SECOND HAND BOOKS

804776/03 - AIRFIELDS OF THE EIGHTH THEN AND NOW

By Roger A Freeman - Photographs by After The Battle, 1978

This work is a nostalgic look at the airfields used by the Eighth in the United Kingdom during the World War II. 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. 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.

Condition: Hardback copy in maroon faux leather. Dust-jacket has been covered in clear plastic but looks to have some sun staining to rear and a few foxing spots, also some staining to the title pages at front and blank page at rear and foxing spots to outer edges of pages. Otherwise the content appears clean and unmarked throughout.