Airfields Of 8th: Then And Now

by Roger Freeman

Overview

A unique, nostalgic look at the airfields used by the Eighth in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Conceived in war, the airfields experienced their moments of glory and, when the war ended, were left empty and derelict to die. The few which remain virtually intact have only survived because some private or public concern has formed a practical use for them, although not always as airfields. Some of the more remote airfields still dot the countryside the same as when the last plane left their runways and the last truck departed through the main gate. They are bleak, windswept and moldering but they retain the atmosphere of the fine, high endeavors of the people who inhabited them and the aura of ineffable sadness that hangs over memorials to fighting men. For such they are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781399076845
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	02/28/1978
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	216 MB
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About the Author

Roger A. Freeman is the author of more than fifty books on Second World War subjects and specializes in the men, aircraft and operations of USAAF. His interest stems from boyhood experiences including working on and around an airfield which housed the organization that is the subject of this book.