This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book including a number of counties on a regional basis. Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from WW1 to the present day and comprise: a brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sites; a comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; a list of HQ units based at the airfield; details of memorials; maps and plans of almost every airfield; location details; and a selection of period...
This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book...
This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the historian, the tourist and anyone with an interest in their local area. Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from World War One to the present day, and include a brief history of the airfield, construction and use. There is a comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; and a listing of HQ units...
This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of B...
This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book including a number of counties on a regional basis. Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from WWI to the present day and comprise: the counties that spread from Northamptonshire to Wales made two great contributions to World War II: in training and in the maintenance units that ensured a steady supply of aircraft to the frontline. The region also made a direct contribution to the war in all roles: fighter, bomber,...
This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each b...
"The key to our position in the whole Mediterranean lay in Malta." (Tedder) Two of the greatest strategic mistakes by Hitler involved failure to take control of two key locations, Gibraltar and Malta; between them these two were able to influence, and at times dominate, the Western Mediterranean area, and surrounding land masses. Malta, with its strategic partner, Alexandria (and Egypt) likewise dominated the Eastern Mediterranean and surrounding land masses. Malta only existed strategically for its ability to attack the enemy Lines of Communication between European bases (now stretching from...
"The key to our position in the whole Mediterranean lay in Malta." (Tedder) Two of the greatest strategic mistakes by Hitler involved failure to take ...
