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The Fleet Air Arm and War in Europe
For the first time, this book tells the story of how naval air operations evolved into a vital element of the Royal Navy's ability to fight a three-dimensional war against both the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. An integral part of RN, the Fleet Air Arm was not a large organization, with only 406 pilots and 232 front-line aircraft available for operations ...
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Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908
This is a comprehensive study of every aircraft type ordered for the Royal Navy since 1908. It includes fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, rigid and non-rigid airships, unmanned aircraft and pilotless target aircraft together with many designs that were ordered but not built so that the importance placed on them by the Naval Staff or their potential technological impact on carrier ...
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The Royal Navy's Air Service in Great War
This book explores the operational and technical achievements of the Royal Naval Air Service, both at sea and ashore, from 1914 to 1918.
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Combat at Close Quarters
An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War
Combat at Close Quarters presents the work of five renowned historians who describe and interpret the U.S. Navy’s major combat operations in Southeast Asia, including the Rolling Thunder and Linebacker strikes against North Vietnam, the river war in South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, and the intelligence campaign. Over 200 images drawn from Navy archives and private collections, detailed maps, and a ...
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Taranto
"And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945"
This is the first book to focus on the Fleet Air Arm's contribution to naval operations in the Mediterranean after the Italian declaration of war in June 1940. The Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with modern aircraft and both Italian and German submarines. Its own aircraft ...
Available Formats: Hardcover