Staffordshire Airfields Through Time

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445687216
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Martyn Chorlton
Publisher : British Airfields in the Secon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445696304
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shropshire Airfields Through Time written by Alec Brew and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the fascinating history behind the airfields of Shropshire, which was particularly popular during the Second World War.

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752407708
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Peter C. Brown
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445663910
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manchester Airport Through Time written by Peter C. Brown and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Manchester Airport has changed and developed over time.

Author : Guy Ellis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445620685
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gloucestershire Airport Through Time written by Guy Ellis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Gloucestershire Airport has changed and developed over the last century.

Author : Oliver Clutton-Brock
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909166308
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Footprints on the Sands of Time written by Oliver Clutton-Brock and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-19 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of RAF Evaders provides a comprehensive reference of the airmen of Bomber Command who were held in German captivity during WWII. This extensive book is divided into two part. The first, which has eighteen chapters, deals with German POW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomber Command POWs were sent. Each chapter includes anecdotes and stories of the men in the camps—capture, escape, illness, and murder—and illustrates the awfulness of captivity even in German hands. Roughly one in every twenty captured airmen never returned home. The first part also covers subjects such as how the POWs were repatriated during the war; how they returned at war’s end; the RAF traitors; the war crimes; and the vital importance of the Red Cross. The style is part reference, part gripping narrative, and the book will correct many historical inaccuracies, and includes previously unpublished photographs. The second part comprises an annotated list of ALL 10, 995 RAF Bomber Command airmen who were taken prisoner, together with an extended introduction. The two parts together are the fruit of exhaustive research and provide an important contribution to our knowledge of the war and a unique reference work not only for the serious RAF historian but for the ex-POWs themselves and their families and anyone with an interest in the RAF in general and captivity in particular.

Author : Peter C. Brown
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445664119
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birmingham Airport Through Time written by Peter C. Brown and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Birmingham Airport in pictures.

Author : Nick Thomas
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844159434
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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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.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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