The History of RAF Millom - Nixon, John
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Covering the airfields' wartime service from 1941 and brief reoccupation of the station in 1953 to its eventual conversion into HMP Haverigg. Extensively illustrated with over 260 photographs and including over 50 first-hand accounts of life at RAF Millom, Cumbria, England. This extremely accessible history will engage a broad readership and provide a historical treasure for future generations. The units' primary purpose was the training of aircrew for Bomber Command and those airmen who passed through the station went on to have many and varied experiences of aerial warfare. At the heart of…mehr

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Covering the airfields' wartime service from 1941 and brief reoccupation of the station in 1953 to its eventual conversion into HMP Haverigg. Extensively illustrated with over 260 photographs and including over 50 first-hand accounts of life at RAF Millom, Cumbria, England. This extremely accessible history will engage a broad readership and provide a historical treasure for future generations. The units' primary purpose was the training of aircrew for Bomber Command and those airmen who passed through the station went on to have many and varied experiences of aerial warfare. At the heart of them all lies a small and windblown airfield which served Sovereign and country through the dark days of WWII and beyond. Drawing on extensive historical, official and anecdotal material in this, his fourth and final book recording the history of the South Cumbrian airfields, the author has, without doubt, produced his finest and most comprehensive work to date.
Autorenporträt
John wrote his first book "Oh Mother, it's a Lovely Place" in 2009. A history of RAF Millom and their mountain rescue achievements, and in doing so preserved the story at that airfield and the wonderful men and women who served there for posterity. Since then, a second book 'Wings Over Sands' a history of RAF Cark No1 S.P.T.U and RAF Grange-over-Sands No.1 E.O.T.S. has been published and become a local best-seller. Book number 3, a history of RAF Walney 10 A.G.S., was launched to great reception at the end of February 2014... In Summer 2014 it was shortlisted at the Lakeland Book of the Year Awards.