Paperback. A full account of the part played by Lancashire's airfields during the Second World War. The history of each airfield is described with the squadrons and aircraft based at them and the main operations flown. The effects of the war on the daily lives of civilians, and the constant dangers from raids and night bombing are also detailed. Fully illustrated. An account of Lancashire's airfields during the last war: the planes and the pilots who flew them: and the local civilians who worked alongside them. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Lancashire Airfields in the Second World War (Paperback)
Publisher: Countryside Books, Berks
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 185306873X
ISBN 13: 9781853068737
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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This book offers a fully illustrated and exciting account of the part played by Lancashire's airfields during the Second World War.

The history of each airfield is described, including details about the squadrons and aircraft based at them and the operations flown.

The subject is brought vividly to life with evocative accounts, alongside photos of the aircraft from the time.

Between 1939 and 1945, Lancashire's contribution to the air war against Germany was immense. Its level landscape proved ideal for airfields and its factories were kept busy day and night making everything from Halifax bombers to barrage balloons. It never slept.

In particular, the county became the gateway for America's vast tide of men, munitions and equipment, which steadily tipped the balance of the war towards the Allies and away from Hitler's Third Reich.

The USAAF Air Depots at Burtonwood and Warton became the two largest air bases in the UK, with such a mammoth manufacturing capacity that the former was known as 'Lancashire's Detroit'.

At Woodvale, fighter squadrons protected the region from Luftwaffe intruders, in particular their daily reconnaissance flights down the Irish Sea. The naval airfields at Burscough and Inskip took aircraft from carriers that entered Liverpool docks, trained new squadrons, and protected the vital convoys of ships from America's eastern seaboard heading towards the Lancashire coast.

Aldon Ferguson's action-packed book contains details of all 13 airfields, plus information on invasion and coastal defences, decoy sites, prisoner of war camps, and the impact of the war upon local people.

This book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in Lancashire's military history.

Map of the Lancashire airfields
Abbreviations
1. Setting the Scene
2. Barrow-in-Furness (Walney Island)
3. Barton
4. Burscough
5. Burtonwood
6. Cark
7. Hesketh Park Beach, Southport
8. Inskip
9. Knowsley Park
10. Samlesbury
11. Speke
12. Squires Gate
13. Blackpool (Stanley Park)
14. Warton
15. Woodvale
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index

Synopsis

Presents an illustrated account of Lancashire's airfields during the Second World War, the planes and the pilots who flew them, and the local civilians who worked alongside them.

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