ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 1912-1918
Written by Brad King
Published by Hikoki Publications
in 1997
ISBN: 0951989952
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- NAVY
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
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ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 1912-1918
Written by Brad King.
Stock no. 1823904
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Tracing the development of the men and machines of the Royal Navy, from the first uncertain beginnings with airships until the service was unwillingly absorbed by the newly-formed Royal Air Force in April 1918. Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of camouflage and markings. ISBN: 0951989952. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- FOREWORD
- by His Royal Highness The Duke of York
- AIR AND SEA
- Developments, experiments and disappointments
- OFF TO WAR
- Airmen, sailors and landships
- 1915-1916
- The Dardanelles, Africa & the Mediterranean
- Map of Gallipoli 1915
- African interlude
- 1915-1917
- Aegean blockade
- Help for Romania and Russia
- BOMBERS AND BOMBING
- The Royal Navy versus the Zeppelins
- COLOUR SELECTION
- Aircraft colour schemes in detail
- Paintings from the Imperial War Museum
- Rank Badges and insignia of the RNAS
- THE SPIDER WEB
- Of Seaplanes, flying boats and gasbags
- Maps of The Spider Web
- Map of the Flanders Coast 1917
- HELPING THE RFC
- The Legacy
- MARINE MISCELLANY
- Men and machines
- APPENDICES
- Select Bibliography and footnotes
- Index