somerset Airfields in the Second World War written by David Berryman and published by British Airfields in the Secon. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somerset was not in the front-line during the early stages of the war, and its airfields initially fulfilled a training and support role. However, it was not long before fighters were stationed in the county as part of the defences against enemy air attacks and the number of airfields quickly increased. Lulgate Bottom and Yeovilton were opened in 1940 followed by Culmhead, which also housed the Polish Air Force In Exile and a Czech Wing; Charlton Horethorne, Charmy Down and Merryfield, both later transferred to the US Ninth Air Force; and North Stoke. Operations from the county's airfields gradually increased in momentum and its units made a significant contribution to the outstanding success of the Normandy landings and later the Arnhem operation. This book describes the history of each airfield and highlights the major operations carried out from them. The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people of Somerset and the hardship and constant dangers they suffered are also detailed. David Berryman's action-packed book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to readers who recall the era when the skies overhead never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft.
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 2744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Intelligence in the Second World War written by Francis Harry Hinsley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1084 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 Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book By Land Sea and Air written by Alexander Junier and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
