Station 115 Shipdham - The Story of a USAAF Airfield

The birth, growth and evolution of a World-War II USAAF airfield seen through the eyes of the people who were there.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Peter Bodle started out in life as an engineer, became a designer, and then an inventor by inventing the Passive Floor Path Marking System for passenger carrying aircraft. The company he started then, is now the world's leader in this technology. Its success has allowed Peter the time to pursue his writing interests and thus far he has published over twenty-five titles, mainly biographies and aviation history. He was a light aircraft pilot for almost 25 years and is married with four children and a growing number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Zusammenfassung

Station 115 Shipdham is the story of a USAAF Heavy Bomber base built on Norfolk farmland in the early 1940s, from the Second World War through to its modern day use as a general Aviation airfield providing a home for light aircraft used for recreation by keen amateur pilots in the Norfolk area.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Bodle, Peter W. Bodle
• Verlag: Durnell
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781781554951
• ISBN: 978-1-78155-495-1
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 234 mm x 157 mm x 18 mm
• Gewicht: 386 g
• Illustration: 56 black and white photographs
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Autosport, Motorradsport, Radsport, Flugsport; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung