East Riding Airfields 1915 - 1920

SIMMONS, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0954560590 / ISBN 13: 9780954560591

Published by Flight Recorder Publications/Crecy Publishing, Manchester, 2009

About this Item

Describes the military airfields that existed in East Yorkshire during the First World War, their buildings, aircraft and the brave men who flew from them. There is also a description of the Zeppelin raids on Hull, as well as Britain's own airship operations from Howden and Lowthorpe. 104 pages. Illustrated throughout with colour & b/w photographs, maps and drawings. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 27 cm x 20 Cm.

Seller Inventory # 11927

Bibliographic Details

• Title: East Riding Airfields 1915 - 1920
• Publisher: Flight Recorder Publications/Crecy Publishing, Manchester
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954560590
• ISBN 13: 9780954560591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aviation
  • First World War

About this title

Synopsis

Even before the outbreak of the First World War, aviation had made its presence felt in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with visits and demonstrations by many of the leading aviation pioneers. These included Gustav Hamel, Harry Hawker, B C Hucks and Robert Blackburn, founder of the Blackburn aircraft company. It was, however, the outbreak of the war in 1914 and the threat of the German Zeppelins which led to the establishment of the first official air bases in the area. In fact the first ever enemy attacks upon Yorkshire came from the German navy when they bombarded Scarborough and Whitby on 16 December 1914. On 6 June 1915, however, threat became reality when a Zeppelin bombed Hull, killing 24 people and injuring 40. For the next four years the landing grounds and marine stations in the East Riding towns and coastal shipping from air and sea attack. By 1919, after the 'war to end all wars' had run its course, most of these simple landing grounds were rapidly abandoned and soon forgotten.

About the Author

Geoff Simmons was born in Hull in 1928 and first became interested in airplanes in 1938-39. In 1945, he joined Blackburn Aircraft and spent most of his working life as a senior design engineer, before taking early retirement in 1989. A member of the Airfield Research Group and the International Cross and Cockade Society, he lives in Beverley.