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To War With The Yoxford Boys

Author : Merle Msgt Olmsted
Publisher : Eagle Editions Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780972106061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book To War With The Yoxford Boys written by Merle Msgt Olmsted and published by Eagle Editions Limited. This book was released on 2005-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities of one of the premier Mustang Groups of WWII is thoroughly covered in this exciting book by Merle Olmsted, the official historian of the 357th Fighter Group. Utilizing mission reports, monthly statistical and operational reports, the pilot’s individual encounter reports, the Missing Aircrew reports, USAAF accident reports and the British police reports on accidents among other information laden personal notes, books, articles plus the original 357th group records on file at the Air Force Historical Archives, Olmsted weaves together the many stories, comments, incidents and hairy tales of the 357th F.G. Discover detailed information about the Formation of the Group, Flying problems, Training, Combats Days in Europe, Relationships between pilots and ground crews, first person accounts of combat flying, air battles with the Luftwaffe’s Me 262 jets and more!

To War with the Yoxford Boys

Author : Merle C. Olmstedt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972106078
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book To War with the Yoxford Boys written by Merle C. Olmstedt and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering several hundred pages, utilising hundreds of photos and dozens of colour profiles and paintings, the story about fighter pilots, fighter planes, the ground crews of many trades and the military unit that gave them cohesion making them an outstanding team - the complete story of the 357th is told. As the official historian for the 357th and a dedicated history buff, author Merle Olmsted has been associated with and written about fighter pilots and 'his group' for some 50 years. Included are listings from the official documents tallying the group's accomplishments. Utilising mission reports, monthly statistical and operational reports, the pilot's individual encounter reports, the Missing Aircrew reports, USAAF accident reports and the British police reports on accidents among other information laden personal notes, books, articles plus the original 357th Group records on file at the Air Force Historical Archives, Olmsted weaves together the many stories, comments, incidents and hairy tales of the 357th F.G. To War with the Yoxford Boys is the final, 'super' book on the 357th. As of fall 2001, the 357th Fighter Group Association, a post-war gathering of their members, has 't

The Yoxford Boys

Author : Merle Olmsted
Publisher : Tab Books
ISBN 13 : 9780816897667
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Yoxford Boys written by Merle Olmsted and published by Tab Books. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US 357th Fighter Group's enhedshistorie

To Fly and Fight

Author : Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524563420
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Book Synopsis To Fly and Fight by : Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson

Download or read book To Fly and Fight written by Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bud Anderson is a flyers flyer. The Californians enduring love of flying began in the 1920s with the planes that flew over his fathers farm. In January 1942, he entered the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program. Later after he received his wings and flew P-39s, he was chosen as one of the original flight leaders of the new 357th Fighter Group. Equipped with the new and deadly P-51 Mustang, the group shot down five enemy aircraft for each one it lost while escorting bombers to targets deep inside Germany. But the price was high. Half of its pilots were killed or imprisoned, including some of Buds closest friends. In February 1944, Bud Anderson, entered the uncertain, exhilarating, and deadly world of aerial combat. He flew two tours of combat against the Luftwaffe in less than a year. In battles sometimes involving hundreds of airplanes, he ranked among the groups leading aces with 16 aerial victories. He flew 116 missions in his old crow without ever being hit by enemy aircraft or turning back for any reason, despite one life or death confrontation after another. His friend Chuck Yeager, who flew with Anderson in the 357th, says, In an airplane, the guy was a mongoosethe best fighter pilot I ever saw. Buds years as a test pilot were at least as risky. In one bizarre experiment, he repeatedly linked up in midair with a B-29 bomber, wingtip to wingtip. In other tests, he flew a jet fighter that was launched and retrieved from a giant B-36 bomber. As in combat, he lost many friends flying tests such as these. Bud commanded a squadron of F-86 jet fighters in postwar Korea, and a wing of F-105s on Okinawa during the mid-1960s. In 1970 at age 48, he flew combat strikes as a wing commander against communist supply lines. To Fly and Fight is about flying, plain and simple: the joys and dangers and the very special skills it demands. Touching, thoughtful, and dead honest, it is the story of a boy who grew up living his dream.

