Action Stations Revisited Volume 3: South East England: v. 3 - Hardcover

Lee, David W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859791106 ISBN 13: 9780859791106

Publisher: Crecy Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Military airfields in Kent, through Sussex, Hampshire up to Swindon in Wiltshire are all in the third volume of the new Action Stations Revisited series.Airfields from which flimsy biplanes and blimps of World War I rose to defend Britain and from which Hurricanes and Spitfires took on the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Airfields from which the RAF fought the long Cold War and more recent conflicts.Instantly recognised names like Manston, Hawkinge, Odiham, Tangmere, Lee-on-Solent, Greenham Common, Thorney Island, Farnborough and Wroughton mingle with less well known places such as Bekesbourne, Welford, Grain, Hartford Bridge, Throwley, Ramsbury and Woodchurch. The relics of the little known story of the Sound Mirrors, Britain's early warning system before radar, are amongst the many previously unpublished accounts and photographs which illustrate this comprehensive coverage of Britain's front line airfields.Arranged in alphabetical order with maps and map references, directions, plus an index, Action Stations Revisited No 3. South East England provides a fascinating wealth of information for any aviation historian or enthusiast.

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Action Stations Revisited

Vol 3, SouthEast England
Vol 4, SouthWest England

CRECY CONTINUES TO reissue this important series, updated and with new illustrations in many cases, and these two volumes cover the whole of southern England.
Picking through these pages, it is interesting to note that in Vol 4 there are two airfields with very similar names Merrifield in Cornwall in 1918 and Merryfield in Somerset from 1942, the latter originally known as Isle Abbots.
Many of the airfields will be familiar names, but there are a number not so well known; Babdown Farm, Haldon, Laira and Lake Down in Vol 4, and Larks Barrow, Great Shefford, Hammerwood and Coldharbour in Vol 3, to name a few. The last named is better known as Headcorn, which can be confused with the nearby Lashenden. By the way, it is said that the locals know Headcorn as Egerton, a nearby village.
If you already have the previous volumes you may think these are an extra expense, but not so. Take the originals to an aero jumble and put the proceeds towards a new set! --Aeroplane - April 2011

Edition details

• Publisher: Crecy Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859791106
• ISBN 13: 9780859791106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344