Cumbria airfields in the Second World War : including the Isle of Man / Martyn Chorlton
Language: English
Published by Newbury : Countryside Books, 2006
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Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Airfields series. Physical description: 256 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Air bases, British - England - Cumbria - History. World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Cumbria airfields in the Second World War : including the Isle of Man / Martyn Chorlton
- Author
- Chorlton, Martyn
- Publisher
- Newbury : Countryside Books
- Publication year
- 2006
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1853069833
- ISBN 13
- 9781853069833
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
This book offers a fully illustrated and exciting account of the part played by the airfields of Cumbria and the Isle of Man during the Second World War.
The history of each airfield is described, including details about the squadrons and aircraft based at them.
As the storm clouds of war were gathering over Europe in 1938, construction work began on two of Cumbria's biggest aircraft maintenance units - at Kirkbride and Silloth. Throughout the war, these two airfields would handle thousands of aircraft, preparing new ones for the front-line and modifying and repairing others.
Cumbria and the Isle of Man had early on been marked down as suitable places to build flying schools because of their relatively uncluttered skies and generally good weather. The Isle of Man also had an abundance of both bombing and air-to-air firing ranges, which attracted an Air Gunners School (Jurby and Andreas), Ground Defence Gunners School (Ronaldsway) and various other bombing and gunnery schools.
On the mainland, flying schools trained pilots for Coastal Command (Crosby, Longtown and Silloth), and Fighter Command (Great Orton and Longtown), and there were training units of the Fleet Air Arm throughout Cumbria as well as the Isle of Man.
There was also an Elementary Flying Training School at Kingstown and Burnfoot and four satellite landing grounds supporting Silloth and Kirkbride at Brayton Park, Hornby Hall, Hutton-in-the-Forest and Wath Head.
This book describes the history of each airfield and the varied but vital roles they played in Britain's air war between 1939 and 1945. It also records the lives of the people caught up in the titanic struggle - both military and civilian.
CONTENTS
- Map of the Airfields
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Setting the Scene
Pioneering Days
The First World War & the Inter-War Years
Maintenance Command
Flying Training
Fighter Command
Fleet Air Arm
Satellite Landing Grounds - 2. Andreas
- 3. Anthorn
- 4. Brayton Park
- 5. Burnfoot
- 6. Crosby-on-Eden
- 7. Great Orton
- 8. Hall Caine (Cold Lake)
- 9. Hornby Hall
- 10. Hutton-in-the-Forest
- 11. Jurby
- 12. Kingstown (Carlisle)
- 13. Kirkbride
- 14. Longtown
- 15. Millom
- 16. Ronaldsway
- 17. Silloth
- 18. Wath Head
- 19. Windermere
- 20. Civilians at War
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
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