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Contains: Black & white photographs; Maps (1);

From the cover: “Between 1939 and 1945‚ Wiltshire’s airfields were kept continuously active in a variety of roles vital to the national war effort.

At the outbreak of the Second World War‚ Wiltshire’s main airfields were Larkhill‚ Upavon and Netheravon. Because of their distance from the main theatre of operations‚ they were initially used for training and support. Yatesbury‚ Castle Combe and Hullavington also housed training units while RAF squadrons‚ formed to provide reconnaissance and ground attack support for the Army‚ were based at Old Sarum. Lyneham‚ originally built as an aircraft storage unit‚ soon became home first to Ferry Command and then to Air Transport‚ a job it still does today.

Later‚ in the war‚ new locations were found in Wiltshire for operational units‚ including Colerne‚ Zeals‚ Blakehill Farm and Keevil. The last two airfields also prepared and supplied paratroops and towing gliders for Operation Overlord (…

• Cover art by Colin Doggett
• 8¼” x 5¾”
• pp. 296
• Index.
• ISBN: 1-853-06703-2
• Paperback.
• Packed Weight: 1.30 Kg.

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