Lincolnshire airfields in the second world war ; Patrick Otter

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LINCOLNSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Patrick Otter

Uitgegeven in 1996 by Countryside books

Paperback, 288 pagina's met veel zwart-wit foto's

Engelse taal !

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"There's a reason Lincolnshire earned the nickname 'Bomber County'. Half a century ago, it was the very heartbeat of Britain's formidable air power. This action-packed book explores Lincolnshire's rich RAF history - in particular the crucial role it played during the Second World War.

Get ready to travel back in time to the days when the skies above Lincolnshire never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft.

It might seem hard to imagine it now, but at the peak of wartime aviation, Lincolnshire was home to some 46 military airfields. These airfields covered an estimated 30,000 acres of the county, accommodating 80,000 RAF personnel, including squadrons from America, Australia, Canada and Poland. Britain's most famous airmen of all, the Dambusters, had their base here.

Each of those airfields is described here, and details of its wartime function given. Also highlighted are the many and varied aircraft that comprised the operational units. Numbered among them are the Lancaster, Manchester, Hampden, Wellington, Hurricane, Spitfire and Beaufighter.

These, and the young airmen who flew them, made an immense contribution to the defeat of the Third Reich, as Allied bombers and fighters flew increasingly larger raids across the North Sea and into the dangerous smoke-filled skies of occupied Europe.

Lincolnshire Airfields in the Second World War tells their story.

CONTENTS

Map of the Lincolnshire airfields
Map of the targets
Chapter 1: Setting the Scene; The Airfields; The Bombers; The Fighters; Coastal Command; Training The Americans; The Aircraft
Chapter 2: Bardney
Chapter 3: Barkston Heath; Folkingham; North Witham
Chapter 4: Binbrook
Chapter 5: Blyton; Sandtoft; Sturgate
Chapter 6: Coleby Grange; Wellingore
Chapter 7: Coningsby
Chapter 8: Cranwell; Grantham; Harlaxton
Chapter 9: Digby
Chapter 10: Dunholme Lodge
Chapter 11: East Kirkby
Chapter 12: Elsham Wolds
Chapter 13: Faldingworth
Chapter 14: Fiskerton
Chapter 15: Fulbeck
Chapter 16: Goxhill
Chapter 17: Hemswell
Chapter 18: Hibaldstow & Caistor
Chapter 19: Ingham
Chapter 20: Kelstern
Chapter 21: Kirmington
Chapter 22: Kirton Lindsey
Chapter 23: Ludford Magna
Chapter 24: Manby & The Ranges
Chapter 25: Metheringham
Chapter 26: North Coates & Donna Nook
Chapter 27: North Killingholme
Chapter 28: Scampton
Chapter 29: Skellingthorpe
Chapter 30: Spilsby
Chapter 31: Strubby
Chapter 32: Sutton Bridge
Chapter 33: Swinderby
Chapter 34: Waddington
Chapter 35: Waltham
Chapter 36: Wickenby
Chapter 37: Woodhall Spa
Chapter 38: The Civilians
Bibliography
Index "