Airway to the East 1918-1920 : and the collapse of No. 1 Aerial Route RAF / by Clive Semple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semple, Clive, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.

World War, 1914-1918.

Handley Page Type O (Bomber)--History.

Handley Page Type O (Bomber).

Aircraft accidents--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Aircraft accidents.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Middle East.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2012.

Summary:

The origins of what became officially known as No 1 Aerial Route lay in the newly formed Royal Air Force's desire to move several squadrons of the then recently designed first heavy bomber to enter service - the Handley Page O/400, to the war in the Middle-East. The aircraft had served on the Western Front with some success, although not in the long-range capacity. During the spring of 1918, the Wing Commander of No 5 Wing, 'Billy' Borton, requested that one of the HP O/400 aircraft be flown to Egypt. This was approved by Major General Sir Frederick Sykes. Before the flight could proceed a gre

Contents:

""Dedication""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""CHAPTER 1 - Bad Landing at Centocelle""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 2 - The Army and the Navy Disagree""; ""Note""; ""CHAPTER 3 - Desert Revolt and the Allenby Campaign""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 4 - Borton�s Pioneering Flight""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 5 - The End of the War with Turkey""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 6 - To India and Beyond""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 7 - The Arab World Erupts""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 8 - At the Air Ministry""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 9 - �Won�t it be Fun if we Come Down Here!�""

""Notes""""CHAPTER 10 - Disaster over Mont St Victoire""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 11 - �All my Staff are Anxious to Get Demobbed�""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 12 - �It Has Been a Complete Failure�""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 13 - The Court of Enquiry""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 14 - The Aftermath""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 15 - England to Australia � the Competition""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 16 - The Race � Winners and Losers""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.

ISBN:

9781783031887

1783031883

9781783031900

1783031905

OCLC:

854975008