Mark Barber

The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Walsh, Stephen; Postlethwaite, Mark

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is a concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II, from their Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan. Amazingly, the Admiralty only had 406 operational pilots and eight carriers when war broke out, but a mere six years later there were over 3,000 operational pilots and 53 aircraft carriers patrolling the seas in every theatre of the war. This book charts the rapid evolution of the Fleet Air Arm during the war as air power took over at the cutting edge of naval warfare. Mark Barber's account is highly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned full-colour artwork and offers an overview of the British Fleet Air Arm, from recruitment and training through to combat accounts. Discover some of the most dramatic actions of the war as Royal Navy aces battled against the Axis forces scoring both the first and last kills of the war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846038549
• Artikelnr.: 38456417

Autorenporträt

Lieutenant Mark Barber RN is a pilot based at RNAS Culdrose. His dissertation on the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean in World War II was named as the best in the year at the Royal Navy academy, Dartmouth. He was named Best Aircrew Officer upon graduation of his class. His unlimited access to Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm museum records and photos, has resulted in a book that is a worthy addition to the annals of British naval aviation.

Stephen Walsh studied art at the North East Wales Institute. Since then he has worked mainly for the American historical board-game market, fulfilling a lifelong interest in historical subjects. His American works include the best-selling Settlers of Catan. He has also produced many pieces of artwork inspired by JRR Tolkien.

Inhaltsangabe

?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