Naval Airpower Books

[Colin A Owers]

Two new books on the neglected Naval side of WWI in the air.

1. "Naval Aces of WWI - Pt.2" by Jon Gutman. Usual Osprey style with the German, A-Hungarians, russians, Greek and USA finish Jon's two part compilation.

2. "Stalking the U-Boat - US Naval Aviation In Europe During World War I" by GL Rossano, Univ Press of Florida, 2010. I never saw this one reviewed & found it by chance when looking for other things on the web. Have only read the first chapters but he has a good style and gives life to the men who pushed the USN's naval aviation from virtually nothing to a substantial force by the Armistice.

Great to see my interests covered for a change.

Colin A Owers

[Maxim08]

Colin,
Does this volume bring forward any more information about Porte? Particularly interested in Porte's interaction with Curtis and the court case that came from this.
Regards
John

[Colin A Owers]

Nothing new on John Porte in these books.

I have copied the files in the PRO on the awards to inventors covering the Porte, Curtiss, Norman Thompson claims & counter claims and have incorporated this into a feature article on the development of the Felixstowe flying boats in next years OTF.

With a bit of luck I might find something in the Curtiss-Wwright papers in the Smithsonian.

Cheers

Colin A Owers