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UK Airfields of the Cold War

English · Hardback

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Written by an accomplished military aviation author, this new study is the result of many years of research, and will be essential reading for all historians of the period and keen aviation enthusiasts.

There is growing interest today in the Cold War era in British history. This new

book provides a new study of Cold War airfields that will be of interest to all those who study airfield history and archaeology.

This new title provides a background to the Cold War airfields in Britain. Phillip Birtles gives readers an airfield by airfield coverage of those in operation from the start of the Cold War during the Berlin Air Lift in the late 1940s to the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 1980s. The book covers both RAF/FAA and USAF airfields in Britain, and charts the changes that took place at these airfields in this period including the development of aircraft from the first postwar jet aircraft to aircraft types that are still flying today.

Alongside descriptive text outlining each airfield, the units and aircraft operating from that airfield and its role in the Cold War are also explained in great detail. Descriptive text is complemented by contemporary photographs, maps and airfield plans.

About the author










Philip Birtles joined the de Havilland Aeronautical School as an engineering apprentice in September 1957. Following training, he joined John Cunningham-- the chief test pilot as PA. Philip was then appointed deputy PR Manager at Hawker Siddeley Aviation, before moving to BAe Dynamics Group at Stevenage as PR Manager. A return was made to Hatfield with responsibility for customer acceptances for the BAe.146 airliner, until the factory closed in early 1994. Philip has written some 40 books on aerospace, his first one being published in 1980 and has been involved with the de Havilland Aircraft Museum for over 40 years.

Product details

Authors Philip Birtles
Publisher Crecy Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 19.07.2012
 
EAN 9781857803464
ISBN 978-1-85780-346-4
No. of pages 160
Dimensions 209 mm x 261 mm x 17 mm
Weight 806 g
Illustrations c160 colour and b/w photographs, airfield plans other line drawings
Subjects Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel
Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

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