This book looks at the history and personalities associated with American airfields in Essex, what remains today, and it explores the favorite 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.
The Second Air Division's first bombing mission was flown on November 7, 1942; the last on April 25, 1945. A total of 95, 948 sorties were flown in 493 operational missions by the division's B-24s,...
P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang Squadrons in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
by Martin W Bowman
Price: $25.99
ISBN: 9781844159055
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2009-08-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
208 Pages
This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Force’s heavy bomber forces.The long-range Lightnings, Thunderbolts...
Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk
by Martin W Bowman
Price: $25.99
ISBN: 9781844158287
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2009-06-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
192 Pages
The 3rd Air Division: Elveden Hall was the Headquarters of this division of the 8th US Army Air Force. Broadly speaking it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but included some bases in Norfolk....
Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return. This book takes the reader to many of...
As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible...
Cambridgeshire * Northamptonshire * Bedfordshire - Aviation Heritage Trail Series
by Martin W Bowman
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781844154531
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2007-04-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
192 Pages
As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment...
This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology. The book includes 18 crash sites and each chapter includes a description of how the incident occurred and the reasons behind the crash. Copious...
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