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Post War Yorkshire Airfields

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Author : Barry Abraham
language : en
Publisher: Tempus Pub Limited
Release Date : 2002-06

Post War Yorkshire Airfields written by Barry Abraham and has been published by Tempus Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06 with History categories.

This is a pictorial history of the county's airfields. Military bases like Leconfield, Leeming, and Linton-on-Ouse are all covered, along with civil airfields such as Bagby, Breighton, and Beverley. Forgotten airfields like Carnaby, Catfoss, and Cottam are remembered too.

Bomber Command Airfields Of Yorkshire

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Author : Peter Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-05-30

Bomber Command Airfields Of Yorkshire written by Peter Jacobs and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-30 with History categories.

As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the accomplished military author and former RAF Officer Peter Jacobs takes us to the county of Yorkshire and to its many bomber airfields of the Second World War.From the opening day of hostilities, RAF Bomber Command took the offensive to Nazi Germany and played a leading role in the liberation of Europe. Yorkshires airfields played a key part throughout, initially as home to the Whitley squadrons of No 4 Group and then to the four-engine Halifax heavy bombers; indeed, Bomber Commands first night operation of the war was flown from one of the countys many bomber airfields. Then, as the bombing offensive gathered pace, Yorkshire welcomed the new all-Canadian No 6 (RCAF) Group, after which all of Bomber Commands major efforts during the hardest years of 1943/44 against the Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin involved the Yorkshire-based squadrons.Most of Yorkshires wartime bomber airfields have long gone, but many have managed to retain the flying link with their wartime past. For example, the former RAF airfields of Finningley and Middleton St George, and the factory airfield of Yeadon, are now the sites of international airports, while Breighton, Burn, Full Sutton, Pocklington and Rufforth are still used for light aircraft flying or gliding and Elvington is home to the magnificent Yorkshire Air Museum.From airfields such as these came countless acts of personal courage and self-sacrifice, with two men being awarded the Victoria Cross, Britains highest award for gallantry. Stories of both men are included, as are tales of other personalities who brought these airfields to life. The stories of thirty-three airfields are told in total, with a brief history of each accompanied by details of how to find them and what remains of them today. Whatever your interest, be it aviation history or more local, the county of Yorkshire has rightly taken its place in the history of Bomber Command.

Yorkshire Airfields In The Second World War

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Author : Patrick Otter
language : en
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
Release Date : 1998

Yorkshire Airfields In The Second World War written by Patrick Otter and has been published by Countryside Books (GB) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Air bases, British categories.

A full account of the part played by Yorkshire's airfields during the Second World War. 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. Fully illustrated.

Yorkshire Bomber Story Achievements Of Bomber Crews Who Flew From Yorkshire Airfields During The 1939 45 War

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Author : C. BRAYNE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Yorkshire Bomber Story Achievements Of Bomber Crews Who Flew From Yorkshire Airfields During The 1939 45 War written by C. BRAYNE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.

Raf And Usaaf Airfields In The Uk During The Second World War

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Author : Geoff Mills
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2022-03-31

Raf And Usaaf Airfields In The Uk During The Second World War written by Geoff Mills and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-31 with History categories.

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.

The Yorkshire Bomber Story

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Author : Chris Brayne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

The Yorkshire Bomber Story written by Chris Brayne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Air bases categories.

Hawker S Secret Cold War Airfield

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Author : Christopher Budgen
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2020-11-23

Hawker S Secret Cold War Airfield written by Christopher Budgen and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-23 with History categories.

In 1948, Hawker Aircraft, faced with new jet projects that could not use their existing airfield at Langley, began the process of searching for alternative accommodation for their flight-testing requirements. It would, however, take three hard years before Dunsfold Aerodrome would be made available by a reluctant Air Ministry and the company was able to launch its first jet aircraft design – the Sea Hawk – into series production for the Royal Navy, closely followed by the superlative Hunter. Hawker Aircraft would go on to produce nearly 2,000 Hunters before other projects came to the fore. As Hunter production continued in the late 1950s, the company looked to its successor – the Mach 2 capable air superiority fighter designated P.1121, though this would stall before flight in the wake of serious national financial shortfalls. With the loss of its premier project, the company came upon a radical new engine proposal and schemed an aircraft around it capable of vertical take-off and landing. While many decried the proposal, claiming it would never amount to anything, the Harrier would go on to prove the nay-sayers wrong as it came into its own during the Falklands War. Following the Harrier, Hawker Siddeley stepped into the competitive trainer aircraft market with the Hawk for the RAF. After completion of the RAF requirement, Hawk was sold into air arms across the world, including the US Navy, an incredible achievement for a UK design. British Aerospace then brought forth the Harrier GR.5, the UK version of the US AV-8B, a completely upgraded and improved Harrier. One might expect that this prolific output was the result of some massive industrial plant in the Midlands rather than an isolated aerodrome tucked in the rural hinterland of south Surrey. Surrounded for most of its existence by secrecy, due to the nature of its work, Dunsfold has largely escaped the notice of the general public. This work shines a light on the remarkable work carried out there.

Home Is The Halifax

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Author : Ian Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Release Date : 2010

Home Is The Halifax written by Ian Robinson and has been published by Grub Street Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Airplanes categories.

Between 1935 and 1945, Yorkshire became home to 41 military airfields, the majority located in the Vale of York. The area was often referred to as a land-based aircraft carrier. The author, aged 16, became involved in this vast aviation activity when he started work with the Handley Page aircraft manufacturer at their repair depot at Clifton, York, where Halifax bombers used by 4 Group RAF and 6 Group Royal Canadian Air Force, were repaired and test flown. At the age of 17, Ian was selected for flying training at Handley Page's main airfield at Radlett in Hertfordshire, returning to Clifton and becoming flight engineer to the company test pilots. Some 30 or so squadrons operated from these Yorkshire airfields and the Book of Remembrance in York Minster records more than 18,000 names of those killed flying from these Yorkshire bases. Postwar, Ian felt aggrieved that very little was left commemorating these sacrifices and certainly little was left of the Halifax bomber. So when, in 1983, a small group of aviation enthusiasts got together to create a commemorative museum at Elvington, near York, Ian was eager to join them. He became a pivotal player in forming the charity which became the Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial. Ian said at the time that such a museum without a Halifax would be like a frame without a picture - and so the idea to re-build a WWII Halifax was born. Starting with a derelict fuselage which had been used as a hen-coop on a farm on the Isle of Lewis, he set about gathering all the hundreds of bits needed to complete this mammoth task. This fascinating book, full of contemporary photos, is Ian's account of those 13 extraordinary years before Friday the 13th was rolled out on Friday, 13th September, 1996, and it also faithfully records Ian's part in building the Yorkshire Air Museum, one of the foremost museums of its kind in the world.

Action Stations Military Airfields Of Yorkshire

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Action Stations Military Airfields Of Yorkshire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Air bases categories.

Action Stations

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Author : Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Action Stations written by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Air bases categories.