The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla
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The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla
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Author : Margaret Hall
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2017-10-30
The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla written by Margaret Hall and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with History categories.
A great wave of fundraising ‘patriotic’ associations followed in the wake of Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany on 4 August 1914, at home but also right across the empire. The most successful public campaign of all was launched in London at the beginning of 1915. Known as the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, the scheme aimed to attract contributions towards aircraft production costs from throughout the British Empire. Any country, locality, or community that provided sufficient funds for an entire ‘aeroplane’ could have it named after them. It was promised that when the machine crashed or was shot down, the name would be transferred to a new one of the same type. Margaret Hall examines the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla as a facet of imperial history. She analyzes the fundraising efforts in Canada and Newfoundland; the Zanzibar Protectorate; Fiji, Mauritius, and the Caribbean; Hong Kong; the Malay states and Straits Settlements; West Africa, especially Gold Coast; Southern Rhodesia; Basutoland; Swaziland and the Union of South Africa; the Indian empire and Burma; (British subjects in) independent Abyssinia and Siam; in the Shanghai International Settlement, and the British community of Argentina; Australia; and New Zealand. This remarkable and detailed book discusses the propaganda and counter-subversion usages of the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla—and what the support for the imperial war effort reveals about contemporary national and regional identities and aspirations.
The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla Founded By The Over Seas Club
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Author : Overseas club, London
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla Founded By The Over Seas Club written by Overseas club, London and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Great Britain. Air service. Imperial aircraft flotilla categories.
Lionel Morris And The Red Baron
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Author : Jill Bush
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-04-30
Lionel Morris And The Red Baron written by Jill Bush and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the young, London-born, World War I pilot who was the first to be shot down by the legendary Red Baron. Nineteen-year-old Lionel Morris left the infantry for the wood and wires of the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front in 1916, joining one of the world’s first fighter units alongside the great ace Albert Ball. Learning on the job, in dangerously unpredictable machines, Morris came of age as a combat pilot on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, as the R.F.C. was winning a bloody struggle for admiralty of the air. As summer faded to autumn and the skies over Bapaume filled with increasing numbers of enemy aircraft, the tide turned. On 17 September 1916, Morris’s squadron was attacked by a lethally efficient German unit, including an unknown pilot called Manfred von Richthofen. As the shock waves spread from the empty hangars of No.11 Squadron all the way to the very top of the British Army, the circumstances surrounding Morris’s death marked a pivotal shift in the aerial war, and the birth of its greatest legend. Told through previously unpublished archive material, the words of contemporaries, and official records, Lionel Morris and the Red Baron traces a short but extraordinary life and reveals how Morris’s role in history was rediscovered one hundred years after his death. Praise for Lionel Morris and the Red Baron “The best written World War I aviation history account this reviewer has read in some time . . . has earned the highest recommendation.” —Over the Front “This is a book that deserves to be read.” —The Aviation Historian
The Rise And Fall Of The Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service
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Author : Peter J. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-11-20
The Rise And Fall Of The Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service written by Peter J. Edwards and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-20 with History categories.
This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945. The formative years began when a British Naval Mission was established in Japan in 1867 to advise on the development of balloons for naval purposes. After the first successful flights of fixed-wing aircraft in the USA and Europe, the Japanese navy sent several officers to train in Europe as pilots and imported a steady stream of new models to evaluate.During World War One Japan became allied with the UK and played a significant part in keeping the German fleets of ships and submarines at bay in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. However, in the international naval treaties that followed they felt betrayed, since the number of capital ships, battleships and cruisers, that they were allowed was below those of the USA and the UK.Aircraft carriers were not included, so a program of carrier building was started and continued until World War Two. At the same time they developed an aircraft industry and at the beginning of war their airplanes were comparable, and in some instances superior, to those of the British and Americans.Much prewar experience was gained during Japans invasion of China, but their continued anger with America festered and resulted in their becoming allied with Germany, Italy and the Vichy France during World War Two. There followed massive successful attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, the Southern Islands, Port Darwin and New Guinea.The British were decimated and the USA recoiled at the onslaught, taking over a year to regroup and take the war to the Imperial Japanese forces. Throughout the conflict many sea battles were fought and the name Zero became legendary. When Japan eventually capitulated after the Atomic bombs were dropped the Japanese Imperial Air Service was disbanded.
Bibliography Of Aeronautics
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Author : United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
Bibliography Of Aeronautics written by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with categories.
Sunburst
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Author : Mark Peattie
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2013-09-02
Sunburst written by Mark Peattie and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with History categories.
This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyzes the utter destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944.
For King And Country
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Author : Heather Jones
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-23
For King And Country written by Heather Jones and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-23 with History categories.
Was the First World War really 'For King and Country'? This is the first full history of the monarchy's role.
War At Sea
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Author : Nathan Miller
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
War At Sea written by Nathan Miller and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
Colonial Office List
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
Colonial Office List written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Great Britain categories.
The Colonial Office List For
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Author : Great Britain. Colonial Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Colonial Office List For written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Great Britain categories.