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GOOSEPOOL: THE HISTORY OF RAF AND RCAF MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE AND TEESSIDE AIRPORT

by Stanley D. Howes

Published by Stanley Books. 1st. 2003

Very good condition. Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. 365 pages.

SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to dedication page. Corners & edges lightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

ISBN: 0954542703
Stock no. 1827807

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Contents

  • Forewords
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One
  • Ab Initio (From the beginning)
  • Goosepool
  • Construction
  • Why
  • 78 Squadron
  • 76 Squadron
  • 4 Group
  • Chapter Two
  • The Whitley
  • Chapter Three
  • Royal Air Force Station Middleton St George
  • Goosepool welcomes its first flock
  • The Weather
  • Chapter Four
  • Reformation of 76
  • HalifaxA
  • Chapter Five
  • Goosepool War Diaries 1941
  • May 1941
  • Juner 1941 - 76 on the Move
  • Ops June 1941
  • Operation Sunrise
  • 78 Squadron - July 1941
  • Sgt Hafferden
  • Manoeuvres July 1941
  • 76 Squadron - August 1941
  • 78 Squadron - August 1941
  • Sept 41
  • October 41
  • Sgt Roland Whitehorn
  • 78 arrive at Croft
  • November 1941
  • The Bats arrive
  • December 1941
  • Chapter Six
  • Goosepool War Diaries 1942
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - January 1942
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - February 1942
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - March 1942
  • Tirpitz
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - April 1942
  • First Halifax Ops for 78
  • Operation Millenium
  • Station Operation Order 244 - Most Secret
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - June 1942
  • Back to Goosepool
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - July 1942
  • Hank Iveson
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - August 1942
  • 76 and 78 Squadrons - September 1942
  • The Life of the Bomber Pilot
  • 78 Squadron Losses - 1941 and 1942
  • 76 Squadron Losses - 1941 and 1942
  • RCAF Station Middleton St George
  • Welcome the Canadian Geese
  • 419 Squadron - September 1942
  • October 1942
  • 420 Squadron
  • 427 Squadron formation - November 1942
  • Halifax MKII Operating Data
  • 61 Training Base HQ RCAF
  • December 1942
  • Chapter Seven
  • Goosepool War Diaries 1943
  • January 1943 - Formation of 6 Group RCAF
  • February -1943
  • March - 1943
  • April - 1943
  • Farewell to 420
  • May 1943
  • 420 Losses
  • June 1943
  • July 1943
  • Reap the Whirlwind
  • August 1943
  • Peenemunde
  • September 1943
  • October 1943
  • The Ghose Squadron
  • November 1943
  • The Battle of Berlin
  • December 1943
  • 431 and 434 Squadrons - Tholthorpe to Croft
  • Chapter Eight
  • Goosepool War Diaries 1944
  • January 1944
  • February 1944
  • March 1944
  • April 1944
  • May 1944
  • June 1944
  • Walter Poynter
  • Andrew Mynarski
  • July 1944
  • August 1944
  • The Road to Goosepool
  • September 1944
  • October 1944
  • November 1944
  • December 1944
  • Chapter Nine
  • Goosepool War Diaries 1945
  • January 1945
  • William S McMullen
  • February 1945
  • March 1945
  • April 1945
  • May 1945
  • 419 Losses - Croft 1942
  • 419 Losses - Middleton St George 1942
  • 419 Losses - Middleton St George 1943
  • 419 Losses - Middleton St George 1944
  • 419 Losses - Middleton St George 1945
  • 428 Losses - Middleton St George 1943
  • 428 Losses - Middleton St George 1944
  • 428 Losses - Middleton St George 1945
  • Chapter Ten
  • Post War Goosepool
  • 1945-1949
  • 1950-1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • History of 92 Squadron
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • Chapter Eleven
  • Civvies
  • Chapter Twelve
  • The Flying Clubs
  • Chapter Thirteen
  • FRA
  • Chapter Fourteen
  • Great North Air Ambulance Service
  • Stop Press - Summer 2003
  • Not the End
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography

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