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The fleet air arm and the war in Europe 1939-1945
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- Book Synopsis
- For the first time, this book tells the story of how naval air operations evolved into a vital element of the Royal Navy's ability to fight a three-dimensional war against both the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. An integral part of RN, the Fleet Air Arm was not a large organisation, with only 406 pilots and 232 front-line aircraft available for operations in September 1939. Nevertheless, its impact far outweighed its numbers - it was an RN fighter that shot down the first enemy aircraft of the war,
- About The Author
- David Hobbs served in the Royal Navy as a pilot, and later became the Curator of the Fleet Air Arm Museum. He has since established himself as an authoritative writer on naval aviation topics, with more than a dozen highly regarded books to his name. Of particular note is his series of Fleet Air Arm operational narratives covering the complete history of the service, in order of chronology from The Royal Navy's Air Service in the Great War to The British Carrier Strike Fleet after 1945, all published by Seaforth since 2011.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526799791
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press, (28 April 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 440
- Weight
- 1022 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 35 mm
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