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| Allied Aviation of World War I
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A Pictorial History of Allied Aviators and Aircraft of the Great War (Osprey Aviation Pioneers 5)
by Hugh W. Cowin
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (November 25, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841762261
ISBN-13: 978-1841762265
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.9ounces
In this companion volume to German and Austrian Aviation of World War 1, Hugh Cowin unearths some real gems from his photographic collection, and at the same time he details every aircraft type that saw action in WWI. As a reference title it is second to none; as a remarkable story of courage and technical innovation it makes a riveting narrative. British fighter ace Captain Albert Ball and the US's pilot/designer Chance M. Vought stand alongside lesser-known but equally fascinating characters such as the Russian Navy aviator Major Alexander de Seversky. By turns anecdotal and authoritative, Cowin provides a truly comprehensive account of the Allied aviation of World War 1.
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| Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I
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British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats
by John Abbatiello
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 13, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415763835
ISBN-13: 978-0415763837
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
This study investigates the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War-an issue that appears only marginally in other studies because it does not clearly fall into either naval or air power history. A single, focused study is needed to measure the effectiveness of the effort, place the campaign within the greater context of the naval and air wars, and assess the veracity of the secondary literature. This book also places the air anti-submarine campaign in the wider history of the First World War.
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| The Baby Killers
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German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War
by Thomas Fegan
Hardcover: 224 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 9.70 x 6.08
Publisher: Pen & Sword; (November 2002)
The First World War airship and airplane raids by Germany on Britain constituted the first strategic bombing campaign in history. It was a novel and unwelcome means of waging war that provoked panic and resentment, and dispelled Britain's island sense of security. The raiders, demonized as 'baby killers' for causing indiscriminate civilian casualties, may not have crushed British morale, but they disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel, arms and airplanes from where they were needed most at the Front. Most important, the raids changed the face of warfare for ever by bringing the whole nation into the front line. The book features previously unpublished photographs and is divided into a history of the raids as they occurred, and a gazetteer with detailed information about many of the placed that were bombed. Attention is drawn to the physical scars made by the raids that may still be seen today, and to the memorials erected to the victims.
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| The Battle of Britain 1917
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by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd (March 16, 2005)
ISBN: 1844153452
In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber. The Gothas were designed to carry out attacks across the channel against Britain. A group of four squadrons was established in Belgium, and they carried out their first bombing raid towards the end of May 1917. This 22 aircraft sortie, against the town of Folkestone, caused 95 deaths. In mid June a force of 18 Gothas attacked London in broad daylight. Over 90 British fighters met them, but not one Gotha was brought down. This bombing raid caused 162 deaths.From mid-September an even larger, more potent bomber joined the Gothas. The Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeug or "Giant" bomber. It had a range of about 800km (500 miles). The Gotha/Giant night raids continued throughout 1917, almost unscathed until December when the British began to have success in intercepting the Gothas at night. Anti-aircraft fire was also becoming more effective and the increased use of barrage balloons affected the bombers. By the end of the war a 50-mile long line of barrage balloons surrounded London.In the meantime the Giants continued a small but influential campaign against London. On 16 February, during a four aircraft raid, a Giant dropped a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bomb - the largest used by anyone in the war - and blew up a wing of the Chelsea hospital.
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