RAF Hawkinge: the RAF's wartime frontline airfield : from Dunkirk to the battle of Britain and D-day
"As the nearest RAF station to Occupied Europe, the airfield at Hawkinge in Kent found itself quite literally on the frontline during the Second World War. However, Hawkinge’s association with British military aviation began more than two decades earlier, during the First World War. Already a p...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "As the nearest RAF station to Occupied Europe, the airfield at Hawkinge in Kent found itself quite literally on the frontline during the Second World War. However, Hawkinge’s association with British military aviation began more than two decades earlier, during the First World War. Already a pre-war airfield, it was in 1915 that the land was requisitioned for use by the Royal Fling Corps. The first personnel arrived a few months later to serve at was initially named Folkestone Field. Mainly used as a base for transporting aircraft across to France and the Western Front, a name change to Hawkinge Aeroplane Dispatch Station soon followed, at which point its remit also included the transportation of supplies to troops in France and Belgium. It was following the re-organisation of the RAF in 1923 that Hawkinge underwent the next stage in its development. New hangars and operations buildings were erected, with water and communications systems installed. The airfield’s role changed to that of training for both RAF and the Army; 25 Squadron was the first full squadron to be based at Hawkinge. In the first months of the Second World War, airfield was re-designated as a Fighter Station in No.11 Group, following which the first Hurricanes from 3 Squadron arrived on 19 December 1939. Throughout the Battle of France and into the Dunkirk evacuation Hawkinge played a vital role providing around the clock air-cover for Allied forces. But it was in the summer of 1940 that Hawkinge endured its ‘finest hour’. The first Luftwaffe attack on Hawkinge occurred on 12 August. Despite widespread damage, the grass runways were quickly repaired, ensuring that the Spitfires and Hurricanes which used it as a forward base were soon operating again. Despite the Luftwaffe’s best efforts, Hawkinge remained operational throughout the war. [...]" |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 303 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781399071468 |
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Contents Introduction. vi Acknowledgements. viii Chapter 1 Flights of Fancy 1910-1914 - Barnhouse Flying Ground.1 Chapter 2 World War I 1915-1919 - The RFC arrives at Hawkinge. 7 Chapter 3 RAF Hawkinge During the 1920s - Airmail Flights. 19 Chapter 4 The Halcyon Days of 1930s Summer Camps and Training. 30 Chapter 5 RAF Hawkinge Goes to War 1940 The Phoney War Ends. 66 Chapter 6 The Battle of Britain 1940 - Hawkinge Frontline Airfield. 76 Chapter 7 A Year of Change 1941 - ‘Jim Crow’ and Air Sea Rescue. 113 Chapter 8 Hawkinge During 1942 - Flying for their Lives. 135 Chapter 9 Taking the War to the Enemy 1943 - Rescue and Patrols. 162 Chapter 10 Air Sea Rescue 1944 - The VI and the Fleet Air Arm Arrive. 203 Chapter 11 The Last Year of War 1945 - Peace Returns to Hawkinge. 23 8 Chapter 12The WAAFs - An Uncertain Future 1946-1961. 251 Bibliography.
271 Index.274 |
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