The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929
The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929

Author: Ian M. Philpott

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2005-07-19

Total Pages: 1071

ISBN-13: 1783409681

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The inter-war years between 1918 and 1939 saw the newly created Royal Air Force fighting for its very existence politically, being dispatched to the remotest corners of the British Empire and its Protectorates in various policing roles and then finally engaged in a headlong rush to modernize in the face of the new German Fascist regime that was threatening British and European freedom. Yet this important period in RAF history and its effect on political and military rationale during the period has never been completely documented. This exhaustive and comprehensive reference is the most detailed work to be published on the subject. The author gives full information on the changing structure of the Force during the period, squadron operations, political machinations and their effects, the airplanes and their equipment, the personnel, technical advances in navigation and breakthroughs achieved in engine performance. The book is cross-referenced throughout, extremely well illustrated and contains an abundance of location maps and other diagrams. This book will become a Bible for anyone interested in the history of the RAF.This work has been reviewed by personnel at the RAF Historical Branch who praise it.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1969-70
The Statesman's Year-Book 1969-70

Author: S. Steinberg

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-28

Total Pages: 1575

ISBN-13: 0230270980

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1973-74
The Statesman's Year-Book 1973-74

Author: J. Paxton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-28

Total Pages: 1585

ISBN-13: 0230271022

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Birth of the Royal Air Force
The Birth of the Royal Air Force

Author: Ian Philpott

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2013-12-09

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 1781593337

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Ian Philpott presents us here with a compendium of facts, operational histories and photo illustrations, combined to create a comprehensive account of the early years of the Royal Air Force. Illustrated throughout, it features details of all military operations from 1914 to 1918 which impacted upon the organisation. Also included are operational details of the Independent Bomber Force throughout 1918, a supplementary historical strand that is sure to appeal to Aviation enthusiasts with a taste for features of niche focus. Details of the airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases and various other landmarks of this era are given, and readers are encouraged to use the work as a reference book, being as it is a weighty tome of encyclopedic scope. ??Sure to make a welcome addition to any aviation enthusiasts library, this well-researched piece of work has been a long time in the making. Philpott brings his typical flare to the project, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to this dynamic, defining period of Royal Air Force history.??As featured in the East Kent Mercury and Essence Magazine.

RAF
RAF

Author: Roy Conyers Nesbit

Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Relates the history of the Royal Air Force (RAF) through some 450 color and bandw photos and paintings, many reproduced here for the first time. Each illustration is accompanied by a detailed caption that supports the main text. Coverage spans its formation in 1918, through the interwar period, WWII, and precarious peace of the nuclear age, and concludes with a look at today's RAF poised on the edge of the millennium. Distributed by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR