From Hull, Hell and Halifax By Chris Blanchett
Illustrated History of No.4 Group, 1937-48
This is the story of 4 Group of RAF Bomber Command and its Squadrons based in Yorkshire over an eleven year period that encompassed the Second World War. Well illustrated with ten appendices.
Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 – Roots in Expansion
- 2 – Nickels in the Dark
- 3 – Security Patrols
- 4 – Norway
- 5 – The Storm Breaks
- 6 – Enter the Halifax
- 7 – New Squadrons
- 8 – The Mounting Cost
- 9 – Twilight of the Whitleys
- 10 – Problems with the Halifax
- 11 – The Battle of the Rhur
- 12 – The Battle of Hamburg
- 13 – The Battle of Berlin
- 14 – The Transportation Plan
- 15 – A Tactical Bomber Group
- 16 – The Final Offensive
- 17 – The Transport Years
- 18 – ‘They Also Served’ a Tribute to the Ground Staff
- 19 – ‘We Also Served’ a WAAF in No.4 Group
- 20 – ‘Ops are On’ the Work of No.4 Group HQ
- Appendices
Hardback: 240 Pages
Publisher: Midland Publishing (26 May 2006)
ISBN-10: 0904597814