The Great Rat Race for Europe

Author : Joey Maddox
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462886280
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Great Rat Race for Europe written by Joey Maddox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Rat Race for Europe: Stories of the 357th Fighter Group (Sortie One) tells the true stories of the Yoxford Boys of the 357th Fighter Group; arguably the best Army Air Force fighter group in the European Theater during World War Two. Aces Kit Carson, Bud Anderson, Johnny England, Pete Peterson, Chuck Yeager and others from this elite group of "tigers" eventually became famous after the war, while other Yoxford Boys just melted back into the scenery that was the American post war years. Those were the lucky ones as scores of these brave, young American lads flying their P-51 Mustangs into combat against the Luftwaffe never saw home again as the result of this epic air war over Europe. Their stories are all here including Leonard "Kit" Carson's account of The Great Rat Race which helped to break the back of the Luftwaffe (from his fantastic book Pursue and Destroy), the strange and sad end of decorated fighter ace Dittie Jenkins who safely returned from his last mission against the Nazis only to be killed while celebrating with an impromptu air show over Station 373 at Leiston, and the first hand account of life in a Stalag Luft (prisoner of war camp) with Colonel Henry Spicer, the irascible commanding officer of the American section of the POW camp (and one-time 357th Fighter Group Commanding Officer) who drove the German officers to the brink with his rock solid spirit of rebellion and the love and admiration of his men. Fly into weather so thick that the ducks are walking with Pete Peterson, one of the leading aces of the Group, as he walks you through a hair-raising landing on Leiston Field with zero visibility and three inexperienced pilots on his wing. Then 357th fighter pilot Joe Shea recaptures the common boredom ridden hours and terror stricken moments faced by replacement pilots of the Group during their first combat missions, including Shea's account of his last encounter, eyeball to eyeball, with a German pilot in an Me-262 jet fighter as it slid over his wing and lined up perfectly in his gun sight. Relive the greatest (as well as the worst) days of the 8th Air Force's first long range Mustang fighter outfit in short stories written by the pilots of the 357th Fighter Group, their families, and this author in this collection of memories and tall tales of the famous Yoxford Boys.

The Great Rat Race for Europe

Author : Joey Maddox
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462886299
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Great Rat Race for Europe written by Joey Maddox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Rat Race for Europe: Stories of the 357th Fighter Group (Sortie One) tells the true stories of the Yoxford Boys of the 357th Fighter Group; arguably the best Army Air Force fighter group in the European Theater during World War Two. Aces Kit Carson, Bud Anderson, Johnny England, Pete Peterson, Chuck Yeager and others from this elite group of "tigers" eventually became famous after the war, while other Yoxford Boys just melted back into the scenery that was the American post war years. Those were the lucky ones as scores of these brave, young American lads flying their P-51 Mustangs into combat against the Luftwaffe never saw home again as the result of this epic air war over Europe. Their stories are all here including Leonard "Kit" Carson's account of The Great Rat Race which helped to break the back of the Luftwaffe (from his fantastic book Pursue and Destroy), the strange and sad end of decorated fighter ace Dittie Jenkins who safely returned from his last mission against the Nazis only to be killed while celebrating with an impromptu air show over Station 373 at Leiston, and the first hand account of life in a Stalag Luft (prisoner of war camp) with Colonel Henry Spicer, the irascible commanding officer of the American section of the POW camp (and one-time 357th Fighter Group Commanding Officer) who drove the German officers to the brink with his rock solid spirit of rebellion and the love and admiration of his men. Fly into weather so thick that the ducks are walking with Pete Peterson, one of the leading aces of the Group, as he walks you through a hair-raising landing on Leiston Field with zero visibility and three inexperienced pilots on his wing. Then 357th fighter pilot Joe Shea recaptures the common boredom ridden hours and terror stricken moments faced by replacement pilots of the Group during their first combat missions, including Shea's account of his last encounter, eyeball to eyeball, with a German pilot in an Me-262 jet fighter as it slid over his wing and lined up perfectly in his gun sight. Relive the greatest (as well as the worst) days of the 8th Air Force's first long range Mustang fighter outfit in short stories written by the pilots of the 357th Fighter Group, their families, and this author in this collection of memories and tall tales of the famous Yoxford Boys.

Bleeding Sky

Author : Joey Maddox
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462833624
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Bleeding Sky written by Joey Maddox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of Captain Fletcher E. Adams and the famous 357th Fighter Group. Known collectively as the “Yoxford Boys” the 357th was the first P-51 Mustang fighter group in the history of the “Mighty” 8th Air Force. Although active for less than two years during World War II, the group set many records and became one of the greatest fighter outfits the U. S. Air Force would ever send into combat. Between February 1944 and April 1945 the 357th produced more aces than any other American fighter group. They also shot down more German jets than any other group in the Army Air Corps during the Second World War. On January 14, 1945, a day that will forever be known as “The Great Rat Race” and “The Big Day”, the 357th Fighter Group shot down 55 1⁄2 German fighters in just over two hours setting a record in military aviation that has never and probably will never be broken. Among the members of this amazing group of fighter pilots were: Chuck Yeager, Bud Anderson, Kit Carson, John England, and others destined for fame. So was Captain Fletcher E. Adams, a native son of the small village of Ida, Louisiana. Then, on May 30, 1944, Adams, the leading ace of the 357th Fighter Group with 9 kills to his credit, was shot down over Tiddische, Germany and murdered by civilians on the ground. This is their story as told by the pilots through their books, diaries, and interviews with the author. Theirs was an adventure never to be matched again in the annals of aviation history. Find out what it was really like to go “to war with the Yoxford Boys”! “This book gives us the best insight into a tragic causality of WW II and the mystery of what happened to Captain Fletcher E. Adams. Joey Maddox’s use of other voices, quotes and investigative interviews make the story interesting. You’ll not only learn about Fletcher Adams but also the history of the 357th Fighter Group. I found the use of Adams’ personal diary, an illegal practice in wartime, particularly interesting to learn of his personal feelings during his training and combat.” Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Colonel, USAF Ret.

