{"product_id":"9781781553350","title":"From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling Airfield: Premier Night Fighter Station","description":"As a flying club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was well known and very popular. 1939 saw it requisitioned by the military and it became a forward landing ground to Biggin Hill and Kenley. Though out of use during the Battle of Britain due to non-completion of the building work, and heavy bombing by the Luftwaffe, from 1941 onwards it became the premier night-fighter station in No. 11 Group, Fighter Command. During the Dieppe operation the airfield was used by day fighter squadrons and in 1944 became the main anti-diver airfield for the aerial destruction of the V1 Flying Bomb. In peace it continued the night defense of our country until the RAF left in 1960.","brand":"Fonthill Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50096634134768,"sku":"9781781553350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781553350","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}