Action Stations Revisited Volume 4 (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Crecy Publishing, Cheshire, 2010
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Hardcover. Military airfields of the south-west are the subject of the latest volume of the new Action Stations Revisited series. Volume 4 deals with all of those airfields that are, or have been, military at some stage in their time. The area covered includes most of the counties of Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire, along with those of Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.The whole of British aviation history is reflected here from the birth of military aviation at Larkhill, flying training at Old Sarum during the First World War and at Upavon during the 1930s, to fighter operations from Charmy Down during the Second World War. Post-war developments at Filton and Boscombe Down are supplemented by recent activities at Culdrose, St.Mawgan, Yeovilton and Lyneham. Accounts of the construction and operational use of the stations, with the aircraft types flown and units involved are illustrated by a wealth of photographs, many of them previously unpublished.Arranged in alphabetical order with maps and map references, directions, plus an index, Action Stations Revisited No 4. South West England provides a fascinating wealth of information for the historian and enthusiast alike. Talks about military history during WWII, and aviation and transport during WWI. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Action Stations Revisited Volume 4 (Hardcover)
- Author
- David Berryman
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing, Cheshire
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0859791211
- ISBN 13
- 9780859791212
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I suspect that the area covered by this volume is not as familiar to the aviation enthusiast as some of the others might be. Coastal Command stations are, and have been in the public eye for many years. But I am sure that Culmhead (Church Stanton); Somerset will be unknown to many of you. It was opened on August the 1st 1941. It was occupied over the years by a number of fighter squadrons and it closed in August 1946 as an airfield. It is now a business centre but if you look around you will still see evidence of its past use. This sort of information is what this book is all about and if you want to visit any of these sites then the grid reference and directions will be of help. An enormous amount of research has gone into the books in this series, for instance hands up who can tell me the length of the grass runway at Old Sarum and details of the accommodation? This and other details are given for each station. There is a brief service history and masses of photographs and this is a reference that all students of aviation should have on their bookshelf or even in their glove compartment when travelling the country. --Ernie Lee - Model Aircraft Monthly
Fully revised and updated Crecy has now released this new version of Volume 4 of the Action Stations series. This edition covers South West England and therefore deals with a lot of the naval bases and experimental establishments that existed in this area. The title is packed with information, images and maps and is a must for anyone interested in military aviation in the UK. --Model Airplane International - Issue 67, Feb 2011
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
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