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Britainas Fleet Air Arm in World War II
Ron Mackay
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Description for Britainas Fleet Air Arm in World War II
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, over 300 b/w photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1760.
The aAir Branch' of the Royal Navy that was to carve its name into maritime history as the Fleet Air Arm faced an aorphan' existence up to 1937 when the Admiralty, having handed over control in 1918 to the RAF, resumed charge of its aviators. The Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel with which to effectively challenge its Axis adversaries, and suffered accordingly in the initial stages of World War II. The provision of superior carrier aircraft designs (primarily from the U.S. Grumman and Chance-Vought companies), and a similar whole-sale expansion in Fleet and Escort carriers ... Read more
The aAir Branch' of the Royal Navy that was to carve its name into maritime history as the Fleet Air Arm faced an aorphan' existence up to 1937 when the Admiralty, having handed over control in 1918 to the RAF, resumed charge of its aviators. The Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel with which to effectively challenge its Axis adversaries, and suffered accordingly in the initial stages of World War II. The provision of superior carrier aircraft designs (primarily from the U.S. Grumman and Chance-Vought companies), and a similar whole-sale expansion in Fleet and Escort carriers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764321313
SKU
V9780764321313
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99-2
About Ron Mackay
Ron Mackays interest in military aviation began during WWII. The local Coastal Command airfield at his birthplace of Wick, in northern Scotland, provided a wealth of British and American designs with which to stimulate his interest; postwar National Service with the RAF sustained that interest. A working knowledge of German has further extended his field of study into the Luftwaffe. ... Read more
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