Action Stations Revisited Volume 1: The Complete History of Britain's Airfields: Eastern England

By Michael J.F. Bowyer

Nothing is forever, not even diamonds. Fundamental changes in international relations, changing threats and limited resources have led to a slim, overworked Royal Air Force, a modern, sleek equivalent of its earliest days and eastern England's elaborate airfields have a new role as home bases for expeditionary activities.

It has not always been like that. Cranwell was a naval base for much of WWI and Duxford, a 225-acre site, developed into a typical RAF fighter station of the 1920s and early 1930s. Fowlmere was too far from the continent to allow its use as a starting point for offensive operations but its Spitfires tangled with Bf 109s in WWII. Lakenheath became a USAF Air Base with F-84Gs of the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing and Bentwaters accommodated F-16s and grisly green A-10s.

Michael JF Bowyer has drawn on over sixty years of personal recording, recollection and official sources to produce a definitive record of eastern England's airfields from today's major international airports and huge air bases down to tiny airships or disused remains. This fully revised second edition incorporates over 200 new photographs and much fresh information. Action Stations Revisited: Eastern England provides a vital record of the many advances witnessed in the region with Britain's busiest skies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859791459
• ISBN13: 9780859791458
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Crecy Publishing
• Length: 496 Pages