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

Written by Stanley D. Howes
Published by Stanley Books in 2003
ISBN: 0954542703

GOOSEPOOL: THE HISTORY OF RAF AND RCAF MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE AND TEESSIDE AIRPORT
Written by Stanley D. Howes.
Stock no. 1827807
1st. 2003. Softcover. Large format. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. 365 pages. ISBN: 0954542703. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to dedication page. Corners & edges lightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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Cover of GOOSEPOOL: THE HISTORY OF RAF AND RCAF MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE AND TEESSIDE AIRPORT by Stanley D. Howes

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