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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101846032830

ISBN-139781846032837

eBay Product ID (ePID)63196296

Product Key Features

Book TitleBritish Fleet Air Arm in World War II

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / General

Publication Year2008

IllustratorPostlethwaite, Mark, Walsh, Stephen, Yes

GenreHistory

AuthorMark Barber

Book SeriesElite Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-275325

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Of particular interest to figure modelers are the number of illustrations that show the various types of uniforms worn during this period of time. It is a book that should find interest with all readers. A book you'll enjoy reading and one that I can recommend to you along with any other Osprey title."- Scott Van Aken,modelingmadness.com(June 2008) "From the Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan, this concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm details some of the most dramatic actions of World War II as Royal Navy aces battled against the Axis forces - scoring both the first and last kills of the war!" -Game Trade Magazine(April 2008), "Of particular interest to figure modelers are the number of illustrations that show the various types of uniforms worn during this period of time. It is a book that should find interest with all readers. A book you'll enjoy reading and one that I can recommend to you along with any other Osprey title."- Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com (June 2008) "From the Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan, this concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm details some of the most dramatic actions of World War II as Royal Navy aces battled against the Axis forces - scoring both the first and last kills of the war!" - Game Trade Magazine (April 2008), "From the Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan, this concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm details some of the most dramatic actions of World War II as Royal Navy aces battled against the Axis forces - scoring both the first and last kills of the war!" -Game Trade Magazine(April 2008), "Of particular interest to figure modelers are the number of illustrations that show the various types of uniforms worn during this period of time. It is a book that should find interest with all readers. A book you'll enjoy reading and one that I can recommend to you along with any other Osprey title." -- Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com (June 2008) "From the Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan, this concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm details some of the most dramatic actions of World War II as Royal Navy aces battled against the Axis forces -- scoring both the first and last kills of the war!" -- Game Trade Magazine (April 2008)

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number165

Dewey Decimal940.544941

Table Of Content?ORIGINS OF THE AIR BRANCH - World War I - The interwar years RECRUITMENT & TRAINING - Pilots - Observers -Telegraphist Air Gunners - Mechanics - Fighter direction officers - deck landing control officers - Meteorologists - Women's Royal Naval Service COMMAND STRUCTURE - Chain of command - Squadron composition - Embarked air groups - Mixed squadrons - Squadron numbering & markings CAMPAIGNS - 1939: the Western Approaches - 1940: Norway - France & the Battle of Britain - the Mediterranean: Force H - the Taranto raid - 1941: the Mediterranean - the Bismark - 1942: the 'Channel Dash' - the Malta convoys - Operation 'Torch' - 1943: Sicily & Italy - Victorious in the Far East - 1944: the Tirpitz raids - the Normandy landings - Operation 'Dragoon' - 1944-45: the British Pacific Fleet: the East Indies - Okinawa -Japan TACTICS - Torpedo-bombers - dive-bombers - fighters SOURCES & SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX

SynopsisThis is a concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II (1939-1945), from the Arctic convoys, to the battle for Malta, to the last raids on Japan. The contribution of British Naval aviation to the ultimate Allied victory cannot be underestimated. Amazingly the Admiralty only had 406 operational pilots and 8 carriers when war broke out, but a mere 6 years later there were over 3,000 operational pilots and 53 aircraft carriers patrolling the seas in every theater of the war. The author charts the rapid evolution of the Fleet Air Arm during the war years as air power took over the cutting edge of naval warfare from surface battleships. The carriers were in action from the first with actions by HMS Ark Royal and Courageous in September 1939 to the major actions of the carrier force off Japan in the closing days of the war. This book offers a complete overview from recruitment and training to the thrilling accounts of operational successes and failures. Discover some of the most dramatic actions of the war as Royal Navy aces battled against Axis forces scoring both the first and last kills of the war.

LC Classification NumberD786