FLAK HOUSES THEN AND NOW

Le ‘Flak Houses’ erano le case di riposo realizzate in Inghilterra, durante la seconda guerra mondiale, dalla Croce Rossa Americana per fornire centri di riposo e recupero per gli aviatori americani coinvolti nei combattimenti aerei in Europa. Solitamente venivano usate le grandi case di campagna dove agli aviatori era consentito indossare abiti civili e partecipare ad attività ricreative e sportive. In totale circa 87.000 aviatori passarono per questi centri e il libro presenta la storia di oltre 20 ‘Flak Houses’ con il consueto stile After the Battle con foto “then and now”. 

'Flak' Houses were the rest homes set up in England during the Second World War by the American Red Cross to provide centres of rest and recuperation for combat-weary airmen. These were usually situated in large country houses where flyers were permitted to wear civilian clothes and partake in a variety of sporting and recreational activities. All told, some 87,000 men passed through the R&R system before it disbanded in 1945. Keith Thomas covers the history of more than 20 Flak Houses in Britain and, in keeping with the theme of After the Battle publications, all are illustrated with 'then and now' comparison photos.