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Yorkshire Airfields in the Second World War: (Second World War Aviation History)

Yorkshire Airfields in the Second World War: (Second World War Aviation History)


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This illustrated, action-packed book contains a full account of the part played by Yorkshire's airfields during the Second World War. The history of each airfield is described, with details of the squadrons and aircraft based at them and the main operations flown. The subject is brought vividly to life with detailed accounts, alongside photos of the airmen themselves and their aircraft. It has often been said that during the Second World War, Britain resembled a gigantic aircraft carrier. Of no county was this image more true than Yorkshire. Between 1940 and 1945, the RAF carried out over 100,000 sorties from some 25 Yorkshire airfields, losing more than 18,000 men, of which some 15,000 came from Bomber Command. The aircraft, especially Halifaxes, Whitleys and Wellingtons, and the airmen who flew them, made a vital contribution to the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich, as they undertook increasingly larger raids across the North Sea into the dangerous, smoke-filled skies of occupied Europe. Today, there are still frequent reminders of those dark days and nights. Memorials mark the exploits of the squadrons as well as individual crash sites. Elsewhere, the remains of derelict airfields can still be found - patches of crumbling concrete; a surviving hangar overgrown with creeper; and huts now filled with bales of hay where once men slept, ate and prepared to go into battle. This is their story.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS 1. Setting the Scene 2. Breighton 3. Burn 4. Carnaby 5. Catfoss & Hutton Cranswick 6. Catterick & Scorton 7. Church Fenton 8. Croft 9. Dalton & Wombleton 10. Dishforth 11. Driffield 12. East Moor 13. Elvington 14. Finningley, Doncaster & Firbeck 15. Full Sutton 16. Holme-on-Spalding Moor 17. Leconfield 18. Leeming 19. Lindholme 20. Linton-on-Ouse 21. Lissett 22. Marston Moor, Rufforth & Riccall 23. Melbourne 24. Middleton St George 25. Pocklington 26. Skipton-on-Swale 27. Snaith 28. Tholthorpe 29. Topcliffe 30. The Smaller Units 31. The Factory Airfields 32. The Civilians Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

About the Author :
Patrick Otter is an author and historian.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781853065422
  • Publisher: Countryside Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Countryside Books
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1853065420
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Second World War Aviation History


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