| Descript |
xii, 402 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Content type |
text |
| Media type |
unmediated |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Note. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Pilots of the Purple Twilight -- A Wing and a Prayer -- Archie -- The New Front Line -- Death, Drink, Luck -- The Third Service -- Jonah's Gourd -- Arming for Armageddon -- Into Battle -- Apotheosis -- Flying Blind -- Seabirds -- Wind, Sand and Stars -- No Moon Tonight -- Air Supremacy -- Jet -- "Fox Two Away!" -- Per Ardua ad Astra. |
| Summary |
From one of Britain's bestselling historians comes a compelling narrative history of the Royal Air Force. Studded with eye-witness accounts of the epic actions of twentieth-century aerial warfare, Wings marks the centenary of this great British institution. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- History.
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Aeronautics, Military -- Great Britain -- History.
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Air warfare -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781848878921 (hbk.) |
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1848878923 (hbk.) |
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