Somerset Airfields in the Second World War (Paperback)

David Berryman

ISBN 10: 1853068640 / ISBN 13: 9781853068645

Published by Countryside Books, Berks, 2006

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Paperback. This illustrated book gives a full account of the part played by the county's airfields during the last war, the planes and pilots who flew them and the local civilians who worked alongside them. Gives an account of the part played by the county's airfields during the last war, the planes and pilots who flew them and the local civilians who worked alongside them. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Somerset Airfields in the Second World War (Paperback)
• Publisher: Countryside Books, Berks
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853068640
• ISBN 13: 9781853068645
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Somerset was not in the front-line during the early stages of the war, and its airfields initially fulfilled a training and support role. However, it was not long before fighters were stationed in the county as part of the defences against enemy air attacks and the number of airfields quickly increased. Lulgate Bottom and Yeovilton were opened in 1940 followed by Culmhead, which also housed the Polish Air Force In Exile and a Czech Wing; Charlton Horethorne, Charmy Down and Merryfield, both later transferred to the US Ninth Air Force; and North Stoke. Operations from the county's airfields gradually increased in momentum and its units made a significant contribution to the outstanding success of the Normandy landings and later the Arnhem operation. This book describes the history of each airfield and highlights the major operations carried out from them. The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people of Somerset and the hardship and constant dangers they suffered are also detailed. David Berryman's action-packed book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to readers who recall the era when the skies overhead never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft.