[PDF] The Royal Air Force An Illustrated History eBook

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,63 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :

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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
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781840652857

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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 : Michael Napier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 147282539X

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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 : John Pimlott
Publisher : Amber Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9781782749547

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The German Luftwaffe reigned supreme in the early years of World War II, but could not defeat the British Royal Air Force--and American bombing campaigns forced the development of new fighters. With more than 200 images, Luftwaffe details the force's growing pains, implementation of blitzkrieg, setbacks, forays into the desert and the Eastern front, and faltering grip over Russia, as well as the Western onslaught that ended it all.

Author : T. C. G. James
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780714651187

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This volume deals with the development of Britain's air defences during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, and the development of the system during the early period of the war, leading up to the Battle of Britain.

Author : Paul E Eden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1472960912

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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.