Bournemouth Airport Through Time

by Mike Phipp

Bournemouth Airport was first opened as RAF Hurn on 1 August 1941, one of the bases established by the RAF to counter the Luftwaffe presence across the Channel in northern France. RAF Hurn would go on to serve as a base for the development of radar in aircraft and as a base for bombers and fighter-bombers supporting the D-Day invasion of France. BOAC operated civilian services from Hurn as early as January 1942, flying at first just to Cairo but later...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144560552X
• ISBN13: 9781445605524
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages