Naval aviation in World War I / by Adrian O. Van Wyen and the editors of Naval aviation news.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Wyen, Adrian O., author.

Contributor:

United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--Aviation.

United States.

United States. Navy.

Naval aviation.

Naval history, Modern--20th century.

Naval history, Modern.

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

World War, 1914-1918.

Armed Forces--Aviation.

Military operations, Aerial--American.

Local Subjects:

United States. Navy--Aviation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Distribution:

Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1969.

Contents:

In the beginning

First naval aviation unit in France

Aviation ground schools at MIT

The first Yale unit

Trained by the Royal Flying Corps

The Navy builds an aircraft factory

The first lighter-than-air class at Akron

WW I diary recounts air/sea saga

Naval aircraft of World War I

The second Yale unit

U.S. markings

Rare birds

Developing the flying bomb

The origin of Navy wings

The war against the U-boat

A medal of honor exploit

The Navy's first ace

The northern bombing group

At the end.

Notes:

Received Dec 10, 1969.

"Issued by the office of the Chief of Naval Operations."

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed Dec. 20, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Van Wyen, Adrian O. Naval aviation in World War I

OCLC:

1049896723

Access Restriction:

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