The Royal Navy's air service in the Great War /

In a few short years after 1914 the Royal Navy practically invented naval air warfare, not only producing the first effective aircraft carriers, but also pioneering most of the techniques and tactics that made naval air power a reality. By 1918 the RN was so far ahead of other navies that a US Navy...

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Main Author: Hobbs, David, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Seaforth Publishing, [2017].
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