The Royal Air Force. Volume 2, Rearmament 1930 to 1939 : an encyclopedia of the inter-war years / Ian M. Philpott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philpott, I. M. (Ian M.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Volume II of this mammoth reference work covers the years in which the League of Nations failed because of the emerging dictatorships in Germany and Italy and the expansionist policies adopted by Japan. Britain was still reeling from the consequences of World War I and the RAF was sadly far behind the other major world powers in aircraft design, still relying on bi-planes that were direct descendants of World War I thinking. It gradually became apparent that, despite UK government dithering, the RAF needed to develop new aircraft, engines and increase production to confront the bully-boy tactics of the Axis powers. As the turn of the decade approached extraordinary measures were taken to enable RAF to defend Britain's skies and this her freedom. As with Volume 1, this book covers every conceivable part of the RAF's history through these pre-War days. It looks at the development and invention of new equipment such as radar, monoplane fighters, metal construction and the heavy bomber. This was an era when science in aviation was rushing ahead and fortunately for Britain's freedom, it laid the foundations of victory in 1.943

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 3, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473817425

1473817420

9781783838103

1783838108

OCLC:

881887677