Wings Over Sands: A Concise History Of Raf Cark & Raf Grange-Over-Sands

A history of the Cark airfield site - from the proposed airship factory development in 1916-1917 to its wartime use as RAF Cark. Including: No1 Staff Pilot Training Unit from 1942-1945 No 9 Light Artillery Unit 650 Squadron Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit from 1942-1944. Also RAF Grange-over-Sands Equipment Officer's Training School based in the Cumbria Grand Hotel from 1941-1944. A lavishly illustrated and at times humorous journey through the history of these establishments. This book will transport the reader far beyond Cumbria to such diverse locations as Iceland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, America and even Blackpool. In recognition of the avid interest which still exists concerning the war years this book is the author's attempt to illustrate what the conflict meant to the South Furness peninsula and to engage the reader in his long-standing and undiminished fascination with our local wartime airfields.

• | Author: John Nixon|Russell Holden|Peter Langley
• | Publisher: John Nixon
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 099275142X
• | ISBN-13: 9780992751425