MacDougall, Philip,

When the navy took to the air : the experimental seaplane stations of the Royal Naval Air Service / Philip MacDougall. - 160 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.

The untold story of the Royal Navy's experimental flying stations created in the First World War to perfect the aeroplane as a weapon of war. In establishing a number of advanced experimental units, the envelope of flight was pushed to the extreme, resulting in futuristic weapons, advanced aircraft and new approaches to gaining aerial victory.

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Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service --History.


World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.
Aircraft carriers.

D602 / .M33 2017