Through Adversity: The Story of Life in the RFC and RAF Through Three Operational Pilots

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How did the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 'cavalry of the air' transform into the strategic RAF of the Cold War? The flying lives of these three pilots combine across the years to illustrate how it happened. Trained on Bristol Boxkites in 1912, Major Leonard Dawes helped shape the RFC in its infancy. Posted to France with BE2s, he saw action at the birth of battlefield reconnaissance and air fighting, then activated many new squadrons during the First...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1445695456

ISBN13:9781445695457

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:Amberley Publishing

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Through Adversity: The Story of Life in the RFC and RAF Through Three Operational Pilots

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