Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now

In this publication After the Battle magazine have combined with renowned Eighth Air Force author, Roger A. Freeman, to produce a unique, nostalgic look at the airfields used by the Eighth in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Conceived in war, the airfields experienced their moments of glory and, when the war ended, were left empty and derelict to die. The few which remain virtually intact have only survived because some private or public concern has formed a practical use for them, although not always as airfields. As for the derelict ones, complete obliteration is their certain fate, as year by year their runways, perimeter tracks and hardstandings are nibbled away by demolition contractors as man competes with nature to win back the land. Others still have long ago succumbed to the invading forces of nature. Some of the more remote airfields still dot the countryside the same as when the last plane left their runways and the last truck departed through the main gate. They are bleak, windswept and mouldering but they retain the atmosphere of the fine, high endeavours of the people who inhabited them and the aura of ineffable sadness that hangs over memorials to fighting men. For such they are.

by Roger Freeman
Published by After the Battle 1992 6th edition. 240pp profusely illustrated. 22x31 fine, including d/j.
Familiar format by After the Battle, and an excellent reference work for anyone interested in the 8th Air Force. Hundreds of black and white photographs.





Note:
"Long" descriptions, where shown, may have been taken from the book's dust jacket notes, and as such are relevant to the date of publication (e.g. any references to "new edition" "previously unpublished photographs" etc.) and not the present.

1978 1st edition. 240pp profusely illustrated. 22x31 ex-library, usual stamps, front board taped, d/j extensively and crudely tape repaired, reading copy only.





Note:
"Long" descriptions, where shown, may have been taken from the book's dust jacket notes, and as such are relevant to the date of publication (e.g. any references to "new edition" "previously unpublished photographs" etc.) and not the present.

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