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| First of the Many | Total Clicks: 4197 | Report Broken Link | The Story of Independent Force, RAF Hardcover: 188 pages Publisher: Jarrolds (1968) Language: English ISBN: 0090873602
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| The French Air Service War Chronology | Total Clicks: 5428 | Report Broken Link | 1914-1918 Day-To-Day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber, and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front
by Frank W. Bailey, Christophe Cony
Hardcover: 320 pages Dimensions (in inches): 1.22 x 10.06 x 7.14
Publisher: Grub Street the Basement; (April 29, 2002) ISBN: 1902304349
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| French Strategic and Tactical Bombardment Forces of World War I | Total Clicks: 3774 | Report Broken Link | by Steven Suddaby Paperback: 504 pages Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc. (August 28, 2006) Language: English ISBN: 081085662X
"French Strategic and Tactical Bombardment Forces of World War I is a translation of René Martel's classic L'Aviation Francaise de Bombardement (Des Origines au 11 Novembre 1918), published in Paris in 1939. Martel's history is by far the most important description of World War I French bombing published in any language. This story of French bombardment—during the brief period when France was the world's greatest air power—is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. France not only supplied aircraft to virtually every Allied power in the war, but by the end of the war her air force routinely conducted raids consisting of 100 to 150 bombers against German troop concentrations. These massive raids occurred at a time when the British and Americans had difficulty mustering as many as three-dozen bombers to send against one target.
The pioneering French efforts in technology and tactics—many of which preceded the better-known British and American efforts—are covered, as well as the development of aerial bombs, bomb-dropping mechanisms, bombsights, intelligence-based targeting packages, formation flying, night flying and navigation, long range fighter escorts, and aerial photography for bomb damage assessment. A keen observer of personalities, Professor Martel describes with great feeling the pioneers who created this new brand of warfare: Happe, de Goÿs, the Féquant brothers, de Kérillis, Laurens, and Bouchet. Also included is his analysis of the successful German propaganda response to French strategic bombing, which is particularly insightful.
Allen Suddaby's careful translation of this long out-of-print work is enhanced by his son Steven's recent scholarship on Great War bombing campaigns. The original 1939 text is supplemented with the results of 65 years of research since then and benefits from the knowledge of several experts in the field who were consulted in the course of preparing this edition."
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| Hat in the Ring | Total Clicks: 4703 | Report Broken Link | The Birth of American Air Power in the Great War by Bert Frandsen Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Smithsonian Books (October, 2003) Language: English ISBN: 158834150X
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| Hostile Skies | Total Clicks: 4677 | Report Broken Link | A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I by James J. Hudson Paperback: 338 pages Publisher: Syracuse University Press (January, 1997) Language: English ISBN: 0815604653
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| Imperial Russian Air Service  | Total Clicks: 4819 | Report Broken Link | Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War I
by Alex Durkota
Hardcover: 564 pages Dimensions (in inches): 1.80 x 12.24 x 9.24
Publisher: Flying Machines Press; (January 1995)
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