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Fighter Bases of WW2 US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command USAAF 1943-45 : P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang Squadrons in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowman, Martin W.
- Series:
- Aviation heritage trail series Fighter bases of World War II
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th.
- United States.
- Air bases, American--England--Cambridgeshire--History.
- Air bases, American--England--East Anglia--History.
- Air bases, American--England--Northamptonshire--History.
- Lightning (Fighter plane).
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Command, 8th--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--20th century--East Anglia--England.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Air bases, American--History--20th century--Cambridgeshire--England.
- Air bases, American.
- Air bases, American--History--20th century--England--Northamptonshire.
- Air bases, American--History.
- Thunderbolt (Fighter plane).
- Mustang (Fighter plane).
- Local Subjects:
- Air bases, American--England--Cambridgeshire--History.
- Air bases, American--England--East Anglia--History.
- Air bases, American--England--Northamptonshire--History.
- Lightning (Fighter plane).
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Command, 8th--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Force's heavy bomber forces.The long-range Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mustangs escorted the Mighty Eighth's Flying Fortresses and Liberators on their deep penetration raids into occupied Europe and Germany. Fighter cover was vital, since the USAAF flew daylight raids and in the early months the number of US aircraft lost to the defending Luftwuffe fighters was unacceptably high.The airfields included are Bodney, Bottisham, Boxted, Debden, Duxford, East Wretham, Fowlme
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""The Airfields""; ""Atcham (Station 342)""; ""Bodney (Station 141)""; ""Bottisham (Station 374)""; ""Boxted (Langham) (Station 150)""; ""Debden (Station 356)""; ""Duxford (Station 357)""; ""East Wretham (Station 133)""; ""Fowlmere (Station 378)""; ""Goxhill (Station 345)""; ""Halesworth (Holton) (Station 365)""; ""Honington (Station 375)""; ""Horsham St Faith (Norwich) (Station 123)""; ""King�s Cliffe (Station 367)""; ""Leiston (Theberton) (Station 373)""
- ""Little Walden (Hadstock) (Station 165)""""Martlesham Heath (Station 369)""; ""Metfield (Station 366)""; ""Mount Farm (Station 234)""; ""Nuthampstead (Station 131)""; ""Raydon (Station 157)""; ""Steeple Morden (Station 122)""; ""Wattisham (Station 377)""; ""Westhampnett (Station 352)""; ""Wormingford (Station 159)""; ""APPENDIX 1 - Summary of Airfields and Other Locations""; ""APPENDIX 2 - 8th Air Force Fighter Command Order of Battle""; ""APPENDIX 3 - Leading Aces""; ""Bibliography""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783401888
- 1783401885
- 9781783409167
- 1783409169
- OCLC:
- 854974720
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