From Moths to Merlins: Raf West Malling Airfield: Premier Night Fighter Station - Couverture souple

Brooks, Robin J.

 
9781781553350: From Moths to Merlins: Raf West Malling Airfield: Premier Night Fighter Station
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1781553351 ISBN 13 : 9781781553350
Editeur : Fonthill Media Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF in 1939 it became a forward landing airfield to Biggin Hill. Unfinished by the time the Battle of Britain began, it played no operational part during the conflict. However, due to faulty German intelligence it was bombed on several occasions delaying completion even further. From 1941 it became the home of many night fighter squadrons within the umbrella of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command. During the Dieppe operation it became a forward base for day fighter squadrons after which it reverted to its primary role. One of the main anti-diver bases during the V1 campaign during 1944, it continued in its defensive role during peacetime until 1960 when the MOD leased the airfield to the American Navy. After two years it returned to the MOD who sold the site to the Kent County Council for development as an industrial park together with housing. This entailed all civil flying and Air Cadet gliding to cease despite much local opposition to the plans.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robin J Brooks is an aviation historian and writer. His interest in aviation began as an Air Cadet with No. 2158 (Sevenoaks) Squadron. Following two years National Service in the RAF writing aircraft servicing schedules with CSDE, he continued writing as a hobby and is now the author of ten books on airfield histories and a regular contributor to the aviation journals. He is the publicity director for Medway Aircraft Preservation Society and is chairman and treasurer of the Kent Aviation Historical Society. He is married with a son and lives in Maidstone.

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Éditeur
Fonthill Media Ltd
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781553351
ISBN 13 
9781781553350
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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