Battle in the English Channel

Author : Theodore Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380852253
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Battle in the English Channel written by Theodore Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events of the major sea battle in the English Channel in February 1942 when the British navy failed to capture several strategically important German battleships.

Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich

Author : Donald Caldwell
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473813476
Total Pages : 819 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich written by Donald Caldwell and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A day-by-day account of Nazi air operations in WWII by the coauthor of The Luftwaffe over Germany, winner of an Air Force Historical Foundation Award. Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe. During the Second World War, German air defenses struggled to cope with the threat posed by the American 8th and 15th Air Forces, which were charged with destroying Germany’s critical war industries and wresting control of the air over the Reich from the Luftwaffe. This unique volume includes a brief narrative and a table of statistics detailing every mission of every Luftwaffe unit defending the Greater German Reich or the western occupied zone against strategic raids by the USAAF; tables of monthly sorties, losses and victory claims by the USAAF and the Luftwaffe over the Reich and the western occupied zone; and combat accounts by Luftwaffe pilots. This “tremendous piece of work,” is based on documents in the German, American and British government archives and German pilot logbooks and interviews from the author’s extensive collection (Aeroplane Magazine). Caldwell is well known for his balanced presentations and the clarity of his writing. This book is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in World War II aviation history. “Highly recommended, and quite likely to be remembered as one of the most important new books of the year.”—Stone & Stone “Such a staggering quantity of information would be overwhelming in less capable hands. But Caldwell spices up his tight narrative with excellent photos and informative captions.”—Aviation History

Family Dancing

Author : David Leavitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620407051
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Family Dancing written by David Leavitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers. Just twenty-three, he was hailed as a prodigy of sorts: “remarkably gifted” (The Washington Post), with “a genius for empathy” (The New York Times Book Review) and “a knowledge of others' lives . . . that a writer twice his age might envy” (USA Today). “Regardless of age,” wrote the New York Times, “few writers so effortlessly achieve the sense of maturity and earned compassion so evident in these pages.” In “Territory,” a well-intentioned, liberal mother, presiding over her local Parents of Lesbians and Gays chapter, finds her acceptance of her son's sexuality shaken when he arrives home with a lover. In the title story, a family extended through divorce and remarriage dances together at the end of a summer party-in the recognition that they are still bound by the very forces that split them apart. Tender and funny, these stories reveal the intricacies and subtleties of the dances in which we all engage.

P-51B Mustang

Author : James William "Bill" Marshall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472839676
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book P-51B Mustang written by James William "Bill" Marshall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, the United States Army Air Corps was led by a cadre of officers who believed implicitly that military aviation, particularly fast heavy bombers at high altitude, would be able to destroy strategic enemy targets during daylight with minimal losses. However, by 1942 the Flying Fortress was proving vulnerable to Luftwaffe fighters. This title charts the United States Army Air Force's struggle to develop a Long-Range Escort which would enable them to achieve the Combined Bomber Objectives and gain mastery of the skies over the Third Reich. The commitment of the USAAF to the Mediterranean and European theatres saw an increasingly desperate need to find a fighter escort, which reached crisis point in 1943 as losses suffered in the Tidal Wave offensive and Schweinfurt-Regensburg-Munster raids emphasised the mounting strength of the Luftwaffe. The USAAF leaders increasingly accepted the probability of bomber losses, and the deployment of the P-51B Mustang solved the problem of Germany's layered defence strategy, as Luftwaffe fighters had been avoiding the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightening escort fighters by concentrating their attacks beyond the range of the Thunderbolt and Lightning. The P-51B duly emerged as the 'The Bastard Stepchild' that the USAAF Material Division did not want, becoming the key Long-Range Escort fighter, alongside the P-38 and P-47, that defeated the Luftwaffe prior to D-Day. As well as the P-51B's history, this title explores the technical improvements made to each of these fighters, as well as the operational leadership and technical development of the Luftwaffe they fought against.

