Roger Freeman's exhaustive
study of the bomber air bases of
World War Two is a must for anyone
interested in this period of history.
AIR CADETS
Sixty years ago over 100
aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and
machines of RAF Bomber Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was
brief - some six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their
lives while flying from them to attack targets on the Continent.
Split into seven operational groups, the airfields of Bomber Command formed the
cornerstone of Britain's efforts to carry on the war against Germany in the
years before the landings in Normandy. Thereafter they played their part in the
battle against the V-weapons with one of the last raids of the war being carried
out against Hitler's personal mountain retreat.
Each airfield has
been explored and photographed in the 'then and now' style of Roger Freeman's
previous books for After the Battle on the US Eighth and Ninth Air
Forces. The physical development, construction and operational history of every
airfield is described in detail and all are illustrated with wartime and
present-day aerial photographs.
ISBN 1 870067 35 5
SIZE 12"×8½"
360
PAGES
OVER 830 ILLUSTRATIONS
£44.95
CODE F049
Introduction
Airfields
for Bombers - HEADQUARTERS Bomber Command - Bomber Command Organisation.
No.
1 GROUP - HQ Bawtry Hall - Binbrook - Blyton - Dunholme Lodge - Elsham Wolds
- Faldingworth - Finningley - Fiskerton - Grimsby (Waltham) - Hemswell - Ingham
(Cammeringham) - Kelstern - Kirmington - Lindholme (Hatfield Woodhouse) -
Ludford Magna - North Killingholme - Scampton - Wickenby
Low Level to
Germany.
No. 2 GROUP AND No. 100 GROUP - HQ Bylaugh Hall -
Attlebridge - Bodney - Foulsham - Great Massingham - Horsham St Faith - Little
Snoring - North Creake - Oulton - Sculthorpe - Swannington - Swanton Morley -
Wattisham - Watton - West Raynham
The Airman's Letter.
No.
3 GROUP - HQ Exning House - Alconbury - Chedburgh - Downham Market - East
Wretham - Feltwell - Honington - Lakenheath - Marham - Mepal - Methwold -
Mildenhall - Newmarket - Ridgewell - Stradishall - Tempsford - Tuddenham -
Waterbeach - Witchford - Wratting Common
The Bomber Command VCs.
No.
4 GROUP - HQ Heslington Hall - Breighton - Burn - Driffield - Elvington -
Full Sutton - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Leconfield - Lissett - Melbourne -
Pocklington - Rufforth - Snaith
Aircrew Duties.
No. 5
GROUP - HQ ST VINCENTS/Morton Hall - Balderton - Bardney - Bottesford -
Coningsby - Cottesmore - East Kirkby - Fulbeck - Langar - Metheringham - Newton
- North Luffenham - Skellingthorpe - Spilsby - Strubby - Swinderby - Syerston -
Waddington - Wigsley - Woodhall Spa - Woolfox Lodge
Broadcast from
Berlin.
No. 6 GROUP - HQ Allerton Park House - Croft -
Dalton - Dishforth - East Moor - Leeming - Linton-on-Ouse - Middleton St George
- Skipton-on-Swale - Tholthorpe - Topcliffe
Operation to Berlin.
No.
8 GROUP - HQ Castle Hill House - Bourn - Gransden Lodge - Graveley - Little
Staughton - Oakington - Polebrook - Upwood - Warboys - Wyton
The Men and
the Memorials
The Last Operational Aircrew over Europe.