UK Airfields of the Cold War
Published on 19. July 2012
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-85780-346-4 (ISBN)
Description
Written by an accomplished military aviation author, this new study is the result of many years of research, and will be essential reading for all historians of the period and keen aviation enthusiasts.
There is growing interest today in the Cold War era in British history. This new
book provides a new study of Cold War airfields that will be of interest to all those who study airfield history and archaeology.
This new title provides a background to the Cold War airfields in Britain. Phillip Birtles gives readers an airfield by airfield coverage of those in operation from the start of the Cold War during the Berlin Air Lift in the late 1940s to the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 1980s. The book covers both RAF/FAA and USAF airfields in Britain, and charts the changes that took place at these airfields in this period including the development of aircraft from the first postwar jet aircraft to aircraft types that are still flying today.
Alongside descriptive text outlining each airfield, the units and aircraft operating from that airfield and its role in the Cold War are also explained in great detail. Descriptive text is complemented by contemporary photographs, maps and airfield plans.
There is growing interest today in the Cold War era in British history. This new
book provides a new study of Cold War airfields that will be of interest to all those who study airfield history and archaeology.
This new title provides a background to the Cold War airfields in Britain. Phillip Birtles gives readers an airfield by airfield coverage of those in operation from the start of the Cold War during the Berlin Air Lift in the late 1940s to the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 1980s. The book covers both RAF/FAA and USAF airfields in Britain, and charts the changes that took place at these airfields in this period including the development of aircraft from the first postwar jet aircraft to aircraft types that are still flying today.
Alongside descriptive text outlining each airfield, the units and aircraft operating from that airfield and its role in the Cold War are also explained in great detail. Descriptive text is complemented by contemporary photographs, maps and airfield plans.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Crecy Publishing
Illustrations
c160 colour and b/w photographs, airfield plans other line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 212 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
795 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85780-346-4 (9781857803464)
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Person
Philip Birtles has had a long interest in civil and military aviation since seeing a Vulcan at the Farnborough Air Show in 1953. He has written a number of books for Ian Allan including "Postwar Military Aircraft 5: De Havilland Vampire," "Venom and Sea Vixen" (1986), "Concorde" (2000), "Modern Civil Aircraft: 6 Boeing 757/767/777" (1999), "Missile Systems" (1985: cowritten with Paul Beaver), and "The Avro Vulcan: Britain's Cold War Warrior" (2007).