Buy this book on-line LEWIS,GERRY.J: : FLUGPLATZ GUTERSLOH 1937-1987:A Short HistoryPrivately published,WEST GERMANY.GUTERSLOH,1987. ISBN No ISBN.
GERMANY,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Privately published RAF Gutersloh - proceeds from the sale of the book shared equally between RAF and Luftwaffe charities.Though
published in Germany,the text throughout is in English.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - no publisher price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,
b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with red+white lettering,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain
dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped white ink letters to spine/
backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.
8vo,7-160pp [paginated] includes foreword (Air Station Commander,Group Captain AJM McKeon),author foreword,5 chapters,32pp of b/w (majority) + colour contemporary photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece between pp64/5 and pp96/7 respectively,2 tables:RAF Gutersloh Sqdns and Gutersloh Station Commanders (1946-86),biblio,and acknowledgements at rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and
dedication.
Gutersloh airfield is the only former Laftwaffe Station now in Royal Air Force hands (then 1987).
Its story begins in the heady days of the
Third Reich,encompasses the triumphs and tragedies of WW2,and reflects the experience of post-war Allied occupation.
After brief occupancy by the Americans it passed to the British.The post-war members
of the RAF brought their own special qualities to the Station and gradually
former enemies became first Allies and then friends.
'Flugplatz Gutersloh' attempts to reflect
the human experience of an operational Station against a background of 50 years of European history.After concentration upon the post-war period the story is brought right up to date with the story of
the modern airfield's special contribution
to the NATO defensive alliance.
Whatever the nationality or generation of those at Gutersloh,the same characteristics of courage,application and
humour come to the force.This book attempts to go beyond a catalogue of operations and aircraft and touch upon the
bedrock of humanity which is the foundation of all Service units - particularly those concerned with military flying.
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