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British Air Forces 1914-18 (2) | Total Clicks: 1784 | Report Broken Link | (Men-At-Arms, 351) by Andrew Cormack, Peter Cormack Paperback: 48 pages Publisher: Osprey Military (March, 2001) Language: English ISBN: 1841760021 The outbreak of World War I found the British Army's Royal Flying Corps with just over 200 fragile, unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, and a uniformed strength of just over 2,000 all ranks; the Royal Naval Air Service had some 50 seaplanes. By the Armistice of 1918 the unified Royal Air Force was the largest in the world, with about 22,650 aeroplanes - including a strategic bomber force - and 27,330 men operating from some 700 bases. This second in a two-part study covers RAF, WRAF and RAFNS uniforms from the unification of the service in April 1918; and the whole span of flying clothing during the Great War. Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

British Air Forces 1914-1918 (1) | Total Clicks: 2039 | Report Broken Link | (Men-At-Arms Series, 341) by Andrew Cormack, Peter Cormack (Illustrator) Paperback: 48 pages Publisher: Osprey Publishing (July 25, 2000) Language: English ISBN: 1841760013 The outbreak of World War I found the British Army's Royal Flying Corps with just over 200 fragile, unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, and a uniformed strength of just over 2,000 all ranks; the Royal Naval Air Service had some 50 seaplanes. By the Armistice of 1918 the unified Royal Air Force was the largest in the world, with about 22,650 aeroplanes and 27,330 men operating from some 700 bases. This first in a two-part study describes and illustrates, in unprecedented detail, the uniforms of the RFC and RNAS in 1914-18-20. A detailed and interesting study. Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

British Fighter Units: Western Front 1917-1918 | Total Clicks: 1968 | Report Broken Link | Osprey/Airwar 18 by Alex Revell Paperback: 48 pages Publisher: Osprey Publishing (July 15, 1978) Language: English ISBN: 0850452929 Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

British Single-Seater Fighter Squadrons on the Western Front in World War I | Total Clicks: 1631 | Report Broken Link | by Alex Revell Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (July 2006) Language: English ISBN: 0764324209 This is the story of the single-seater fighter operations over the Western Front flown by the fighter pilots of Great Britain and her Commonwealth. Along with their opposite numbers from Germany and her allies, these pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and later, the Royal Air Force, were the world's first fighter pilots. The Great War of 1914-1918 saw the advent of a new type of warfare. For the first time in history the aeroplane was to play an important and vital role in the pursuit of war. The stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, where trenches stretched from the coast of Belgium to the borders of Switzerland, saw aeroplane reconnaissance as the only way to observe the activities of the opposing side, a task previously carried out by cavalry. It was imperative that these two-seater observation/reconnaissance aeroplanes were prevented in carrying out their vitally important tasks and destroyed – in effect to deny the enemy his 'eyes'. Fast 'fighter' aeroplanes were used to carry out this task, which led to each side attempting to protect their reconnaissance aeroplanes with fighter aeroplanes of their own. It was the beginning of a new type of warfare – aerial combat. Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20 | Total Clicks: 2133 | Report Broken Link | As Complete a List Possible Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey, Rick Duiven Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Grub Street (October, 1999) Language: English ISBN: 1902304330 Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

A Few of the First | Total Clicks: 1473 | Report Broken Link | The Story of the Royal Flying Corps & the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War by Bruce Lewis Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Pen and Sword (December, 2004) Language: English ISBN: 0850525098 A Few Of The First is a fascinating collection of thirteen first-hand accounts of flying in the RFC and RNAS during the First World War. A Few Of The First presents the experiences of early aviators, painting a broader picture than just showcasing dogfights on the Western Front as it shows how these survivors of WWI carried out their arduous duties under difficult (and at times horrendous) cricumstances. A Few Of The First is a tribute to thouse young men who, encased in wood, cloth and wire, and propelled by unreliable engings, flew in their "Harry Tates", their Vickers "Gunbuses", and their "Bloody Pralysers", battling time after time against almost impossible odds. Simply stated, no World War I military library can be considered complete without the addition of A Few Of The First. Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

Fire in the Sky | Total Clicks: 926 | Report Broken Link | The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War by Michael Molkentin Paperback: 404 pages Publisher: Allen & Unwin (November 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1742370721 ISBN-13: 978-1742370729 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches The first book in 90 years dedicated to the daring and courage of the airmen and mechanics of the Australian Flying Corps—a tale of a war fought thousands of feet above the trenches. Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

First Naval Air War | Total Clicks: 1546 | Report Broken Link | by Terry C. Treadwell Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Trafalgar Square (January 1, 2004) ISBN: 0752421441 Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

First of the Many | Total Clicks: 1292 | Report Broken Link | The Story of Independent Force, RAF Hardcover: 188 pages Publisher: Jarrolds (1968) Language: English ISBN: 0090873602 Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

Flying Corps Headquarters, 1914-1918 | Total Clicks: 1574 | Report Broken Link | (Echoes of War) by Maurice Baring Paperback Publisher: Cimino Publishing Group (March, 1990) Language: English ISBN: 0907675441 Rate This Title - choose --12345678910

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