Scotland & Northern Ireland

Informationen zum Autor Ken Delve left the RAF after a twenty-year flying career to become Editor of Flypast magazine and subsequently Editor-in-Chief with Key Publishing with responsibility for eight aviation magazines. An established author, he also lectures on RAF history. Klappentext This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the historian, the tourist and anyone with an interest in their local area. Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from World War One to the present day, and include a brief history of the airfield, construction and use. There is a comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; and a listing of HQ units based at the airfield. There are details of memorials and maps and plans of almost every airfield. Zusammenfassung Brief history of the airfield! construction and use including decoy sitesComprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft typesList of HQ units based at the airfieldDetails of memorialsMaps and plans of almost every airfieldLocation detailsSelection of period photographs

Product details

• Authors: Ken Delve, Delve Ken
• Publisher: Crowood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2010
• EAN: 9781847970275
• ISBN: 978-1-84797-027-5
• Series: Military Airfields of Britain; Military Airfields of Britain
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Scotland, Northern Ireland, Air forces & warfare, Air forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space