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Airfields and Airmen : Cambrai
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, Michael.
- Series:
- Battleground Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain.
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Cambrai--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British--France--Cambrai--Guidebooks.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields.
- Local Subjects:
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1918.
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Cambrai--Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Airfields and Airmen:Cambrai covers the earliest days of the RFC with the retreat from Mons. We visit the graves of Fokker Eindecker aces and the airfields where the first Jastas were formed. Also covered are airfields from which Allied aces such as Beauchamp and Proctor VC flew, and there is a visit to the American cemetery at Bony that contains a number of aviators.
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION BY SERIES EDITOR""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE GUIDE""; ""THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION""; ""HOW THE GUIDE WORKS""; ""THE TOURS AND DIRECTIONS""; ""AERODROMES""; ""CEMETERIES""; ""TABLE OF MAPS""; ""THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY FLYING""; ""Abbreviations""; ""The RFC Order of Battle 20th November 1917 (Cambrai)""; ""Chapter One - CAMBRAI: THE EASTERN AREA""; ""Cambrai Municipal Park""; ""Bouchain German Cemetery""; ""Famars Aerodrome""; ""Frasnoy German Cemetery""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783402694
- 1783402695
- 9781783409976
- 1783409975
- OCLC:
- 854974541
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