Author: M. J. Armitage
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: M. J. Armitage
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781854091239
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Relates the history of the Royal Air Force (RAF) through some 450 color and bandw photos and paintings, many reproduced here for the first time. Each illustration is accompanied by a detailed caption that supports the main text. Coverage spans its formation in 1918, through the interwar period, WWII, and precarious peace of the nuclear age, and concludes with a look at today's RAF poised on the edge of the millennium. Distributed by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher: Salamander Books Limited
ISBN: 9781840652857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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A comprehensive and fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force that ranges from the early days of balloons and experimental flying machines, through two world wars, the Cold War, the Falklands campaign and up to the present day. Many of the photographs have never been published before.

Author: M. J. Armitage
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951728345
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Michael Napier
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472825381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I. The world's first independent air force, the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary in 2018. In the 100 years since the end of World War I, the service has been involved in almost continuous operations around the globe, giving the RAF the longest and most wide-ranging history of any air force in the world. But over the years this history has also become entangled with myths. The Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations sets the record straight, dispelling these as it uncovers – in both words and photographs – the true exploits and accomplishments of RAF personnel over the last 100 years. From its formation as an independent service in the dying days of World War I, its desperate fight against the Axis air forces in World War II, to its commitments during both the Cold War and modern times, this is the complete story of how the RAF has defended Britain for a century.

Author: Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781854094469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: T.C.G. James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135273987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457

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This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place.

Author: Paul E Eden
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472960912
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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In February 2016 the RAF's Search and Rescue Force (SARF) celebrated its 75th anniversary. In June that year the world-renowned and universally admired service was officially disbanded, despite attempts from many, including HRH Prince William, to save it as part of the RAF. This book is an official, fully illustrated, in-depth account of the SARF's rich and glorious history, from its origins in World War II through to its recent withdrawal. The book contains a foreword by HRH Prince William himself, plus action-packed and awe-inspiring photographs from the RAF's archive of photographs and exclusive interviews with former crewmembers, telling their own dramatic stories of derring-do. Officially endorsed by the RAF, An Illustrated History of the RAF Search and Rescue Force is the first, and probably the only, major book of its kind written on this subject. It is an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in military history, British history, the Royal Family and those who love stories of extreme and daring rescue missions.

Author: Malcolm Hobart
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 178346903X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft.Nonetheless it is surprising that there has never before been a complete record of the uniforms and badges of the RAF and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps. Malcolm Hobart and Pen and Sword Books have cooperated to rectify this serious omission with this superbly color illustrated and comprehensive collector's guide. Badges of rank and trade are all depicted not only for the flying arms but for ground staff. This valuable addition to our Collector series also covers the RAF Reserves and Auxiliary Service, Air Training Corps and the Royal Observer Corps.