Description: Airfields of 1st Air Division (USAAF)Cambridgeshire * Northamptonshire * Bedfordshire - Aviation Heritage Trail Series by Martin W Bowman As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater of Operations from September 1943 until April 1945. All squadrons within the division flew the long-distance Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber on raids into occupied Europe and Germany. There were forty-eight squadrons in the division based at Bassingbourn, Ridgewell, Nuthamstead, Podington, Chelveston, Thurleigh, Molesworth, Kimbolten, Grafton Underwood, Polebrook, Deenethorpe and Glatton. As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13 September 1943. It was assigned to the Eighth Air Force and redesignated lst Air Division in December 1944. The division served in combat in the European theater of Operations from September 1943 until April 1945. All squadrons within the division flew the long-distance Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber on raids into occupied Europe and Germany. There were forty-eight squadrons in the division based at Bassingbourn, Ridgewell, Nuthamstead, Podington, Chelveston, Thurleigh, Molesworth, Kimbolten, Grafton Underwood, Polebrook, Deenethorpe and Glatton. Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation (April 19, 2007)Language : EnglishPaperback : 192 pagesISBN-10 : 184415453XISBN-13 : 9781844154531
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Book Series: Aviation Heritage Trail
Intended Audience: Adults
Book Title: Airfields of 1st Air Division (USAAF) : Cambridgeshire * Northamptonshire * Bedfordshire - Aviation Heritage Trail Series
Item Length: 8.5in.
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Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Martin w. Bowman
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publisher: Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: History
Item Weight: 12.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
