Fighter Command Station at War

Name: Fighter Command Station at War
Brand: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
SKU: 9781399023627
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A Photographic Record of RAF Westhampnett from the Battle of Britain to D-Day and Beyond

Автор: Mark Hillier

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Good...

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Автор

Mark Hillier

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2023

страници

224

EAN

9781399023627

Enbook ID

42887889

Издател

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Теглоt

518

Размери

156 x 234

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Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Goodwood Aerodrome. This pleasant rural airfield was once home to squadrons of Hurricanes, Spitfires and later Typhoons. RAF Westhampnett was at the forefront of the Battle of Britain as a satellite to the Sector (or controlling) Station of RAF Tangmere, part of 11 Group, which bore the brunt of the struggle for Britain''s survival in 1940.It became the base of Wing Commander Douglas Bader until he was shot down over France, as Fighter Command took the war to the enemy with operational sweeps over Occupied Europe. Those operations included the infamous Channel Dash which saw the escape of the German warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the Dieppe raid of 1942 which involved the largest aerial battle of the war up to that date. Westhampnetts squadrons also supported the D-Day landings and the subsequent Battle of Normandy.Packed with the largest collection of photographs of this airfield ever compiled, this illustrated publication provides a detailed history of the fighting as seen through the eyes of many of the pilots and ground crew. RAF Westhampnett brings to life those exciting but dangerous days of the Second World War through the words and photographs of those who were there.

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Fighter Command Station at War

A Photographic Record of RAF Westhampnett from the Battle of Britain to D-Day and Beyond

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