Leicestershire & Rutland airfields in the Second World War - Softcover

Chorlton, Martyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853068004 ISBN 13: 9781853068003

Publisher: Countryside Books, 2003

Synopsis

This book gives a detailed account of the part played by each airfield in the two counties during the second world war. During this time, some twelve additional military airfields were built in the counties to support the war effort. Bottesford, Woolfox Lodge and North Luffenham, in particular, played key roles in Bomber Command operations.

About this title

Product Description

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

About the Author

Martyn Chorlton was born in the north Cambridgeshire fens during the late 1960s. He joined the RAF as an Air Photographer in 1984. After tours in Germany and Northern Ireland, his service came to an end in 1997 and, a few years later he wrote his first aviation book. He is a regular magazine contributor to Aeroplane Monthly, Jets, Airfix and Aviation Classics and is the author of Bomber Command The Victoria Cross Raids and The RAF Pathfinders.

Edition details

• Publisher: Countryside Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853068004
• ISBN 13: 9781853068003
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288