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Welsh Military Airfields Through Time
Alan Phillips
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Description for Welsh Military Airfields Through Time
Paperback. An interesting look at the Welsh Military Airfields locations used during the war. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48 colour illustrations, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304. 96 pages, 118 illustrations incl 48 colour. An interesting look at the Welsh Military Airfields locations used during the war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBW; WQH. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 9. Weight: 304.
It was inevitable that certain areas of Wales would be chosen as locations for airfields in times of conflict and war. The nation's distance from Continental Europe made it relatively safe from enemy attack and, therefore, ideally suited for training. It also due to its location on the western side of Great Britain near to the Western Approaches and the Atlantic convoys that the airfields in Pembrokeshire, as a peninsula, were ideally suited for Coastal Command operations into the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay. In Wales there were thirty-seven airfields and four relief landing grounds, eleven of which were ... Read more
It was inevitable that certain areas of Wales would be chosen as locations for airfields in times of conflict and war. The nation's distance from Continental Europe made it relatively safe from enemy attack and, therefore, ideally suited for training. It also due to its location on the western side of Great Britain near to the Western Approaches and the Atlantic convoys that the airfields in Pembrokeshire, as a peninsula, were ideally suited for Coastal Command operations into the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay. In Wales there were thirty-seven airfields and four relief landing grounds, eleven of which were ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445609935
SKU
V9781445609935
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-7
About Alan Phillips
Alan Phillips was born in Pembrokeshire, on the south-west coast of Wales, the region most associated with air defence in the two World Wars. After leaving college he joined the Royal Air Force. After completing his term in the RAF he worked for the Ministry of Defence. He is a member of the Airfield Research Group and has written several ... Read more
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