A contemptible little flying corps : being a definitive and previously non-existent roll of those warrant officers, N.C.O.'s and airmen who served in the Royal Flying Corps prior to the outbreak of the First World War / I. McInnes and J. V. Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McInnes, Ian, author.

Webb, J. V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--Warrant officers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--Non-commissioned officers--Biography.

Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--Airmen--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : The London Stamp Exchange, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many books have been written about pilots of the Royal Flying Corps but the men on the ground, who kept the planes in the air and the guns firing, have been sadly neglected - and yet their role was a vital one. This truly remarkable book, the production of which must have seemed an impossible task, has more than remedied the situation. The authors have managed to locate all the non-commissioned airmen who enlisted in the RFC prior to the outbreak of war in August 1914, and for each one they ...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Title Page Verso; General Illustrations in the Text; Epigraph; Foreword; A Short Historical Introduction; An Explanation of the Items in the Roll; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations of Ranks, Trades, etc.; The Roll; Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Back Matter; Appendices; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-69355-0

1-78150-289-7

OCLC:

792688351