Norfolk Airfields in the Second World War (British Airfields in the Second World War)

Smith, Graham

ISBN 10: 1853063207 / ISBN 13: 9781853063206

Verlag: Countryside Books, 1994

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1853063207-3-33659379

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This meticulously researched, illustrated book contains a full account of the part played by Norfolk's airfields during World War II. 

The book describes the history of each airfield - RAF or USAAF - and highlights the major wartime operations and the many and varied aircraft that comprised the operational squadrons. Numbered among these are the Blenheim, Boston, Spitfire, Hurricane, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Liberator and Flying Fortress.

The subject is brought vividly to life with evocative accounts, alongside photos of the airmen themselves and their aircraft. 

An American pilot serving in Norfolk during the Second World War once commented, 'I guess if you just switch off and glide, you're more likely to have gotten on an airfield than in any other place.'

Norfolk's geography meant that it became home to no less than 37 airfields by the end of the war. These, and the airmen who flew from them, made an immense contribution both to the defence of Britain and later, more significantly, to the air war in Europe, as the allied air forces flew increasingly large concentrations of bombers into the smoke-filled skies above Germany.

The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people of Norfolk and the dangers they endured, including the 'Baedeker' raids on Norwich in April 1942, are also detailed.

Graham Smith's action-packed book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to anyone with an interest in Norfolk's wartime history.

CONTENTS

• Map of the Norfolk Airfields
• Map of the targets
• 1. Setting the Scene - Bomber Command; Fighter Command; Coastal Command; USAAF
• 2. Attlebridge
  
• 3. Bircham Newton
  
• 4. Bodney
  
• 5. Coltishall
  
• 6. Deopham Green
  
• 7. Docking
  
• 8. Downham Market
• 9. East Wretham
  
• 10. Feltwell
  
• 11. Fersfield
  
• 12. Foulsham
• 13. Great Massingham
  
• 14. Hardwick
  
• 15. Hethel
  
• 16. Horsham St Faith
  
• 17. Langham
  
• 18. Little Snoring
  
• 19. Ludham
  
• 20. Marham
  
• 21. Matlaske
  
• 22. Methwold
• 23. North Creake
  
• 24. North Pickenham
• 25. Old Buckenham
  
• 26. Oulton
• 27. Rackheath
• 28. Sculthorpe
  
• 29. Seething
  
• 30. Shipdham
• 31. Snetterton Heath
  
• 32. Swannington
  
• 33. Swanton Morley
• 34. Thorpe Abbotts
  
• 35. Tibenham
• 36. Watton
  
• 37. Wendling
  
• 38. West Raynham
• 39. Civilians at War
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index 
  

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Norfolk Airfields in the Second World War (...
Verlag: Countryside Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good