Welsh Military Airfields Through Time
Regular price
€19.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Alan Phillips
Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace & Aviation Technology
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_Alan Phillips
automatic-update
Aviation
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBW
Category=KNGV1
Category=NHW
Category=WGM
Category=WQH
Category=WQP
COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Language_English
Local & Urban History
Military History of Strategy
PA=Available
Photography
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
SN=Through Time
softlaunch
Transport
War & Defence Operations
Product details
- ISBN 9781445609935
- Weight: 305g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2012
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
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 operationally involved in air defence and maritime operations. Also there were numerous temporary landing areas attached to army camps associated with pre D-Day landings, which do not count as proper airfields.
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 articles for aviation magazines and local newspapers, as well as several books on aviation, castles and various fortifications. He lives in Colwyn Bay.
