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History of RAF Stations Ossington and Gamston World War Two
  
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History of RAF Stations Ossington and Gamston World War Two (Paperback)

by William Taylor (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: W. Taylor (Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0953151506
  • ISBN-13: 978-0953151509
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,247,721 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just needs a bit of editing, 6 Jan 2004
Ossington and Gamston were used for training of bomber crews during WWII and several thousand people served there for longer or shorter periods. This book is a nostalgia store for those people, a collection of notes from station records, anecdotes from people who were there, photographs of people, documents from the period, notes of reunions, erected memorials etc - all in a haphazard jumble.

The general framework is a chronological recount of events, presumably culled from official records, but latter-day personal recollections (usually with *some* link to the date) are inserted without a single colon, quotation mark or indent to indicate the change in perspective and then just as abruptly back to the war-time story without as much as a paragraph break.

The high drama of fatal crashes and bombing missions is mixed with the daily routine of weather reports and food menus.

The quality of the photographs is not the best - often badly faded snapshots that possibly weren't in very good focus even from the start. It *does* add to the atmosphere of old memories being retold, but a reader without personal ties to the events would sometimes wish that it was possible to make out finer details in the pictures.

Mr Taylor has done a commendable job in gathering all this information - and I *do* find it interesting - but I would wish for a reprint with better layout and organisation.

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