
Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now
Then and Now
Roger A. Freeman(Author)
Winston G. Ramsey(Editor)
After the Battle (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2001
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-1-870067-35-5 (ISBN)
Description
Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was brief - some six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their lives while flying from them to attack targets on the Continent. Split into seven operational groups, the airfields of Bomber Command formed the cornerstone of Britain's efforts to carry on the war against Germany in the years before the landings in Normandy. Thereafter they played their part in the battle against the V-weapons with one of the last raids of the war being carried out against Hitler's personal mountain retreat. Each airfield has been explored and photographed in the "then and now" style of Roger Freeman's previous books for After the Battle on the US Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. The physical development, construction and operational history of every airfield is described in detail and all are illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial photographs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
830 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1873 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-870067-35-5 (9781870067355)
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Roger Freeman was born in 1928 in Suffolk. He was educated at Colchester Boys' High School and in 1944 went into the family farming business. The author of over 50 books on World War II aviation, as well as numerous pamphlets and magazine articles, he specialised in American air force history and aircraft. He had worked for radio and television, writing a script for a BBC documentary on old airfields, and has also published books of humorous country stories. He was also a Technical Adviser on the David Puttnam movie Memphis Belle.
Roger A. Freeman died on October 7, 2005. He was married with two daughters and a son.
Roger A. Freeman died on October 7, 2005. He was married with two daughters and a son.