The Me 262 Stormbird

Author : Colin Heaton
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 1610584341
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Me 262 Stormbird written by Colin Heaton and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Me 262 was the first of its kind, the first jet-powered aircraft. Although conceived before the war, with the initial plans being drawn in April 1939, the Stormbird was beset with technological (particularly the revolutionary engines) and political difficulties, resulting in it not entering combat until August 1944, with claims of nineteen downed Allied aircraft. The performance of the Me 262 so far exceeded that of Allied aircraft that on 1 Sepember 1944, USAAF General Carl Spaatz remarked that if greater numbers of German jets appeared, they could inflict losses heavy enough to force cancellation of the Allied daylight bombing offensive. The story of how the Stormbird came to be is fascinating history, and it comes to life in the hands of noted historian Colin Heaton. Told largely in the words of the German aces who flew it, The Me 262 Stormbird provides the complete history of this remarkable airplane from the drawing boards to combat in the skies over the Third Reich. Features two forewords, one by Jorg Czypionka, Me 262 night fighter pilot, and another by historian and author Barrett Tillman.

With Wings As Eagles

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1510705155
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book With Wings As Eagles written by Philip Kaplan and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1942, the Eighth Air Force began a precision bombing raid offensive deep into Nazi Germany, embarking from bases in rural England. Nearly 350,000 Americans were transplanted to English soil, joining their British colleagues for this joint Allied offensive. For many it was a period of great risk, and arguably the greatest adventure of their lives. With Wings As Eagles celebrates the heroics of these pilots and their missions. A lavishly illustrated, full-color, hardcover original, the narrative is the result of the author’s exclusive interviews with many of the pilots and crew, as well as research from contemporary diaries, journals, and scrapbooks. Readers relive the nostalgia and vivid reminiscences — of days of seemingly endless boredom and fatigue, the loneliness of soaring in an aluminum cocoon four miles over an intended target, and a surprising account of parachuting onto German soil and being captured by women and children. With Wings As Eagles relives the drama and history of an heroic era.

Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang

Author : Robert Forsyth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472829565
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang written by Robert Forsyth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably two of the finest fighters built during the course of World War II, the Me 262 and P-51 Mustang heralded new dawns in aircraft performance. Making its operational debut in the summer of 1944, and powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed Allied planes in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm MK 108 nose-mounted cannons. However, in the P-51, fitted with the Rolls-Royce (Packard) Merlin engine and drop tanks, the USAAF finally had a fighter that had the 'legs' to escort its heavy bombers deep into Reich airspace and back. If flown to its strengths, the P-51 was more than capable of taking on the feared Me 262 on an equal footing, despite the differences in power and top speed. Indeed, the Mustang proved to be the Luftwaffe fighter arm's nemesis. When the P-51D sortied over Germany from the summer of 1944 onwards, it shredded through the ill-trained and depleted Gruppen of the Luftwaffe's defence wings. This book examines the two fighters in detail, exploring their history and development and containing accurate descriptions of the combats between the P-51 Mustang and the Me 262 in what were some of the most bitter and large-scale aerial actions fought over Europe in 1944–45.

The 357th Over Europe

Author : Merle Olmsted
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933424739
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The 357th Over Europe written by Merle Olmsted and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 357th Over EuropeOlmsted.Subtitled: The 357th Fighter Group In World War II. Second only to the 56th Fighter Group in total number of aerial victories, the 357th produced 42 aces, including Kit Carson, John England, Bud Anderson, Dick Peterson and Chuck Yeager. This is a history of the 357th Fighter Group. Filled with first-hand air combat adventures. Sftbd., 8 1/2"x 11", 164 pgs., 190 b&w ill., 9 color ill.

Boy of the Border

Author : Arna Bontemps
Publisher : Sweet Earth Flying Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780979098703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Boy of the Border written by Arna Bontemps and published by Sweet Earth Flying Press, LLC. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A novella length version was published as 'Broncos over the border,' Jack and Jill magazine, July, 1956"--T.p. vers

RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War

Author : Geoff Mills
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1069 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War written by Geoff Mills and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the USAAF as they carried the war to German-occupied Europe. The airfields that were constructed took many different forms from training airfields and Advanced Landing Grounds to grass fighter airstrips and vast complexes used to accommodate heavy bombers. This book charts the history of each Second World War airfield in and around the UK providing a unique insight in to the construction, operational life and post-war history of each airfield. Alongside detailing the history of each airfield, this work comprehensively records the details of each unit that operated from airfields around the UK. The information provided in this meticulously researched book is supported by a wealth of 690 photographs providing an illustration into the life of each wartime station.