Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Following the declaration of war by the United States, more than 200 American men, unwilling to wait until US squadrons could be raised, volunteered to join the
Ranked among the top five American flying aces of World War I, Elliot White Springs (1896-1959) was credited with shooting down twelve enemy aircraft during his
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-15 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
In aviation’s pioneering days the best and bravest airmen pushed the boundaries of flight in all dimensions and attitudes. When aeroplanes went to war this ex
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
Reichsmarschall Gring told Hitler that it would take less than a month for his much-vaunted Luftwaffe to conquer the RAF and pave the way for the German invasio
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
The scenes are familiar ones; the young Brylcream Boys sat at dispersal waiting for the haunting call of Scramble, lounging in their shirt sleeves and fur-lined
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-07 - Publisher: Dundurn
First World War pilots Alan McLeod, Andrew McKeever, and Donald MacLaren had incredible skills and ability in the air. Each was distinctively different from the
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-30 - Publisher: Frontline Books
The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on 13 April 1912, and came into being a month later when the Air Battalion was absorbed into the Military Win
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-08 - Publisher: The History Press
In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were 'the cavalry of the clouds ... the knighthood of this war ...' This romantic image was fostered post-war b
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-13 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
"The Royal Air Force has long recognized the value of display flying for pilot training, prestige and recruiting purposes, and the standard of its formation aer